title: Powhatan (given name)
text: # Powhatan (given name)
  
  Powhatan is a masculine given name. The best-known bearer of the name is Powhatan (Native American leader) (1545–1618), leader of the Powhatan tribe and father of Pocahontas.
  
  Others with the name include:
  
  * Powhatan Beaty (1837–1916), African-American soldier and actor awarded the Medal of Honor
  * Powhatan Henry Clarke (1862–1893), United States Army first lieutenant awarded the Medal of Honor
  * Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), American politician and judge, Senator from Mississippi
  * Powhatan Gordon (1802–1879), American farmer and state senator
  * Powhatan B. Locke (c. 1828–1868), justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Nevada
  