Russell may refer to:

People

Russell (given name) Russell is a given name that originated from the surname Russell, which in turn derives from the French name ''russel'' (Old Norse ''rossel'') "red-haired, from ''rus'' (Old Norse ''ros'') "red hair color" and the suffix ''-el''. Russell may be s ...

Russell (surname) Russell, also Rosel, Rousel, Russel or Rossell. The origin of the name has historically been subject to disagreement, with two distinct origins proposed. Early genealogists traced the Russel/Russell family of Kingston Russel from Anglo-Norman land ...

* Lady Russell (disambiguation) * Lord Russell (disambiguation)

Places

Australia

Russell, Australian Capital Territory Russell is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the North Canberra district. Russell is one of the smallest suburbs in Canberra, comprising a number of government offices but no private residences. It is probably best known for the headquarters ...

Russell Island, Queensland (disambiguation) Russell Island may refer to: * Russell Island (British Columbia), Canada, one of the Gulf Islands * Russell Island (Frankland Islands), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Michigan), United States * Russell Island (Moreton Bay), in Queenslan ...

Russell Island (Moreton Bay) Russell Island is an island, a town and a locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. The island is also known by its traditional Aboriginal name of ''Canaipa''. In the , Russell Island had a population of 2,836 people. Geography ...

Russell Island (Frankland Islands) Russell Island in North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands which form Frankland Group National Park, 30 km north-east of Babinda, and south-east of Cairns. A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service campsite exists on the flat end ...

Russell Falls The Russell Falls, a Waterfall#Types, tieredcascade waterfall on the Russell Falls Creek, is located in the Central Highlands (Tasmania), Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. Location and features The Russell Falls are situated on ...

, Tasmania *A former name of

Westerway, Tasmania Westerway is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Central Highlands and Derwent Valley in the Central and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census ...

Canada

Russell, Ontario The Township of Russell is a municipal township, located south-east of Canada's capital of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, on the Castor River. The township had a population of 16,520 in the 2016 Cana ...

, a township in Ontario *

Russell, Ontario (community) Russell is a police village that is part of Russell Township in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located immediately east of Ottawa, the city limits of which are just over 2km west of Russell. Ottaw ...

, a town in the township mentioned above. *

Russell, Manitoba Russell is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Russell – Binscarth, Manitoba. It is located along PTH 16 and PTH 83, and is at the western terminus of PTH 45. Russell is approximately east of the Saskatchewan border and ...

Russell Island (Nunavut) Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The weste ...

New Zealand

Russell, New Zealand Russell, known as Kororāreka in the early 19th century, was the first permanent European settlement and seaport in New Zealand. It is situated in the Bay of Islands, in the far north of the North Island. History and culture Māori settle ...

, formerly Kororareka *

Okiato Okiato or Old Russell is a small town in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, south of present-day Russell. It was founded in 1840 and served as New Zealand's first national capital until 1841, when the seat of government was moved to Auckland. ...

or Old Russell, the first capital of New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Russell Islands :''See also Russell Island (disambiguation).'' The Russell Islands are two small islands (Pavuvu and Mbanika), as well as several islets, of volcanic origin, in the Central Province of Solomon Islands. They are located approximately northwest of ...

United States

Russell, Arkansas Russell is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States. Renee (Harvey) Garr is the current mayor. The population was 228 at the 2000 census. Geography Russell is located at (35.362907, -91.509687). According to the United States Census Bur ...

Russell City, California __NOTOC__ Russell City (also known as Russell) was an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, United States, about south of Oakland in present-day Hayward. The land is at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m). Russell City exi ...

, formerly Russell *

Russell, Colorado Russell is an unincorporated community in Costilla County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Its elevation is . History A post office called Russell was in operation between 1876 and 1956. The community was named after William Greeneberry Russell Wi ...

Russell, Georgia Russell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2010 census. History The community most likely was named after Richard Russell Sr. (1861–1938), chief ju ...

Russell, Illinois Russell is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The community is located on Russell Road, a few miles east of Interstate 94, and was named for industrialist and political figure Russell Sage, who was connected with ...

Russell, Iowa Russell is a city in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 472 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 559 population in 2000. History Russell was incorporated as a city on April 25, 1887. The town was originally settled by Ger ...

Russell, Kansas Russell is the most populous city in and the county seat of Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,401. History In 1865, the Butterfield Overland Despatch established a short-lived sta ...

Russell, Kentucky Russell is a home rule-class city on the south bank of the Ohio River in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,380 as of the 2010 census, down from 3,645 in 2000. Russell is a suburb of Ashland and part of the Hunting ...

, in Greenup County *

Russell, Louisville Russell is a neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood immediately west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It was named for renowned African American educator and Bloomfield, Kentucky native Harvey Clarence Russell Sr. Its boundari ...

, Kentucky *

Russell, Massachusetts Russell is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,643 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Russell is in western Hampden County, bordered ...

, a New England town **

Russell (CDP), Massachusetts Russell is a census-designated place that comprises the populated center of the town of Russell in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 786 at the 2010 census, out of 1,775 in the entire town of Russell. It ...

, the main village in the town *

Russell, Minnesota Russell is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 338 at the 2010 census. History Russell was platted in 1888, and named for Russell Spicer, the son of the settler credited with bringing the railroad to the communit ...

Russell, New York Russell is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,856 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Russell Attwater, the pioneer land owner. The Town of Russell is centrally located in the county and is south ...

Russell, North Dakota Russell is an unincorporated hamlet in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. There are no businesses or services there, only about half a dozen homes scattered along narrow, intersecting dirt roads. History Russell was establishe ...

Russell Township, Ohio Russell Township is one of the sixteen civil township, townships of Geauga County, Ohio, Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the population was 5,188, down from 5,529 at the 2000 census. Geography L ...

Russell, Portland, Oregon Russell is a neighborhood in the northeast section of Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willam ...

Russell, Pennsylvania Russell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pine Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is east of Lander and lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 62 U.S. Route 62 or U.S. H ...

Russell, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Russell is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: *Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin Russell is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of ...

Russell County, Alabama Russell County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,183. Its county seat is Phenix City. Its name is in honor of Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, who fought in the wars agai ...

Russell County, Kansas Russell County (standard abbreviation: RS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,691. The largest city and county seat is Russell. Russell, the county seat, was the home of former U.S. Senate Maj ...

Russell County, Kentucky Russell County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its county seat is Jamestown. The county was formed on December 14, 1825, from portions of Adair, Cumberland and Wayne Counties and is named for William Russell. In ...

Russell County, Virginia Russell County () is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,781. Its county seat is Lebanon. History On January 2, 1786, Russell County was established from a section of Washington Coun ...

Russell Island (Michigan) Russell Island is a small private island in the St. Clair River in the U.S. state of Michigan between Algonac and Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada. It is immediately upriver from Sand Island which is itself immediately upriver from Harsens Island; ...

Extraterrestrial

Russell (lunar crater) Russell is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar impact crater. It is located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum, close to the western lunar limb. As a result, it appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. The south-southwestern rim ...

Russell (Martian crater) Russell is a crater on Mars, located in the Noachis quadrangle at 54.9° south latitude and 347.6° west longitude. It measures approximately 135 kilometers in diameter and was named after American astronomer Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957). ...

Electoral districts

Three defunct electoral districts in Canada are named Russell. *

Russell (Ontario electoral district) Russell was a federal electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. The federal riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted initially of t ...

Russell (Ontario provincial electoral district) Russell was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. ...

Russell (Manitoba electoral district) Russell was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was located in the southwestern section of the province. Historical riding The original Russell riding was created in 1886, shortly after the expansion of Mani ...

Ships

*, five ships of the Royal Navy have carried this name *, two ships of the United States Navy have carried this name

Other uses

Jack Russell Terrier The Jack Russell Terrier is a small terrier that has its origins in fox hunting in England. It is principally white-bodied and smooth, rough or broken-coated and can be any colour. Small tan and white terriers that technically belong to oth ...

, a breed of dog *

Hertzsprung–Russell diagram The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, abbreviated as H–R diagram, HR diagram or HRD, is a scatter plot of stars showing the relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosity, luminosities versus their stellar classifications or eff ...

, a scatter graph of stars *

Russell's paradox In mathematical logic, Russell's paradox (also known as Russell's antinomy) is a set-theoretic paradox discovered by the British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell in 1901. Russell's paradox shows that every set theory that contains a ...

, in mathematics, a contradiction discovered by Bertrand Russell *

Russell's teapot Russell's teapot is an analogy, formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making empirically unfalsifiable claims, rather than shifting the burden of ' ...

, in mathematics, an analogy coined by Bertrand Russell *

Russell Investments Russell Investments is an investment firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Corporate overview According to ''American Banker'', Russell Investments has approximately $300 billion of assets under management, as of September 2019. The firm r ...

, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group in Seattle *

Russell Indexes Russell indexes are a family of global stock market indices from FTSE Russell that allow investors to track the performance of distinct market segments worldwide. Many investors use mutual funds or exchange-traded funds based on the FTSE Russell Ind ...

, a family of global equity indices *

Russell (locomotive) ''Russell'' is a narrow gauge steam locomotive originally built in 1906 for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR), but most famously associated with the original Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), and now based at the Welsh Highland Heritage ...

, a locomotive of the Welsh Highland Railway *

Russell Group The Russell Group is a self-selected association of twenty-four public university, public research university, research universities in the United Kingdom. The group is headquartered in Cambridge and was established in 1994 to represent its memb ...

, a group of British universities *

Russell Brands Russell Brands, LLC was an American corporation that manufactured sports equipment, marketing its products under many brands and subsidiaries, such as Russell Athletic (its flagship brand) and Spalding. Formerly a publicly traded company, Russ ...

, an American sporting goods and clothing manufacturer *

Russell Stover Candies Russell Stover Chocolates, Inc., founded by Russell Stover, an American chemist and entrepreneur, and his wife Clara Stover in 1923, is an American supplier of candy, chocolate, and confections. The corporate headquarters are in Kansas City, M ...

, an American manufacturer of confectionery (chocolate and candy) *Russell, a line of automobiles manufactured by the

Russell Motor Car Company The Russell Motor Car Company was an automobile manufacturer in Toronto, Canada, that produced cars from 1904 to 1916. The company is considered to have produced Canada's first successful automobile.Filey, Mike. ''Mount Pleasant Cemetery: An Ill ...