Povel is a given name and a surname. People with that name include:
Given name Povel Huitfeldt ( - 1592), Danish-Norwegian governor-general of Norway Povel Juel ( – 1723), Norwegian civil servant and writer Povel Pedersson Paus (1625-1682), Norwegian cleric Povel Ramel (1922-2007), Swedish entertainer
Surname Bernard Povel (1897-1952), German politician Hans Povel (born ), retired Dutch rower (born 1947), Dutch jazz saxophonist
See also Povel district of Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic Cornelis sjunger Povel, a 1981 album by Cornelis Vreeswijk named after Povel Ramel Pavel, a given name and surname