James or Jim Russell may refer to:

Entertainment

* Jim Russell (actor), Australian comedian and actor * Jim Russell (cartoonist) (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) (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, ...

Law

James Russell (law reporter) James Russell (1790–1861) was a Scottish barrister, best known as a law reporter in the English courts. Life He was the eldest son of James Russell of Stirling; his brother John joined the Scottish bar, and became known as a travel writer. Afte ...

(1790–1861), Scottish barrister and law reporter *

James Cholmeley Russell James Cholmeley Russell (26 June 1841 – 29 August 1912) was a barrister, financier, property developer, and railway entrepreneur. He was a key shareholder, and eventually receiver, of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company from which the ...

(1841–1912), barrister, financier, and Welsh railway entrepreneur * James George Russell (1848–1918), Australian lawyer and public servant * James Russell (judge) (died 1893), Chief Justice of Hong Kong * James Russell (Canadian judge) (born 1949), Canadian judge

Politics

* James McPherson Russell (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 (1846–1918), Scottish physician and Lord Provost of Edinburgh * James C. Russell (1928–2016), American politician in Missouri * James Russell (Newfoundland politician) (born 1940), educator and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Religion

* J. Stuart Russell (1816–1895), pastor and author of ''The Parousia'' * James Curdie Russell (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. Russell founded Saint Paul Normal and Industrial Sc ...

(1857–1935), Episcopal priest and educator

Science

* James Russell (surgeon) (1754–1836), Scottish doctor *

James Russell (inventor) James T. Russell (born 1931 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American inventor. He earned a BA in physics from Reed College in Portland in 1953. He joined General Electric's nearby labs in Richland, Washington, where he initiated many types of exp ...

(born 1931), American inventor *

James A. Russell James A. Russell is an American psychologist whose work focuses on emotion. In 2009, Russell was ranked 35th in terms of citation impact in social psychology. Selected publications Books * Barrett, L. F., & Russell, J. A., Eds. (2015). The ...

(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 at ...

, atmospheric scientist * James Russell (ecologist), New Zealand * James Burn Russell (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

Sports

* James Russell (Australian footballer) (1931–1969), Australian rules footballer * Jimmy Russell (1879–1925), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne * Jim Russell (footballer) (1916–1994), Scottish professional footballer * James Russell (Scottish footballer), 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) James William Russell (October 1, 1918 – November 24, 1987) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Dodgers between 1942 and 1951.

(1918–1987), American baseball outfielder *

James Russell (baseball) James Clayton Russell (born January 8, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played college baseball at Navarro College and the University of Texas at Austin. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th roun ...

(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), Vice Admiral in the United States Navy * Jim Russell (journalist) (born 1946), American journalist and producer *

James R. Russell James Robert Russell (born October 27, 1953) is a scholar and professor in Ancient Near Eastern, Iranian and Armenian Studies. He has published extensively in journals, and has written several books. He served as Mashtots Professor of Armeni ...

(born 1953), American professor of Ancient Near East studies * James Henry Russell, president of Texarkana College