John Russell
John Russell may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- John Russell (English painter), English painter
- John Russell (Australian painter), Australian painter
- John Russell (screenwriter), author and screenwriter
- John L. Russell (cinematographer), American cinematographer
- Johnny Russell (saxophonist), American jazz saxophonist
- John Russell (art critic), British American art critic
- John Russell (actor), American actor in the television series Lawman
- Johnny Russell (singer), American country singer
- John Russell (musician), acoustic guitarist
- John Morris Russell, American conductor
- John C. Russell, playwright
- John Russell of Bluffdale, American novelist, writer and Baptist preacher
- John Wentworth Russell, Canadian painter
- Johnnie Russell, stage name of John R. Countryman, American diplomat and former child actor
Military
- John Russell (Royalist), English MP and soldier
- John Henry Russell, officer of the United States Navy
- John Cecil Russell, British Army officer
- John Russell (Medal of Honor), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John H. Russell Jr., major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps
- John Tinsley Russell, New Zealand soldier
- John Russell (VC), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross
- John Russell (aviator), flying ace
- John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill, British peer and Royal Navy officer
- John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the Camp Liberty killings
Law and politics
United States
- John Russell (New York politician), United States Representative from New York
- John Russell (prohibitionist), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party
- John Russell (Ohio politician), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869
- John Russell (Virginia politician), American politician
- John D. Russell (judge), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- John E. Russell, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- John W. Russell Jr., member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and the Oklahoma Senate between 1952 and 1956
- John Russell (Missouri politician), Missouri state senator
- John W. Russell (New York politician)
United Kingdom
- Sir John Russell (knight), 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), MP for Worcestershire
- John Russell (fl. 1410), MP for Wells
- John Russell (speaker), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons
- John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister
- John Russell (Westminster MP), MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547
- Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet, of Chippenham
- John Russell (Royalist), English MP and soldier
- John Russell (colonial administrator), administrator of the English East India Company
- John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman
- John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, Knight of the Garter
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister
- John Russell, Viscount Amberley, progressive Liberal MP
- John Russell (diplomat), British diplomat and ambassador
- John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford, British peer and writer
- John Russell, 4th Earl Russell, eldest son of Bertrand Russell
- John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford, Peer of England
- John Russell, 7th Earl Russell, English politician
Elsewhere
- John Watts-Russell, New Zealand politician
Religion
- John Russell (bishop), bishop of Lincoln and Lord High Chancellor of England, 1483–1485
- John Russell (clergyman), Puritan minister
- John Russell (headmaster), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School
- John Russell (parson), hunter, dog breeder, and cleric
- John Lewis Russell, American botanist and Unitarian minister
- John Fuller Russell, Church of England priest, writer, and art collector
- John Russell (priest, born 1868), Archdeacon of Oamaru / North Otago in New Zealand
- John Russell (priest, born 1792), Archdeacon of Clogher, Ireland
- John Joyce Russell, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Sports
Association football
- John Russell (footballer, born 1872), Scottish footballer
- John Russell (Cambuslang footballer), Scottish footballer for Cambuslang and the national team
- John Russell (Dumbarton footballer), Scottish footballer for Airdrie and Dumbarton
- John Russell (footballer, born 1923), Scottish footballer
- John Russell (Queen's Park footballer), Scottish footballer
- John Russell (Irish footballer), Irish footballer for Sligo Rovers FC
- Johnny Russell (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Jon Russell (footballer), Jamaican footballer for Huddersfield Town, Chelsea and Accrington Stanley
Baseball
- John Russell (pitcher), for the Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox
- John Henry Russell (baseball), American Negro leagues baseball player
- John Russell (catcher), manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Other sports
- John Russell (cricketer), English cricketer
- Honey Russell, American basketball player and coach
- John Russell (equestrian), American Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian
- John Russell (athlete), Australian long-distance runner
- John A. Russell, British Olympic rower
- John Russell (rower), British Olympic rower
- John Russell (horse trainer), American horse trainer
Others
- John Russell (pirate), possible alias of Portugal's Juan Lopez
- John Russell (collier), British industrialist and colliery owner
- John Russell (advocate) Scottish lawyer and author
- John Russell, Scottish lawyer and travel writer, brother of James Russell
- John Scott Russell, Scottish naval engineer
- John Russell (developer), Irish-American industrialist and developer of Ashland, Kentucky
- John Benjamin Russell, New Zealand lawyer, businessman, and landscape gardener
- E. John Russell, British agriculturalist
- John Henderson Russell, American professor and author