Russell
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People
Russell is the name of an eminent English Whig family who have held the title of Earl of Bedford since the 16th century, and Duke of Bedford since the late 17th century. Members of this family include:
- Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell – British philosopher (Russell's paradox)
- Bing Russell
- Dora Russell
- Lord John Russell
- John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell
- Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell
- John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford – Tudor statesman
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford – First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III
Other people whose surname is or was Russell include:
- Charles Marion Russell – American painter
- Charles Taze Russell – founder of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, which evolved into the Jehovah's Witnesses following his death in 1916
- Daniel Lindsay Russell – American politician
- Darrell Russell – NHRA drag racer
- Eric Frank Russell – science fiction author
- Francis Russell – American author
- Francis Russell – secretary of the East-India compnay in the 18th century
- Gail Russell – American actress
- Henry Norris Russell – American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram)
- Jane Russell – American actress
- Reverend John Russell – dog breeder (Jack Russell terrier)
- John Russell – American actor (1921 - 1991)
- John Scott Russell – 19th century physicist, discoverer of solitons in water waves
- Katheryn K. Russell – criminologist
- Ken Russell – British film director
- Keri Russell – American actress
- Kurt Russell – American actor
- Lee M. Russell — Mississippi politician
- Lillian Russell – American vaudeville actress and singer
- Luis Russell – Panamanian jazz pianist
- Mary Doria Russell – science fiction author
- Nipsey Russell – U.S. comedian
- P. Craig Russell – comic book artist
- Pee Wee Russell – U.S. jazz musician
- Richard Russell, Jr. – U.S. senator
- Richard Russell, Sr. – noted U.S. judge, father of above
- Rosalind Russell – American actress
- Stuart J. Russell – computer scientist
- William Russell (disambiguation page)
- Willy Russell – British playwright (Educating Rita)
- Lim Boonchai Russell – Singaporean loser
Places
Russell is the name of places in the following countries:
Australia
Canada
- Russell, Ontario
- Russell, Manitoba
- Russell, a former political riding in Ontario
- Russell, a political riding in Manitoba
New Zealand
United States of America
- Russell, Arkansas
- Russell, Iowa
- Russell, Kansas
- Russell, Kentucky
- Russell, Massachusetts
- Russell, Minnesota
- Russell, New York
- Russell, Wisconsin
- Russell County
- There is also Russellville, Arkansas.
Other uses
- Jack Russell terrier
- Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- Russell's paradox
- Russell Investment Group
- Russell Indexes
- Welsh Highland Railway Locomotive Russell