James or Jim Russell may refer to:

Entertainment

Jim Russell (actor) James Russell is an Australian comedian and actor, best known for appearing in the television series '' Comedy Inc.''. He has also featured in Australian films, sitcoms, and dramas. Russell toured throughout Europe and North America during 200 ...

, Australian comedian and actor *

Jim Russell (cartoonist) James Newton Russell AM MBE (26 March 1909 – 15 August 2001) was an Australian cartoonist who drew '' The Potts'' for 62 years. Russell has entered the Guinness Book of Records for drawing the same comic strip singlehandedly without any ...

(1909–2001), Australian cartoonist *

James Russell (director) James Russell is a British Award Winning Multi Camera Director of live music, events, promos, studio and DVD content. With over 23 years of experience as a Director, he now works on a freelance basis. He has recorded live music performances from a ...

, British music and events video director *

James Russell (garden designer) James Russell (1920–1996) was an English garden designer. He was educated at Eton College and then went to University of Cambridge, Cambridge University. His education was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served for three years. ...

(1920–1996), English garden designer * James Russell (born 1936), pseudonym of British author

Terry Harknett Terry Harknett (11 December 1936 - 23 January 2019) was a British author. He was author of almost 200 books, mostly pulp novels in the western and crime genres. He wrote under an array of pseudonyms, including George G. Gilman, Joseph Hedges, ...

* James Russell, actor in the 2016 film '' The Boy''

Law

* James Russell (law reporter) (1790–1861), Scottish barrister and law reporter * James Cholmeley Russell (1841–1912), barrister, financier, and Welsh railway entrepreneur * James George Russell (1848–1918), Australian lawyer and public servant *

James Russell (Hong Kong judge) Sir James Russell (22 November 1842 – 1 September 1893) was an Irish colonial administrator in Hong Kong and served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1888 to 1892. Early life The third son of John Russell, Russell was born on 22 Novemb ...

(died 1893), Chief Justice of Hong Kong * James Russell (Canadian judge) (born 1949), Canadian judge

Politics

James McPherson Russell James McPherson Russell (November 10, 1786 – November 14, 1870) was a Whig Party (United States), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James M. Russell (father of Samuel Lyon Russell) was born in York, ...

(1786–1870), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * James Russell (New Brunswick politician) (1824–1915), farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada *

James Alexander Russell Sir James Alexander Russell (6 April 1846 in Glassellan House, Skye – 22 January 1918 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish physician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1891–94). He was a pioneer in the development of Publicly funded health ...

(1846–1918), Scottish physician and Lord Provost of Edinburgh * James C. Russell (1928–2016), American politician in Missouri *

James Russell (Newfoundland politician) Maxwell James Russell (born 4 September 1940) is an educator and former political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented Lewisporte in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1971 to 1975 and from 1982 to 1989 ...

(born 1940), educator and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * James T. Russell (politician) (1927–2006), member of the Florida House of Representatives

Religion

* J. Stuart Russell (1816–1895), pastor and author of ''The Parousia'' *

James Curdie Russell James Curdie Russell (1830-1925) was a Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1902. Life He was born in 1830. He was minister of Campbeltown from 1854 and remained there for most of his ...

(1830–1925), Scottish minister *

James Solomon Russell James Solomon Russell (December 20, 1857 – March 28, 1935), born enslaved in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, shortly before the American Civil War, became an Episcopal priest and educator in the postwar period. Russell founded Saint Paul N ...

(1857–1935), Episcopal priest and educator

Science

James Russell (surgeon) James Russell FRSE RSA (1754–1836) was a Scottish surgeon who was the first professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He was president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and was a co-founder of the Royal Society ...

(1754–1836), Scottish doctor *

James Russell (inventor) James Torrance Russell (born 23 February 1931) is an American physicist and the inventor of compact disc technology. He earned a BA in physics from Reed College in Portland in 1953. He joined General Electric's nearby labs in Richland, Washin ...

(born 1931), American inventor * James A. Russell (born 1947), American psychologist *

James Russell III James M. Russell III is an atmospheric scientist who has served as the developer of instrumentation for several NASA probes. He is currently a professor of Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences and co-director of the Center for Atmospheric research ...

, atmospheric scientist *

James Russell (ecologist) James Charles Russell is a New Zealand conservation biologist and professor at the University of Auckland. Career Russell gained a PhD on the genetics and invasion ecology of rats from the University of Auckland. Russell is most widely known ...

, New Zealand biologist and professor *

James Burn Russell James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince James ...

(1837–1904), Scottish doctor, Glasgow's first Medical Officer of Health, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland *

James Samuel Risien Russell James Samuel Risien Russell (17 September 1863 – 20 March 1939) was a Guyanese-British physician, neurologist, professor of medicine, and professor of medical jurisprudence. Early life Russell was of mixed race, born in Demerara, British G ...

(1863–1939), Guyanese-British physician and professor of medicine * James M. Russell, American paleoclimatologist and climatologist

Sports

James Russell (Australian footballer) James William Russell (1 August 1931 – 12 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in ...

(1931–1969), Australian rules footballer *

Jimmy Russell Arthur Christopher John Russell (29 August 1879 – 6 August 1925) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competit ...

(1879–1925), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne *

Jim Russell (footballer) James Walker Russell (14 September 1916 – 17 August 1994) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Ty ...

(1916–1994), Scottish professional footballer *

James Russell (Scottish footballer) James Russell was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defens ...

, Scottish footballer *

Jim Russell (racing driver) Herbert James Russell (28 May 1920 – 30 March 2019), better known as Jim Russell, was an English racing driver, garage owner and founder of the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He died on 30 March 2019, shortly after undergoing an operation f ...

(1920–2019), English racing driver * Jim Russell (ice hockey) (1918–1977), Canadian ice hockey player * Jim Russell (baseball) (1918–1987), American baseball outfielder *

James Russell (baseball) James Clayton Russell (born January 8, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball at Navarro College and the University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the ...

(born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher

Other

James Sargent Russell James Sargent Russell (March 22, 1903 – April 14, 1996) was an admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Russell was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of noted architect Ambrose J. Russell and Loella Janet (Sargent) Russell. He attended ...

(1903–1996), United States Navy admiral *

Jim Russell (journalist) James B. Russell (January 30, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American journalist, producer, and executive who created national programs for all three public radio networks: National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Pub ...

(born 1946), American journalist and producer * James R. Russell (born 1953), American professor of Ancient Near East studies