'''John Russell''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment== * John Russell (English painter) (1745–1806), English painter * John Russell (Australian painter) (1858–1930), Australian painter * John Russell (screenwriter) (1885–1956), author and screenwriter * John L. Russell (cinematographer) (1905–1967), American cinematographer * Johnny Russell (saxophonist) (1909–1991), American jazz saxophonist * John Russell (art critic) (1919–2008), British American art critic * John Russell (actor) (1921–1991), American actor in the television series ''Lawman'' * Johnny Russell (singer) (1940–2001), American country singer * John Russell (musician) (1954–2021), acoustic guitarist * John Morris Russell (born 1960), American conductor * John C. Russell (1963–1994), playwright * John Russell of Bluffdale (1793–1863), American novelist, writer and Baptist preacher * John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959), Canadian painter * Johnnie Russell (1933–2024), stage name of John R. Countryman, American diplomat and former child actor <!--no need to repeat in Politics, as Countryman not known as "Russell" as a diplomat -->
==Military== * John Russell (Royalist) (1620–1687), English MP and soldier * John Henry Russell (1827–1897), officer of the United States Navy * John Cecil Russell (1839–1909), British Army officer * John Russell (Medal of Honor) (1852–?), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor * John H. Russell Jr. (1872–1947), major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps * John Tinsley Russell (1904–1942), New Zealand soldier * John Russell (VC) (1893–1917), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross * John Russell (aviator) (1894–1960), flying ace * John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (1896–1973), British peer and Royal Navy officer * John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the Camp Liberty killings (2009)
==Law and politics==
===United States=== * John Russell (New York politician) (1772–1842), United States Representative from New York * John Russell (prohibitionist) (1822–1912), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party * John Russell (Ohio politician) (1827–1869), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869 * John Russell (Virginia politician) (1923–2012), American politician * John D. Russell (judge) (born 1963), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma * John E. Russell (1834–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * John W. Russell Jr. (1923–2015), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and the Oklahoma Senate between 1952 and 1956 * John Russell (Missouri politician) (1931–2016), Missouri state senator * John W. Russell (New York politician) (1874/5–1930)
===United Kingdom=== <!-- linked from redirect Lord John Russell (disambiguation) --> * Sir John Russell (knight) (died 1224), English household knight of King John * Sir John Russell (died 1270), Anglo-Scottish noble * John Russell (MP for Coventry), MP for Coventry in 1302 * John Russell (died 1405) (1350s–1405), MP for Worcestershire * John Russell (fl. 1410), MP for Wells * John Russell (speaker) (died 1437), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons * John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (1485–1555), English royal minister * John Russell (Westminster MP), MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547 * Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet (1632?–1669), of Chippenham * John Russell (Royalist) (died 1687), English MP and soldier * John Russell (colonial administrator) (1670–1735), administrator of the English East India Company * John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771), British statesman * John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839), Knight of the Garter * John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister * John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP * John Russell (diplomat) (1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador * John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002), British peer and writer * John Russell, 4th Earl Russell (1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell * John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford (1928–2018), Peer of England * John Russell, 7th Earl Russell (born 1971), English politician
===Elsewhere=== * John Watts-Russell (1825–1875), New Zealand politician
==Religion== * John Russell (bishop) (died 1494), bishop of Lincoln and Lord High Chancellor of England, 1483–1485 * John Russell (clergyman) (1626–1692), Puritan minister * John Russel (parish minister) (1740-1817), Ayrshire minister parodied by Burns in The Holy Tulzie * John Russell (headmaster) (1787–1863), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School * John Russell (parson) (1795–1883), hunter, dog breeder, and cleric * John Lewis Russell (1808–1854), American botanist and Unitarian minister * John Fuller Russell (1814–1888), Church of England priest, writer, and art collector * John Russell (priest, born 1868) (1868–1949), Archdeacon of Oamaru / North Otago in New Zealand * John Russell (priest, born 1792) (1792–1865), Archdeacon of Clogher, Ireland * John Joyce Russell (1897–1993), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
==Sports== ===Association football=== * John Russell (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1905), Scottish footballer * John Russell (Cambuslang footballer) (fl. 1890), Scottish footballer for Cambuslang and the national team * John Russell (Dumbarton footballer) (fl. 1922–1928), Scottish footballer for Airdrie and Dumbarton * John Russell (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2005), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Kilmarnock FC) * John Russell (Queen's Park footballer) (fl. 1924–1933), Scottish footballer * John Russell (Irish footballer) (born 1985), Irish footballer for Sligo Rovers FC * Johnny Russell (footballer) (born 1990), Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Derby County, Sporting KC, national team) * Jon Russell (footballer) (born 2000), Jamaican footballer for Huddersfield Town, Chelsea and Accrington Stanley
===Baseball=== * John Russell (pitcher) (1895–1930), for the Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox * John Henry Russell (baseball) (1898–1972), American Negro leagues baseball player * John Russell (catcher) (born 1961), manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
===Other sports=== * John Russell (cricketer) (1883–1965), English cricketer * Honey Russell (John David Russell, 1902–1973), American basketball player and coach * John Russell (equestrian) (1920–2020), American Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian * John Russell (runner) (1932–2025), Australian long-distance runner * John A. Russell (1933–2010), British Olympic rower * John Russell (rower) (1935–2019), British Olympic rower * John Russell (horse trainer) (1936–2004), American horse trainer
==Others== * John Russell (pirate) (fl. 1722–1723), possible alias of Portugal's Juan Lopez * John Russell (collier) (1788–1873), British industrialist and colliery owner * John Russell (advocate) (died 1613) Scottish lawyer and author * John Russell (1796–1846), Scottish lawyer and travel writer, brother of James Russell * John Scott Russell (1808–1882), Scottish naval engineer * John Russell (developer) (1821–1896), Irish-American industrialist and developer of Ashland, Kentucky * John Benjamin Russell (1834–1894), New Zealand lawyer, businessman, and landscape gardener * E. John Russell (1872–1965), British agriculturalist * John Henderson Russell (1884–?), American professor and author
==See also== * Jack Russell (disambiguation) * Johnny Russell (disambiguation) * Jonathan Russell (disambiguation) * Jon Russell (''One Life to Live''), fictional character in the soap opera * Jon Russell, a candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010
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