Poe (surname)
Poe or Poé is a surname. It may refer to:
People[]
- Alexander Poe (born 1974), United States Virgin Islands bobsledder
- Amos Poe (born 1949), American film director
- Andrew Jackson Poe (1851–1920), American painter
- Andy Poe (1943–1995), Filipino actor
- Art Poe (1879–1951), American football player and businessman
- Billy Poe (born 1964), American football player
- Bob Poe (born 1954), American politician and businessman
- Bobby Poe (a.k.a. The Poe Kat; 1933–2011), American vocalist and guitarist
- Bonnie Poe (1912–1993), American actor and voice artist
- Brian Poe (born 1992), American journalist
- Bryce Poe II (1924–2000), American air force general
- Clarence Hamilton Poe (1881–1964), American editor, author, and Progressive-Era reformer
- Conrad Poe (1948–2010), Filipino actor
- David Poe Jr. (1784–1811), American actor; father of writer Edgar Allan Poe
- Dontari Poe (born 1980), American football player
- Ebenezer W. Poe (1846–1898), American politician
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic
- Edgar Allan Poe (attorney general) (1871–1961), attorney general
- Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb (1846–1923), Architect and music composer
- Eliza Poe (1787–1811), British actress; mother of writer Edgar Allan Poe
- Fernando Poe Jr. (1939–2004), Filipino actor, film director, and politician
- Fernando Poe Sr. (1916–1951), Filipino actor
- George Poe (1846–1914), American chemist
- Gertrude Poe (1915–2017), American journalist and lawyer
- Gina R. Poe (born ?), American neuroscientist and sleep researcher
- Grace Poe (born 1968), Filipina politician
- Gresham Poe (1880–1956), American football player and coach
- Harry Lee Poe (born ?), American author and Edgar Allan Poe scholar
- Heather Poe (born ?), wife of Mary Cheney
- James Poe (1921–1980), American film and television screenwriter
- Jean Morel Poé (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
- Jesse Poe (born 1975), American singer and songwriter
- John Poe (disambiguation), several people
- Kay Poe (born 1982), American taekwondo practitioner and Olympics competitor
- Lauren Poe (born 1970/71), American politician
- Lavinia Marian Fleming Poe (1890–1974), American lawyer; first African-American female lawyer in Virginia
- Lovi Poe (born 1989), Filipino actor, model, and recording artist
- Lugné-Poe (1869–1940), French actor and director
- Marshall Poe (born 1961), American historian, educator, writer, and editor
- Michael Poe (born ?), American webcomic creator
- Michelle Poe (born ?), American guitarist, member of the band Burns & Poe
- Neilson Poe (1809–1884), American judge
- Neilson Poe (American football) (1876–1963), American football player and WWI soldier
- Orlando Metcalfe Poe (1832–1895), American Civil War army officer and engineer
- Raymond Poe (born 1944), American politician
- Richard Poe (born 1946), American actor
- Ron Poe (born 1942), American football coach
- Samuel Poe (fl.1882–1884), American football player
- Ted Poe (born 1948), American politician, lawyer, and judge
- Tef Poe (a.k.a. Kareem Jackson; born 1983), American rapper
- Tony Poe (a.k.a. Anthony Poshepny; 1924–2003), American paramilitary operations officer
- Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822–1847), wife and first cousin of Edgar Allan Poe
- Washington Poe (1800–1876), American politician and lawyer
- Wilford B. Poe (born 1937), American academic
- William F. Poe (1931–2014), American politician and businessman
- William Henry Leonard Poe (1807–1831), American sailor and poet
In fiction[]
- Albert Poe, character in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events novels
- Arthur Poe, main character in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events novels
- Cameron Poe, lead role in the 1998 American film Con Air
- Edgar Poe, character in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events novels
- Eleanora Poe, character in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events novels
- Eleanore Poe, character in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events novels
- Everett Poe, role in eponymously-titled 2007 episode of the television show Nip/Tuck
- Phineas Poe, lead character in the Phineas Poe (2005) novella collection by Will Christopher Baer
- Poe Dameron, from the Star Wars film franchise
See also[]
- Hoe-poe-kaw (a.k.a. Glory of the Morning; died c.1832), Ho-Chunk Chief
- Percy Poe Bishop (1877–1967), American major general
- Poe Ballantine (a.k.a. Edwin Hughes; born 1955), American novelist and essayist
- Poe brothers, six American football players who played at Princeton University
- Poe Ei Ei Khant (born 1993), Burmese actress and singer
- Poe Kyar Phyu Khin (born 1992), Burmese actor and model
- Poe Mi (born 1988), Burmese singer-songwriter
- Poe (singer) (a.k.a. Anne Decatur Danielewski; born 1967), American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Poe Toasters, people who anonymously pay tribute to Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of Poe’s birthday
- Saw Mutu Say Poe (born ?), Karen army general
Categories:
- Surnames
- English-language surnames