John Russell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Russell (English painter) John Russell may refer to: 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 scr ...

(1745–1806), English painter * John Russell (Australian painter) (1858–1930), Australian painter *

John Russell (screenwriter) John Russell (22 April 1885 - 6 March 1956) was an American writer and screenwriter. Biography Born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1885, Russell wrote for the New York City News Association news agency, and then for the New York Tribune. '' The Pagan'' w ...

(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) John Russell CBE (22 January 1919 – 23 August 2008) was an English art critic and journalist. Life and career John Russell was born in Fleet, Hampshire, England, in 1919. He attended St Paul's School and then Magdalen College, Oxford. He ...

(1919–2008), British American art critic *

John Russell (actor) John Lawrence Russell (January 3, 1921 – January 19, 1991) was an American film and television actor, most noted for his starring role as Marshal Dan Troop in the ABC Western television series '' Lawman'' from 1958 to 1962 and his lead role ...

(1921–1991), American actor in the TV series ''Lawman'' *

Johnny Russell (singer) John Bright Russell (January 23, 1940 – July 3, 2001) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and comedian best known for his song "Act Naturally", which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 19 ...

(1940–2001), American country singer *

John Russell (musician) John Russell (19 December 1954 – 19 January 2021) was an acoustic guitarist who worked in free improvisation beginning in the 1970s. He promoted concerts and appeared on more than 50 recordings. Career Russell was born in Battersea and grew ...

(1954–2021), acoustic guitarist *

John Morris Russell John Morris Russell (born June 6, 1960), also known as JMR, is an American orchestral conductor best known for his association with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and thHilton Head Symphony Orchestra He lives i ...

(born 1960), American conductor * John C. Russell (1963–1994), playwright *

John Russell of Bluffdale John Russell of Bluffdale (1793–1863) was a 19th-century American novelist, writer and licensed Baptist preacher. He wrote the first published novel featuring Mormons Mormons are a Religious denomination, religious and ethnocultural grou ...

(1793–1863), American novelist, writer and Baptist preacher *

John Wentworth Russell John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959) was a Canadian painter with a wide range of subjects and media – portraits (child subjects were a specialty of his), landscapes, still life, and the nude as well as illustrations for magazines, such as ''Vo ...

(1879–1959), Canadian painter * Johnnie Russell (born 1933), stage name of John R. Countryman, American diplomat and former child actor

Military

John Russell (Royalist) John Russell (1620–1687) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1644. He fought in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. Life and career Russell was the third son of Francis Russell, 4t ...

(1620–1687), English MP and soldier *

John Henry Russell Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (4 July 1827 – 1 April 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Biography Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827 to Sir James ...

(1827–1897), officer of the United States Navy *

John Cecil Russell Major-General John Cecil Russell (1839–30 March 1909) was a British cavalry officer. After a brief service with the Officers%27_Training_Corps#Oxford, Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps Russell Purchase of commissions in the British Arm ...

(1839–1909), British Army officer *

John Russell (Medal of Honor) John Russell (born c. 1852, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Born in about 1852 in New York, New York, Russell joined the Navy ...

(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) Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain John Fox Russell, Victoria Cross, VC, Military Cross, MC (27 January 1893 – 6 November 1917) was a Welsh physician, a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest awa ...

(1893–1917), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross *

John Russell (aviator) Second Lieutenant John Bernard Russell was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Early life and enlistment Russell was born on 5 June 1894 in Pictou, Nova Scotia; his mother was Mrs J. S. Russell. When he joined the Cana ...

(1894–1960), flying ace *

John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill Captain John Hugo Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (4 October 1896 – 3 June 1973) was a British peer who served in the Royal Navy in both the First and Second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day fi ...

(1896–1973), British peer and Royal Navy officer * John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the

Camp Liberty killings On May 11, 2009, five United States military personnel were fatally shot at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq by Army Sergeant John M. Russell. In the days before the killings, witnesses stated Russell had become distant and was ...

(2009)

Law and politics

United States

John Russell (New York politician) John Russell (September 7, 1772 – August 2, 1842) was an American medical doctor, merchant and a United States representative from New York. Early life Russell was born in Branford in the Connecticut Colony on September 7, 1772. He was th ...

(1772–1842), United States Representative from New York *

John Russell (prohibitionist) John Russell (September 20, 1822 – November 3, 1912) was a Methodist preacher who became a leading advocate for prohibition during the 1870s. Russell helped organize the Prohibition Party The Prohibition Party (PRO) is a Political parties ...

(1822–1912), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party *

John Russell (Ohio politician) John Russell (1827-1869) was a Republican politician who was appointed Ohio Secretary of State from 1868 to 1869. Russell was from Champaign County, Ohio. He was chief clerk in the office of Ohio Secretary of State William Henry Smith. Smith ...

(1827–1869), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869 *

John Russell (Virginia politician) John Wesley Russell (August 31, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American Republican politician who served two terms as mayor of Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia and the c ...

(1923–2012), American politician *

John D. Russell (judge) John David Russell (born 1963) is an American lawyer from Oklahoma who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Early life and education Russell was born and raised ...

(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

United Kingdom

* Sir

John Russell (knight) Sir John Russell (died c. 1224) of Kingston Russell in Dorset, England, was a household knight of King John (1199–1216), and of the young King Henry III (1216–1272), to whom he also acted as steward. He served in this capacity as custodian ...

(died 1224), English household knight of King John * Sir John Russell (died 1270), Anglo-Scottish noble * John Russell (MP for Coventry), MP for

Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...

in 1302 * John Russell (died 1405) (1350s–1405), MP for Worcestershire * John Russell (fl. 1410), MP for Wells *

John Russell (speaker) John Russell (died 1437) was an English landowner and Justice of the Peace who was elected Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1423 and 1432. Russell sat in the Parliaments of 1410, 1411 and 1417 as a proxy for the Abbot of Glouceste ...

(died 1437), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons *

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford ( 1485 – 14 March 1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal. Among the lands and property he ...

(1485–1555), English royal minister *

John Russell (Westminster MP) John Russell was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Westminster Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford St ...

, MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547 * Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet (1632?–1669), of Chippenham *

(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 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (30 September 17105 January 1771) was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party durin ...

(1710–1771), British statesman *

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (6 July 1766 – 20 October 1839), known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was the father ...

(1766–1839), Knight of the Garter *

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United K ...

(1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister *

John Russell, Viscount Amberley John Russell, Viscount Amberley (10 December 1842 – 9 January 1876), was a British politician and writer. He was the eldest son of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, John Russell, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and fat ...

(1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP *

John Russell (diplomat) Sir John Wriothesley Russell (22 August 1914 – 3 August 1984) was a British diplomat and ambassador. He was the only son of Thomas Wentworth Russell, better known as Russell Pasha, who was descended from John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. ...

(1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador *

John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (24 May 1917 – 25 October 2002), styled Lord Howland until 1940, and styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1940 until 1953, was a writer and a British peerage, British peer. As a businessman, the Duke ...

(1917–2002), British peer and writer *

John Russell, 4th Earl Russell John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (16 November 1921 – 16 December 1987), styled Viscount Amberley from 1931 to 1970, was the eldest son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (the 3rd Earl) and his second wife, Dora Black. H ...

(1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell * John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford (1928–2018), Peer of England *

John Russell, 7th Earl Russell John Francis Russell, 7th Earl Russell (born 19 November 1971), is a British hereditary peer, photographer, and Liberal Democrat politician. Early life The younger son of Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, a professor of history at Yale Universi ...

(born 1971), English politician

Elsewhere

John Watts-Russell John Charles Watts-Russell JP (1825 – 2 April 1875) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician, a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council and a member of the Legislative Council. He was supposedly the wealthiest of the early settlers, and ...

(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) John Russell (1626 – December 10, 1692) was a Puritan minister in Hadley, Massachusetts, during King Philip's War. As such, he is part of the Angel of Hadley legend. Life John Russell was born on 1626 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England and ...

(1626–1692), Puritan minister * John Russell (headmaster) (1787–1863), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School *

John Russell (parson) John "Jack" Russell (21 December 1795 – 28 April 1883), was an English parson, enthusiastic follower of country sports - particularly fox hunting - and dog breeder, and known as "The Sporting Parson". Russell developed the Jack Russell Terrier ...

(1795–1883), hunter, dog breeder, and cleric *

John Lewis Russell John Lewis Russell (2 December 1808 – 7 June 1873) was an American botany, botanist and Unitarianism, Unitarian minister. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Russell attended Harvard University and received his early education in Salem, Newburyport an ...

(1808–1854), American botanist and Unitarian minister *

John Fuller Russell John Fuller Russell (1813–1884), was a priest in the Church of England, a writer, mostly on theological subjects, especially religious ritual, and a notable art collector. He was a member of the committee of the Ecclesiological Society and had ...

(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) John Russell (15 March 1923 – 7 December 2005) was a Scottish footballer who played for Motherwell and Kilmarnock. Russell appeared in the 1952 Scottish League Cup Final, which Kilmarnock lost 2–0 to Dundee Dundee (; ; or , ) is the ...

(1923–2005), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Kilmarnock FC) *

John Russell (Queen's Park footballer) John M. Russell was a Scottish amateur football inside forward and wing half who made over 110 appearances in the Scottish League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football cl ...

(fl. 1924–1933), Scottish footballer *

John Russell (Irish footballer) John Russell (born 18 May 1985) is an Irish former professional footballer and current manager of Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Personal life John's sister Julie-Ann plays for Galway W.F.C. John is also an FAI Deve ...

(born 1985), Irish footballer for Sligo Rovers FC *

Johnny Russell (footballer) Johnathon Simpson Snedden Russell (born 8 April 1990) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Real Salt Lake. He has previously played for Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Forfar ...

(born 1990), Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Derby County, Sporting KC, national team) *

Jon Russell (footballer) Jonathan Edward Russell (born 9 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for side Barnsley. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team. Club career Born in Hounslow, Russell joined Chelsea at under-7 ...

(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 "Honey" Russell (May 31, 1902 – November 15, 1973) was an American basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. He turned professional after his sophomore year of high scho ...

(John David Russell, 1902–1973), American basketball player and coach * John Russell (equestrian) (1920–2020), American Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian *

John Russell (athlete) John Frederick Russell (4 February 1932 – 10 April 2025) was an Australian former Long-distance track event, long-distance runner who competed in the Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1932), Australian long-distance runner *

John A. Russell John A. Russell (1 June 1933 - 22 May 2010) was a British rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 195 ...

(born 1933), British Olympic rower *

John Russell (rower) John Michael Russell (3 August 1935 – 22 January 2019) was a British rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Russell was born in Chiswick, London. In 1959, he won both the Wingfield Scul ...

(1935–2019), British Olympic rower * John Russell (horse trainer) (1936–2004), American horse trainer

Others

John Russell (pirate) John Russell (fl. 1722–1723) was a pirate active from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean to the African coast. He is best known for his association with Edward Low and Francis Spriggs, and for his involvement with two well-known and well-documented ...

(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 John Scott Russell (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architecture, naval architect and shipbuilder who built ''SS Great Eastern, Great Eastern'' in collaboration with Is ...

(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