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- Powers (whiskey)Powers (whiskey)Powers Gold Label is a brand of Irish whiskey. Originally a pure pot still whiskey, it is now produced from a blend of pot still and grain whiskey. It is the most popular Irish whiskey sold in Ireland, selling over 6 million measures per annum. - History :...
, a brand of Irish whiskey - Powers, IndianaPowers, IndianaPowers is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana....
, an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States - Powers, MichiganPowers, MichiganPowers is a village in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. It was named for John Powers, a bookkeeper for a logging company that came into the area in the late 19th century....
, a village in Menominee County in Michigan, United States - Powers Township, Minnesota a community in Minnesota
- Powers Lake, North DakotaPowers Lake, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 309 people, 148 households, and 84 families residing in the city. The population density was 312.1 people per square mile . There were 183 housing units at an average density of 184.8 per square mile...
a city in North Dakota - Powers, OregonPowers, OregonPowers is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.It is 21 miles south of Oregon Route 42 at Myrtle Point on Powers Highway Powers is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.It is 21 miles south of...
, a city in southwestern Oregon (Coos County), United States - Powers (comics)Powers (comics)Powers is an American creator-owned police procedural comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming. The series' first volume was published by Image Comics from 2000 to 2004...
, an American creator-owned comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming - Powers (TV series)Powers (TV series)Powers is a United Kingdom television series first broadcast in 2004 on BBC One. The series was created by Jim Eldridge. It was promoted as a children's version of The X-Files, although many regarded it as a successor to The Tomorrow People. Powers ran for one 13-episode season, and was also...
, a 2004 children's science-fiction TV series. - Powers (FX TV series)Powers (FX TV series)Powers is an FX Network American television adaptation of the Powers comic book series that has finished shooting and is expected to begin airing in 2012.-Cast:* Jason Patric as Christian Walker* Lucy Punch as Deena Pilgrim* Charles S...
, a 2011-12 FX Network TV series based on the comics. - Powers Accounting Machine CompanyPowers Accounting Machine CompanyPowers Accounting Machine Company was an early 20th century tabulating machine company. It was founded in 1911 in Newark, New Jersey and moved in 1914 to Brooklyn....
, an early 20th century tabulating machine company - Powers, an order of angels in De Coelesti HierarchiaDe Coelesti HierarchiaDe Coelesti Hierarchia is a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology which exerted great influence on scholasticism...
, a work on angelology, which exerted great influence on scholasticism - Powers, a novel in the Annals of the Western ShoreAnnals of the Western ShoreAnnals of the Western Shore is a children's book series by Ursula K. Le Guin. Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations. Gifts won the PEN Center USA 2005 Children's literature award. Powers further won the 2008 Nebula...
series by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction... - The Powers GirlThe Powers GirlThe Powers Girl, sometimes retitled Hello, Beautiful, is a 1943 musical comedy about women employed by John Robert Powers' modeling agency. Starring George Murphy, Anne Shirley, and Carole Landis, the film was directed by Norman Z...
, a 1943 musical comedy film about aspiring models
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- Abigail Powers Fillmore (1798–1853), wife, and First Lady of the United States, of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States
- Albert E. PowersAlbert E. PowersAlbert E. Powers was the acting president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1887-88. He was born on December 5, 1816 in Lansingburgh, New York. He entered Rensselaer as a student in 1834, but stayed for only four months. He married Frances Elizabeth Hanford in 1839, but she died in 1850. In...
(1816-?) former President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Austin Toliver PowersA. T. PowersAustin Toliver Powers, known as A. T. Powers , was a leading figure from the 1930s to the 1970s in the theologically conservative American Baptist Association, based in Texarkana, Texas...
(1896-1975), former American Baptist Association president from 1957–1959 and Missionary Baptist clergyClergyClergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
man - Caleb PowersCaleb PowersCaleb Powers was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the first Secretary of State of Kentucky convicted as an accessory to murder.-Early life:He was born near Williamsburg, Kentucky...
(1869–1932) a United States Representative from Kentucky - Chester (Chet) William Powers, JrChet PowersChester William Powers, Jr. was an American singer-songwriter, and a member of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. He was also known by the stage name "Dino Valenti" and, as a songwriter, as Jesse Oris Farrow...
(1937-1994) American singer-songwriter - Darrell C. 'Shifty' Powers (1923–2009), American WWII veteran portrayed in Band of Brothers
- David F PowersDavid PowersDavid Francis Powers was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to President of the United States John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 until his retirement in May 1994. Powers was a military veteran who had served in...
, (1912-1998) Special Assistant to John F. Kennedy - David Lane PowersD. Lane PowersDavid Lane Powers was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945....
(1896-1968), United States Representative from New Jersey - Georgia Davis PowersGeorgia Davis PowersGeorgia Montgomery Davis Powers served for 21 years as a distinguished member of the state Senate in the Commonwealth of Kentucky...
(1923–) member of the state Senate in the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Gershom PowersGershom PowersGershom Powers was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Croydon, New Hampshire, Powers attended the common schools and was largely self-taught....
(1789-1831) was a United States Representative from New York - Ellis Foree (Mike) PowersMike PowersEllis Foree Powers was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians in 1932 and 1933. Born in Toddspoint, Kentucky, he died at age 77 in Louisville, Kentucky.-External links:...
(1906-1983) an American Major League Baseball player - Francis Gary Powers (1929–1977), an American pilot who was shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960
- Hardy C. PowersHardy PowersHardy C. Powers was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. A native of Texas, Dr. Hardy C. Powers was converted in the Alhambra, California, Church of the Nazarene, and took theological training for the ministry at Pasadena College in Pasadena, California. After 12...
(1900–1972) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene - Horace Henry Powers (1835-1913) United States Representative from Vermont
- Harold J. PowersHarold J. PowersHarold J. Powers was a the 36th Lieutenant Governor of California, having served from 1953-1959 under fellow liberal Republican Governor Goodwin J. Knight....
(1900-1996) the 36th Lieutenant Governor of California - Harriet PowersHarriet PowersHarriet Powers was an African American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events on her quilts...
(1937-1910) African American slave, folk artist and noted quilt maker - Hiram PowersHiram PowersHiram Powers was an American neoclassical sculptor.-Biography:The son of a farmer, Powers was born in Woodstock, Vermont, on the July 29, 1805. In 1818 his father moved to Ohio, about six miles from Cincinnati, where the son attended school for about a year, staying meanwhile with his brother, a...
(1805–1873), an American neoclassical sculptor, father of Preston Powers - J. F. PowersJ. F. PowersJ. F. Powers was a Roman Catholic American novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of midwestern Catholic priests...
(1917–1999), an American short story and novel writer, mainly inspired by events within the Roman Catholic Church - Jack (John) PowersJack PowersJack Powers was an Irish-American gambler, outlaw, highway-robber, gang leader, and murderer in southern and central California during the Gold Rush era...
, Irish-American gambler and gang leader - James F. PowersJames PowersJames F. Powers is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the Rockingham 16th District since 2004.-External links:** profile**...
(1938-) member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives - Jessica PowersJessica PowersJessica Powers was an American poet and Carmelite nun.-Early years :Jessica Powers was born on February 7, 1905 in Mauston, Wisconsin, the third child to John Powers and Delia Trainer Powers. By the time Jessica had turned 13, she lost both her older sister and father...
(1905–1988) an American poet and Carmelite nun - John A. PowersJohn A. PowersJohn Anthony Powers , better known as Shorty Powers, was an American public affairs officer for NASA from 1959 to 1963 during Project Mercury...
(1922-1979), public affairs officer for NASA - John E. PowersJohn E. PowersJohn E. Powers was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1959 to 1964....
(1910–1998) American politician, State Senator for Massachusetts and President of the Massachusetts Senate - John Holbrook PowersJohn Holbrook PowersJohn Holbrook Powers , who was known as "Honest John," was a Nebraska pioneer who ran for governor as a populist in 1892. Mr. Powers was born in Madison County, Illinois, and served in the Union Army in the Civil War before moving to Nebraska. In 1884, Powers joined the Farmers' Alliance and rose...
(1831-1918), Nebraska pioneer - John James PowersJohn James PowersJohn James Powers was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II. He was born in New York City on July 3, 1912 and graduated from the U.S...
(1912-1942), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient - John Powers (mayor)John Powers (mayor)John Powers is a former Mayor of Spokane, Washington.He was the first mayor to serve under the Strong Mayor form of Government. He beat incumbent John Talbott in 2000, and served as mayor until losing in the 2003 mayoral primary to journalist Tom Grant and the future mayor Jim West...
(21st century), American politician, Mayor of Spokane, WA - John Powers (American football), college football co-head coach
- John R. PowersJohn R. PowersJohn R. Powers is an American novelist and playwright. Powers has written four successful books of fiction, The Last Catholic in America , Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? , The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice Cream God , and The Junk Drawer, Corner Store, Front Porch Blues...
(1945- ), American novelist and playwright - John Robert PowersJohn Robert PowersJohn Robert Powers was an American actor and founder of a prominent New York City modeling agency.In 1923, John Robert Powers founded a modeling agency. The John Robert Powers Agency represented many models who went on to success in the Hollywood film industry, and even Betty Bloomer who became...
(1892-1977), American actor and owner of a modelling agency. - John T. Powers (20th century), president of the Federal League of baseball
- John Powers (baseball)John Powers (baseball)John Calvin Powers was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played for all or parts of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians.The native of Birmingham, Alabama, batted left-handed, threw...
(1929-2001), baseball outfielder - John J. Powers (food scientist)John J. Powers (food scientist)Dr. John J. Powers, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Food Science.Dr. Powers was instrumental in the development of the Department of Food Science and Technology into an internationally recognized program at the University of Georgia. He served as the president of the The Institute of Food...
(1918- ), Food Science - Johnny PowersJohnny PowersJohnny Powers is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, known by his legally changed ring name Johnny Powers...
(born 1943), originally named Dennis Waters, a Canadian professional wrestler - Kirsten A. PowersKirsten PowersKirsten A. Powers is an American columnist, blogger, pundit, and political commentator. Powers is a Democratic political analyst on Fox News who appears regularly on shows such as The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Sunday, Special Report with Bret Baier and Freedom Watch...
(1969-) American columnist, blogger, pundit, and political commentator - Lauren PowersLauren PowersLauren Powers is an American actress, amateur bodybuilder, and former firefighter.-Early life and education:Powers was born in 1961 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated valedictorian from Huntington Beach High School. She owned and operated a surfing academy on Maui while in college...
(born 1961), an American actress, amateur bodybuilder, and firefighter - Leo J. PowersLeo J. PowersLeo J. Powers was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II during the Battle of Monte Cassino.-Biography:...
(1909–1967) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor (for his actions in World War II during the Battle of Monte Cassino) - Lewis J. PowersLewis J. PowersLewis J. Powers was an American businessman and politician who served in both branches of the city council and as the 15th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1880.-Notes:...
(1837-1915) was an American businessman and politician, 15th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts - Llewellyn PowersLlewellyn PowersLlewellyn Powers was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.Born in Pittsfield, Maine, Powers attended the common schools of Pittsfield and St...
(1836-1908) 44th Governor of the State of Maine, United States Representative from Maine - Millard Powers FillmoreMillard Powers FillmoreMillard Powers Fillmore was one of two children and the only son of US President Millard Fillmore and Abigail Powers. Known familiarly as "Powers", he was born in Aurora, New York. He studied law in his father's office and attended Harvard. He served as his father's private secretary during the...
(1828–1889) son of US President Millard Fillmore and Abigail Powers - Mala PowersMala PowersMary Ellen "Mala" Powers was an American film actress.She was born in San Francisco, California. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. Her father was an executive with United Press. In the summer of her relocation, Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop where she enjoyed her first...
(1931–2007), an American film actress and television guest actress - Michael Riley "Doc" PowersDoc PowersMichael Riley "Doc" Powers was an American Major League Baseball player who caught for four different teams from to . He played for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators of the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Highlanders of the American League...
(1870-1909) an American Major League Baseball player - Millard PowersMillard PowersAvery Millard Powers III is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and grammy nominated recording engineer.-Early history:...
(born 1965), an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer - Oswald A. PowersOswald A. PowersOswald A. Powers was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II.-Naval career:Oswald Aaron Powers was born in Marine City, Michigan, on 25 November 1915...
(1915–1942), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient - Patrick Powers (volleyball)Patrick Powers (volleyball)Patrick Robert Powers is a former volleyball player from the United States. Powers was a member of the American Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-See also:...
(born 1958), an American volleyball player, his team won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Pat Powers (businessman) (1870-1948) an Irish-American businessman, involved in the early movie and animation industry
- Patrick T. PowersPatrick T. PowersPatrick T. Powers was an American baseball executive who served as president of the Eastern League and founding president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the minor leagues organization that celebrated its hundredth season in 2001...
(1860–1925), an American minor league baseball executive - Preston PowersPreston PowersPreston Powers American sculptor, painter and teacher, born in Florence, Italy.Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neo-classical sculptor and expatriate who lived in Italy. After returning to the United States, the younger Powers worked as an artist in Boston...
(1842–1904), an American sculptor, son of Hiram Powers - PJ PowersPJ PowersPenelope Jane Dunlop also known as PJ Powers or Thandeka has enjoyed a highly successful musical career in South Africa spanning more than 15 years. P.J. Powers has recorded 15 albums and is well known for her UK chart hit "World In Union" in 1995.-Early life and career:Penelope was born in...
(born 1960), a South African singer also known as Penelope Jane Dunlop and as Thandeka - Powers BoothePowers BoothePowers Allen Boothe is an American television and film actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning 1980 portrayal of Jim Jones and his turn as Cy Tolliver on Deadwood, as well as Vice-President Noah Daniels on 24....
(born 1948), American actor known for his work on Justice LeagueJustice LeagueThe Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics....
, 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, and DeadwoodDeadwood (TV series)Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before... - R.E. Powers (?) the first mathematician to demonstrate that the Mersenne number M107 = 2107 − 1 was indeed prime
- Richard PowersRichard PowersRichard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology.- Life and work :...
(born 1957), an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology - Richie PowersRichie PowersRichard F. "Richie" Powers was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1979. He worked 25 NBA Finals games, including the triple-overtime Game 5 contest in the 1976 NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics, considered "The Greatest...
(1930–1998), an American professional basketball referee - Ridgley Ceylon Powers (1836–1912) a former Lieutenant Governor then Governor of Mississippi, and was a Union officer in the American Civil War
- Ron PowersRon PowersRon Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His face include White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal, Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, and Mark Twain: A Life...
(born 1941), an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer - Samuel Leland PowersSamuel L. PowersSamuel Leland Powers was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Powers was born in Cornish, New Hampshire on October 26, 1848. He attended Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1874...
(1848–1929) a United States Representative from Massachusetts - Stefanie PowersStefanie PowersStefanie Powers is an American actress best known for her role as Jennifer Hart in the 1980s television series Hart to Hart.-Early life:...
(born 1942), an American actress and singer, played Jennifer Hart in the 1980s television series Hart to Hart - Stephen PowersStephen Powers*This article is about the 19th-century journalist and historian of California Indians.Stephen Powers was an American journalist, ethnographer, and historian of Native American tribes in California. He traveled extensively to study and learn about their cultures, and wrote notable accounts of them...
(1840–1904), an American journalist, ethnographer, and historian of Native American tribes in California - Tim PowersTim PowersTimothy Thomas "Tim" Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare...
(born 1952), an American science fiction and fantasy author - Tom PowersTom PowersTom Powers was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA and died in Hollywood, California, of heart disease.- Career :...
(1890–1957), an American stage and film actor, uncle of Thomas Powers - Thomas PowersThomas PowersThomas Powers is an author, and an intelligence expert.He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1971 together with Lucinda Franks for his articles on Weatherman member Diana Oughton...
(born 1940), an American author, intelligence expert, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize - William T. PowersWilliam T. Powers (Michigan)William Thompson Powers, manufacturer and capitalist, was born in Bristol, New Hampshire, July 8, 1820, and died at 29 College Ave NE, the home of his daughter Mary Louisa Spooner, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 19, 1909. His parents Jonathan and Anna Powers, were natives of Groton and Hebron,...
(1820-1907) manufacturer and capitalist - William Charles PowersWilliam C. PowersWilliam Charles Powers Jr. is the 28th president of The University of Texas at Austin, a position he has held since February 1, 2006....
(1946-) the 28th president of The University of Texas at Austin - William PowersWilliam Powers (politician)William Powers is a New York Republican Party political activist. Before becoming the Republican state chairman, Powers was the chairman of the Rensselaer County Republican Committee....
(?) former Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee - Warren Anthony Powers (football)Warren PowersWarren Anthony Powers is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program from 1978 to 1984. Prior to coming to Missouri, Powers was an assistant coach under both Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne at Nebraska...
(1941), head coach of the Missouri Tigers, former Oakland Raiders player