# John Russell

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'''John Russell''' may refer to:

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==Arts and entertainment==
* [John Russell (English painter)](/source/John_Russell_(English_painter)) (1745–1806), English painter
* [John Russell (Australian painter)](/source/John_Russell_(Australian_painter)) (1858–1930), Australian painter
* [John Russell (screenwriter)](/source/John_Russell_(screenwriter)) (1885–1956), author and screenwriter
* [John L. Russell (cinematographer)](/source/John_L._Russell_(cinematographer)) (1905–1967), American cinematographer
* [Johnny Russell (saxophonist)](/source/Johnny_Russell_(saxophonist)) (1909–1991), American jazz saxophonist
* [John Russell (art critic)](/source/John_Russell_(art_critic)) (1919–2008), British American art critic
* [John Russell (actor)](/source/John_Russell_(actor)) (1921–1991), American actor in the television series ''Lawman''
* [Johnny Russell (singer)](/source/Johnny_Russell_(singer)) (1940–2001), American country singer
* [John Russell (musician)](/source/John_Russell_(musician)) (1954–2021), acoustic guitarist
* [John Morris Russell](/source/John_Morris_Russell) (born 1960), American conductor
* [John C. Russell](/source/John_C._Russell) (1963–1994), playwright
* [John Russell of Bluffdale](/source/John_Russell_of_Bluffdale) (1793–1863), American novelist, writer and Baptist preacher
* [John Wentworth Russell](/source/John_Wentworth_Russell) (1879–1959), Canadian painter
* Johnnie Russell (1933–2024), stage name of [John R. Countryman](/source/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)](/source/John_Russell_(Royalist)) (1620–1687), English MP and soldier
* [John Henry Russell](/source/John_Henry_Russell) (1827–1897), officer of the United States Navy
* [John Cecil Russell](/source/John_Cecil_Russell) (1839–1909), British Army officer
* [John Russell (Medal of Honor)](/source/John_Russell_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1852–?), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* [John H. Russell Jr.](/source/John_H._Russell_Jr.) (1872–1947), major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps
* [John Tinsley Russell](/source/John_Tinsley_Russell) (1904–1942), New Zealand soldier
* [John Russell (VC)](/source/John_Russell_(VC)) (1893–1917), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross 
* [John Russell (aviator)](/source/John_Russell_(aviator)) (1894–1960), flying ace
* [John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill](/source/John_Russell%2C_3rd_Baron_Ampthill) (1896–1973), British peer and Royal Navy officer
* John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the [Camp Liberty killings](/source/Camp_Liberty_killings) (2009)

==Law and politics==

===United States===
* [John Russell (New York politician)](/source/John_Russell_(New_York_politician)) (1772–1842), United States Representative from New York
* [John Russell (prohibitionist)](/source/John_Russell_(prohibitionist)) (1822–1912), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party
* [John Russell (Ohio politician)](/source/John_Russell_(Ohio_politician)) (1827–1869), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869
* [John Russell (Virginia politician)](/source/John_Russell_(Virginia_politician)) (1923–2012), American politician
* [John D. Russell (judge)](/source/John_D._Russell_(judge)) (born 1963), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
* [John E. Russell](/source/John_E._Russell) (1834–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
* [John W. Russell Jr.](/source/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)](/source/John_Russell_(Missouri_politician)) (1931–2016), Missouri state senator
* [John W. Russell (New York politician)](/source/John_W._Russell_(New_York_politician)) (1874/5–1930)

===United Kingdom===
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* Sir [John Russell (knight)](/source/John_Russell_(knight)) (died 1224), English household knight of King John
* Sir [John Russell (died 1270)](/source/John_Russell_(died_1270)), Anglo-Scottish noble
* [John Russell (MP for Coventry)](/source/John_Russell_(MP_for_Coventry)), MP for [Coventry](/source/Coventry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1302
* [John Russell (died 1405)](/source/John_Russell_(died_1405)) (1350s–1405), MP for Worcestershire
* [John Russell (fl. 1410)](/source/John_Russell_(fl._1410)), MP for Wells
* [John Russell (speaker)](/source/John_Russell_(speaker)) (died 1437), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons
* [John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford](/source/John_Russell%2C_1st_Earl_of_Bedford) (1485–1555), English royal minister
* [John Russell (Westminster MP)](/source/John_Russell_(Westminster_MP)), MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547
* [Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Russell%2C_3rd_Baronet) (1632?–1669), of Chippenham
* [John Russell (Royalist)](/source/John_Russell_(Royalist)) (died 1687), English MP and soldier
* [John Russell (colonial administrator)](/source/John_Russell_(colonial_administrator)) (1670–1735), administrator of the English East India Company
* [John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford](/source/John_Russell%2C_4th_Duke_of_Bedford) (1710–1771), British statesman
* [John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford](/source/John_Russell%2C_6th_Duke_of_Bedford) (1766–1839), Knight of the Garter
* [John Russell, 1st Earl Russell](/source/John_Russell%2C_1st_Earl_Russell) (1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister
* [John Russell, Viscount Amberley](/source/John_Russell%2C_Viscount_Amberley) (1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP
* [John Russell (diplomat)](/source/John_Russell_(diplomat)) (1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador
* [John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford](/source/John_Russell%2C_13th_Duke_of_Bedford) (1917–2002), British peer and writer
* [John Russell, 4th Earl Russell](/source/John_Russell%2C_4th_Earl_Russell) (1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell
* [John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford](/source/John_Russell%2C_27th_Baron_de_Clifford) (1928–2018), Peer of England
* [John Russell, 7th Earl Russell](/source/John_Russell%2C_7th_Earl_Russell) (born 1971), English politician

===Elsewhere===
* [John Watts-Russell](/source/John_Watts-Russell) (1825–1875), New Zealand politician

==Religion==
* [John Russell (bishop)](/source/John_Russell_(bishop)) (died 1494), bishop of Lincoln and Lord High Chancellor of England, 1483–1485
* [John Russell (clergyman)](/source/John_Russell_(clergyman)) (1626–1692), Puritan minister
* John Russel (parish minister) (1740-1817), Ayrshire minister parodied by Burns in [The Holy Tulzie](/source/The_Holy_Tulzie)
* [John Russell (headmaster)](/source/John_Russell_(headmaster)) (1787–1863), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School
* [John Russell (parson)](/source/John_Russell_(parson)) (1795–1883), hunter, dog breeder, and cleric
* [John Lewis Russell](/source/John_Lewis_Russell) (1808–1854), American botanist and Unitarian minister
* [John Fuller Russell](/source/John_Fuller_Russell) (1814–1888), Church of England priest, writer, and art collector
* [John Russell (priest, born 1868)](/source/John_Russell_(priest%2C_born_1868)) (1868–1949), Archdeacon of Oamaru / North Otago in New Zealand
* [John Russell (priest, born 1792)](/source/John_Russell_(priest%2C_born_1792)) (1792–1865), Archdeacon of Clogher, Ireland
* [John Joyce Russell](/source/John_Joyce_Russell) (1897–1993), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

==Sports==
===Association football===
* [John Russell (footballer, born 1872)](/source/John_Russell_(footballer%2C_born_1872)) (1872–1905), Scottish footballer
* [John Russell (Cambuslang footballer)](/source/John_Russell_(Cambuslang_footballer)) (fl. 1890), Scottish footballer for Cambuslang and the national team
* [John Russell (Dumbarton footballer)](/source/John_Russell_(Dumbarton_footballer)) (fl. 1922–1928), Scottish footballer for Airdrie and Dumbarton
* [John Russell (footballer, born 1923)](/source/John_Russell_(footballer%2C_born_1923)) (1923–2005), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Kilmarnock FC)
* [John Russell (Queen's Park footballer)](/source/John_Russell_(Queen's_Park_footballer)) (fl. 1924–1933), Scottish footballer
* [John Russell (Irish footballer)](/source/John_Russell_(Irish_footballer)) (born 1985), Irish footballer for Sligo Rovers FC
* [Johnny Russell (footballer)](/source/Johnny_Russell_(footballer)) (born 1990), Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Derby County, Sporting KC, national team)
* [Jon Russell (footballer)](/source/Jon_Russell_(footballer)) (born 2000), Jamaican footballer for Huddersfield Town, Chelsea and Accrington Stanley

===Baseball===
* [John Russell (pitcher)](/source/John_Russell_(pitcher)) (1895–1930), for the Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox
* [John Henry Russell (baseball)](/source/John_Henry_Russell_(baseball)) (1898–1972), American Negro leagues baseball player
* [John Russell (catcher)](/source/John_Russell_(catcher)) (born 1961), manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates

===Other sports===
* [John Russell (cricketer)](/source/John_Russell_(cricketer)) (1883–1965), English cricketer
* [Honey Russell](/source/Honey_Russell) (John David Russell, 1902–1973), American basketball player and coach
* [John Russell (equestrian)](/source/John_Russell_(equestrian)) (1920–2020), American Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian
* [John Russell (runner)](/source/John_Russell_(runner)) (1932–2025), Australian long-distance runner
* [John A. Russell](/source/John_A._Russell) (1933–2010), British Olympic rower
* [John Russell (rower)](/source/John_Russell_(rower)) (1935–2019), British Olympic rower
* [John Russell (horse trainer)](/source/John_Russell_(horse_trainer)) (1936–2004), American horse trainer

==Others==
* [John Russell (pirate)](/source/John_Russell_(pirate)) (fl. 1722–1723), possible alias of Portugal's Juan Lopez
* [John Russell (collier)](/source/John_Russell_(collier)) (1788–1873), British industrialist and colliery owner
* [John Russell (advocate)](/source/John_Russell_(advocate)) (died 1613) Scottish lawyer and author
* John Russell (1796–1846), Scottish lawyer and travel writer, brother of [James Russell](/source/James_Russell_(law_reporter))
* [John Scott Russell](/source/John_Scott_Russell) (1808–1882), Scottish naval engineer
* [John Russell (developer)](/source/John_Russell_(developer)) (1821–1896), Irish-American industrialist and developer of Ashland, Kentucky
* [John Benjamin Russell](/source/John_Benjamin_Russell) (1834–1894), New Zealand lawyer, businessman, and landscape gardener
* [E. John Russell](/source/E._John_Russell) (1872–1965), British agriculturalist
* [John Henderson Russell](/source/John_Henderson_Russell) (1884–?), American professor and author

==See also==
* [Jack Russell (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Russell_(disambiguation))
* [Johnny Russell (disambiguation)](/source/Johnny_Russell_(disambiguation))
* [Jonathan Russell (disambiguation)](/source/Jonathan_Russell_(disambiguation))
* [Jon Russell (''One Life to Live'')](/source/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](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Washington%2C_2010)

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