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) 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 a ...

(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 (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. Russell was born in Vermont, but lived most of his life in Bluffdale, Illino ...

, American novelist, writer and Baptist preacher * John Wentworth Russell, 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 (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 (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 Captain John Hugo Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill, CBE (4 October 1896 – 3 June 1973) was a British peer who served in the Royal Navy in both the First and Second World Wars. He was the son of Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill. He succeeded to the ...

(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 ha ...

(2009)

Politics

United States

John Russell (New York politician) John Russell (September 7, 1772 – August 2, 1842) was an American 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 the second ...

(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 party in ...

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

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

(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, in the Fairfax City Council and one term in the Virginia Senate. He defeated legislative aide E ...

(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) John T. Russell (September 22, 1931 – March 25, 2016) was an American politician who served as a Missouri state representative from 1962 until 1974 and a Missouri state senator from 1976 until 2000. Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Russell previo ...

(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) John Russell was the member of Parliament for Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement ...

, MP for

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

in 1302 *

John Russell (died 1405) Sir John Russell (died 1405), of Strensham in Worcestershire where he held the manor and advowson, was an English landowner, soldier, administrator, courtier and politician. Origins His family had been living at Strensham since before 1283, whe ...

(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 Gloucester ...

(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) John Russell (14 October 1670 – 5 December 1735) was an administrator of the English East India Company. Life The posthumous third son of Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet and Frances Cromwell, he was on his mother's side a grandson of Oliver Cro ...

(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 an 18th-century British statesman.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peera ...

(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 fathe ...

(1766–1839), Knight of the Garter *

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and a ...

(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) 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. H ...

(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 peer. As a businessman, the Duke and J. Chipperf ...

(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 John Edward Southwell Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford
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(1928–2018), Peer of England *

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

(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) (1787–1863), English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School *

John Russell (parson) John "Jack" Russell (21 December 1795 – 28 April 1883), known as "The Sporting Parson", vicar of Swimbridge and rector of Black Torrington in North Devon, was an enthusiastic fox-hunter and dog breeder, who 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 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 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) 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 John Joyce Russell (December 1, 1897 – March 17, 1993) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia from 1958 to 1973. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of C ...

(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) 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) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mos ...

(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) Johnathon Simpson Snedden Russell (born 8 April 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. He has previously played for Dundee United, Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers and ...

(born 1990), Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Derby County, Sporting KC, national team) * Jon Russell (footballer) (born 2000), English 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) (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) (1935–2019), British Olympic rower * John Russell (horse trainer) (1936-2004), American horse trainer

Others

* John Russell (pirate) (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) (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 FRSE FRS FRSA (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built '' Great Eastern'' in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ...

(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 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