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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

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