Russell is an English, Irish, or Scottish name derived from old French, the old French word for Red was rouse; hence the carry over from French the English Russell, the name also derives from the animal, the fox. Its uses include:

People

• Arthur Russell (disambiguation page)
• William Russell (disambiguation page)

Philosophy

• Bertrand Russell

Art and literature

• Charles Marion Russell ? artist of the American West
• Craig Russell ? American composer
• Craig Russell (British author) ? British author
• Eric Frank Russell ? British author
• Francis Russell ? American author
• John Peter Russell ? Australian painter
• Mary Doria Russell ? American author
• P. Craig Russell ? American comic book writer, artist, and illustrator
• Sean Russell (author) ? Canadian fantasy author
• Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886?1985), American artist
• Ted Russell - Newfoundland and Labrador writer
• Willy Russell ? British playwright, author, lyricist and composer

Religion

• Charles Taze Russell ? founder of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
• James Stuart Russell ? pastor and author of The Parousia.

Entertainment and media

• Betsy Russell - American actress
• Bing Russell ? American actor
• Bob Russell (songwriter) ? American songwriter
• Bob Russell (entertainer) ? Miss America Pageant Emcee 1940-54
• Calvin Russell (musician) ? American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Craig Russell (actor) ? Canadian female impersonator
• David Russell (guitarist) ? classical guitarist
• David O. Russell ? American film director
• Gail Russell ? American actress
• Jane Russell ? American actress
• Ken Russell ? British film director
• Keri Russell ? American actress
• Kurt Russell ? American actor
• Lillian Russell ? American vaudeville actress and singer
• Leon Russell - American rock musician
• Luis Russell ? Panamanian jazz pianist
• Nipsey Russell ? American comedian
• Pee Wee Russell ? American jazz musician
• Ray Russell (musician) - British fusion guitarist and composer
• Rosalind Russell ? American actress

Military and politics

• Bob Russell (politician) ? British MP for Colchester
• Daniel Lindsay Russell ? American politician
• David Russell (George Cross) ? New Zealand winner of the George Cross
• David Abel Russell ? U.S. Representative from New York
• David Allen Russell ? American Civil War general
• Dudley Russell - British Indian Army General in World War II
• Lee M. Russell ? Mississippi politician
• Richard Russell, Jr. ? U.S. Senator from Georgia
• Richard Russell, Sr. ? U.S. judge
• Richard A. Russell - Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence
• Samuel Russell ? American trader in China
• Seán Russell ? Irish republican

English Whig family

Members of this family have held the title of Earl of Bedford since the 16th century, and Duke of Bedford since the late 17th century.

• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford ? Tudor statesman
• Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford ? First Lord of the Admiralty under King William
• John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ? English Whig and Liberal politician
• Bertrand Russell ? British mathematician and philosopher (Russell's paradox)
• John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell
• Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell

Science and technology

• Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell, 6th Baronet mineralogist
• Gerald Russell ? psychiatrist who described first bulimia nervosa
• Henry Norris Russell ? American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
• John Scott Russell ? 19th century physicist
• Katheryn K. Russell ? criminologist
• Stuart J. Russell ? computer scientist
• Walter Russell ? scientist, artist, author etc.

Sports and recreation

• Bill Russell ? MLB player and manager
• Bill Russell ? NBA player
• Calvin Russell ? NFL player
• Craig Russell ? English football striker
• Darrell Russell ? NHRA drag racer
• Darrell Russell ? NFL player
• Jack Russell ? MLB player
• JaMarcus Russell ? NFL player
• Jeff Russell ? MLB player and manager
• Reb Russell ? MLB player
• Rip Russell ? MLB player

Fictional

• Bob Russell (The West Wing) ? The West Wing character portrayed by Gary Cole.
• Buck Russell (Uncle Buck) - Uncle Buck character portrayed by John Candy.

Places

Australia

• Russell, Australian Capital Territory
• Russell Island, Queensland
  • Russell Island (Moreton Bay)
  • Russell Island (Frankland Islands)

Canada

• Russell, Ontario
  • Russell, Ontario, a township in Ontario
  • Russell, Ontario (community), a town in the township mentioned above.
• Russell, Manitoba
• Russell (Ontario electoral district), a former political riding in Ontario
• Russell (Manitoba riding), a political riding in Manitoba
• Russell Island (Nunavut)

New Zealand

• Russell, New Zealand, formerly Kororareka
• Okiato or Old Russell, the first capital of New Zealand and known as Russell in the early 1840s when present-day Russell was still known as Kororareka

Solomon Islands

• Russell Islands

United States of America

• Russell, Arkansas
• Russell, Iowa
• Russell, Kansas
• Russell, Kentucky
• Russell, Massachusetts
• Russell, Minnesota
• Russell, New York
• Russell Township, Ohio
• Russell, Wisconsin
• Russell County, Alabama
• Russell County, Kansas
• Russell County, Kentucky
• Russell County, Virginia
• Russell Island (Michigan)

See also:

• Russellville, Arkansas
• Russellville, Tennessee

Ships

• Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Russell
• Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Russell

Other uses

• Russell (given name)
• Jack Russell terrier
• Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
• Russell's paradox
• Russell Investment Group
• Russell Indexes
• Russell (locomotive) - a locomotive of the Welsh Highland Railway
• The Russell Group of large research-led British universities
• Russell Corporation - an American sporting goods & clothing manufacturer
• Russell Stover Candies
• Russell, a line of automobiles manufactured in Canada by the Russell Motor Car Company

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