John Russell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Russell (English painter) John Russell RA (29 March 1745 – 20 April 1806) was an English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques. Life and work Russell was born in Guildford, Surrey, the son ...

(1745–1806), English painter *

John Russell (Australian painter) John Peter Russell (16 June 185830 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter. Born and raised in Sydney, Russell moved to Europe in his late teenage years to attend art school. There, he befriended fellow pupil Vincent van Gogh and, ...

(1858–1930), Australian painter * John Russell (screenwriter) (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. 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 was an unpaid int ...

(1919–2008), British American art critic * John Russell (actor) (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 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 1965. ...

(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 and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife and tw ...

(born 1960), American conductor *

John C. Russell ''Stupid Kids'' is a play by John C. Russell (1963–1994), first published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. of New York, and first performed in 1991. Very similar in tone, plot, and characters to the film Rebel Without a Cause, the play follow ...

(1963–1994), playwright * John Russell of Bluffdale, 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 ''Vogu ...

, Canadian painter * Johnnie Russell (born 1933), stage name of

John R. Countryman John Russell Countryman (born January 25, 1933), stage name Johnnie Russell, is an American former child actor and retired career officer for the United States Foreign Service. Before the age of ten, Countryman appeared in more than a dozen Hol ...

, 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 in the English Civil War. Russell was the third son of Francis Russell, fourth Earl of Bedford, k ...

(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 H ...

(1827–1897), officer of the United States Navy * John Russell (Medal of Honor) (1852–?), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor *

John H. Russell Jr. John Henry Russell Jr. (November 14, 1872 – March 6, 1947) was a major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps. His only child was Brooke Astor, a noted philanthropist, who lived to be 105. Early life Russell was born on November ...

(1872–1947), major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps *

John Tinsley Russell John Tinsley Russell (11 November 1904 – 6 September 1942) was an officer in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was second in command of the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry, and was awarded the Distinguish ...

(1904–1942), New Zealand soldier *

John Russell (VC) Captain John Fox Russell, VC, MC (27 January 1893 – 6 November 1917) was a Welsh physician, a British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with t ...

(1893–1917), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross * John Russell (aviator) (1894–1960), flying ace * John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (1896–1973), British peer and Royal Navy officer * John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the Camp Liberty killings (2009)

Politics

United States

* John Russell (New York politician) (1772–1842), United States Representative from New York * John Russell (prohibitionist) (1822–1912), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party * John Russell (Ohio politician) (1827–1869), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869 * John Russell (Virginia politician) (1923-2012), American politician *

John E. Russell John Edwards Russell (January 20, 1834 – October 28, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Russell was instructed by private tutors. He returned to Massachusetts and became interested in ...

(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) (born 1931), 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) Sir John Russell (died 1270), was an Anglo-Scottish noble. He was a younger son of John Russell of Kingston Russell and Dyrham and Rohesia Bardolf. He married Isabella, Countess of Menteith shortly after the death of her first husband Walter Co ...

, Anglo-Scottish noble * John Russell (MP for Coventry), MP for Coventry in 1302 * John Russell (died 1405) (1350s–1405), MP for Worcestershire * John Russell (fl. 1410), MP for Wells * John Russell (speaker) (died 1437), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons *

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

(1485–1555), English royal minister * John Russell (Westminster MP), MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547 *

Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet (1632? – 1669), first a Royalist, but afterwards a colonel of foot for Parliament and distinguished himself at the Battle of Marston Moor, and in the Protectorate's wars in Ireland and Flanders. Russell was the firs ...

(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 (1710–1771), British statesman * John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839), Knight of the Garter * John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (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, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and father of the philosopher Bertrand ...

(1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP * John Russell (diplomat) (1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador * John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (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 Blac ...

(1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell * John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford (1928–2018), Peer of England * John Russell, 7th Earl Russell (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) John Russell (died 30 December 1494) was an English Bishop of Rochester and bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor. Life Russell was admitted to Winchester College in 1443, and in 1449 went to Oxford as Fellow of New College. He resigned his ...

(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 i ...

(1626–1692), Puritan minister *

John Russell (headmaster) John Russell D.D. (1787–1863) was an English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School. Life The son of John Russell (died 26 April 1802), rector of Helmdon, Northamptonshire, and Ilmington, Warwickshire, he was educated at Charterhouse ...

(1787–1863), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School * John Russell (parson) (1795–1883), hunter, dog breeder, and cleric *

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

(1808–1854), American botanist and Unitarian minister * John Fuller Russell (1814–1888), Church of England priest, writer, and art collector *

John Russell (priest, born 1868) John Delacourt Russell (b Hendon 1868 – d Riverton 9 February 1949) was the Archdeacon of Oamaru from 1915 until 1928 when it was renamed the Archdeaconry of North Otago, serving a further 16 years until his retirement in 1944: a total of 29 yea ...

(1868–1949), Archdeacon of Oamaru / North Otago in New Zealand *

John Russell (priest, born 1792) John Abraham Russell (6 November 1792 - 29 April 1865) was an Irish Anglican priest. Russell was born in Limerick and educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he was a close friend of the poet Charles Wolfe. Russell edited Wolfe's poems and sermo ...

(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) John Russell was a Scottish footballer who played in the 1920s. Following an unsuccessful spell with Airdrie he signed for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the ...

(fl. 1922–1928), Scottish footballer for Airdrie and Dumbarton * John Russell (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2005), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Kilmarnock FC) * John Russell (Queen's Park footballer) (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 Dev ...

(born 1985), Irish footballer for Sligo Rovers FC * Johnny Russell (footballer) (born 1990), Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Derby County, Sporting KC, national team) * Jon Russell (footballer) (born 2000), Jamaican footballer for Huddersfield Town, Chelsea and Accrington Stanley

Baseball

John Russell (pitcher) John Albert Russell (October 20, 1895 in San Mateo, California – November 19, 1930 in Ely, Nevada) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in six games for Brooklyn Robins in the 1917 and 1918 seasons and then in fifteen games for t ...

(1895–1930), for the Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox *

John Henry Russell (baseball) John Henry Russell (February 24, 1898 – December 4, 1972), nicknamed "Pistol", was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1920s and 1930s. A native of Dolcito, Alabama, Russell made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 with the Memphi ...

(1898–1972), American Negro leagues baseball player *

John Russell (catcher) John William Russell (born January 5, 1961) is an American former catcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB), and former Manager (baseball), manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played 10 seasons from 1984 to 1993 with the Philadelp ...

(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) Colonel John William Russell (February 2, 1920 – September 30, 2020) was an American equestrian who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began comp ...

(1920–2020), American Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian * John Russell (athlete) (born 1932), Australian long-distance runner * John A. Russell (born 1933), British Olympic rower *

John Russell (rower) John Michael Russell was a Great Britain, British Rowing (sport), rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Russell was born on 3 August 1935 in Chiswick, London. In 1959, he won both the Wingfi ...

(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 m ...

(fl. 1722–1723), possible alias of Portugal's Juan Lopez *

John Russell (collier) John Russell (c.1788 – 1 March 1873)Although some sources give his date of birth as 1796, in Worcestershire, census records from 1851, 1861 and 1871 all give his place of birth as Broseley, Shropshire, in about 1788. was a British coal and iron m ...

(1788–1873), British industrialist and colliery owner *

John Russell (advocate) John Russell (died 1613) was a Scottish lawyer and author. He was involved in witch trials. Russell's family connections are unclear. He was probably a relative of the cloth merchant Mungo Russell. The kirk minister John Row (minister, born 1568), ...

(died 1613) Scottish lawyer and author * John Russell (1796–1846), Scottish lawyer and travel writer, brother of James Russell * John Scott Russell (1808–1882), Scottish naval engineer * John Russell (developer) (1821–1896), Irish-American industrialist and developer of Ashland, Kentucky *

John Benjamin Russell John Benjamin Russell (1834–1894), known in his earlier life as John Russell and later as J. B. Russell, was a New Zealand lawyer, businessman and landscape gardener. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Australia, of ...

(1834–1894), New Zealand lawyer, businessman, and landscape gardener *

E. John Russell Sir Edward John Russell (31 October 1872 – 12 July 1965) was a UK, British soil chemist, agriculture scientist, and director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1912 to 1943. He was responsible for hiring Ronald Fisher, R A Fisher for s ...

(1872–1965), British agriculturalist