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.[1] Russell may be shortened to Russ or Rusty.
Notable people with the name include:
People
- Russell Ackoff (1919–2009), American organizational theorist
- Russell Allen (born 1971), American singer
- Russell Alger (1836–1907), American politician
- Russell Baker (1925–2019), American writer
- Russell Banks (1940–2023), American writer
- Russell Batiste Jr. (1965–2023), American drummer
- Russell Brand (born 1975), British television presenter and comedian
- Russell Branyan (born 1975), American baseball player
- Russell G. Cleary (1933–1997), American businessman
- Russell Coutts (born 1962), New Zealand sailor
- Russell Crossley (1927–2018), English footballer
- Russell Crowe (born 1964), New Zealand-born Australian actor
- Russell T Davies (born 1963), British screenwriter and producer
- Russell Dickerson (born 1987), American country music singer
- Russell G. Dunmore (1884–1935), New York politician
- Russell Drysdale (1912–1981), Australian painter
- Russell Feingold (born 1953), United States Senator from Wisconsin
- Russell Gage (born 1996), American football player
- Russell Gilbert (born 1959), Australian comedian
- Russell Grant (born 1951), British astrologer
- Russell Hansbrough (born 1993), American football player
- Russell Hantz (born 1972), American oil company owner and three-time Survivor contestant
- Russell Harty (1934–1988), British television presenter
- Russell Henderson (1924–2015), Trinidad-born jazz musician
- Russell F. Hicks (1820–1869), New York lawyer and politician
- Russell Hinder, (born 1979), Australian basketball player
- Russell Hoban (1925–2011), American writer
- Russell Hogg (1968–2012), Scottish badminton player
- Russell Howard (born 1980), British comedian
- Russell P. Hughes (born 1946), American/British chemist
- Russell Alan Hulse (born 1950), American physicist
- Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American actor
- Russell Kane (born 1975), English writer, comedian, and actor
- Russell Kirk (1918–1994), American political theorist
- Russell Kun (born 1966), Nauruan politician
- Russell Lissack (born 1981), British guitarist
- Russell M. Little (1809–1891), New York state senator
- Russell Long (1918–2003), American politician
- Russell Lynes (1910–1991), American art historian and photographer
- Russell Martin (born 1983), Canadian baseball player
- Russell Mael (born 1948), American rock singer
- Russell Malone (born 1963), American jazz guitarist
- Russell Means (1939–2012), Oglala Lakota activist
- Russell Mehta, Indian businessman
- Russell Miller (born c. 1938), British journalist and author of fifteen books, including biographies
- Russell A. Miller (born 1969), American law professor (Washington and Lee University)
- Russell D. Moore (born 1971), American theologian
- Russell Mulcahy (born 1953), Australian director
- Russell M. Nelson (born 1924), American surgeon and religious leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Russell Penn (born 1985), English footballer
- Russell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian and actor
- Russell Peterson (1916–2011), American politician
- Russell Sage (1816–1906), American financier and politician
- Russell Simmons (born 1957), American entrepreneur
- Russell Tovey (born 1981), British actor
- Russell Westbrook (born 1988), American basketball player
- Russell Wilson (born 1988), American football player
- Russell Wong (born 1963), American actor
- Russell Williams (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
- Russell Bell, in the television series The Wire
- Russell (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Russell Edgington, in True Blood
- Russell Ferguson, a hedgehog from the animated children's series Littlest Pet Shop.
- Russell, a hedgehog from the animated film Once Upon a Forest
- Russell Hammond, a main character in the film Almost Famous
- Russell, in the television series Happy Tree Friends
- Russell Wright, the title character from the Canadian animated series King
- Russell, one of the main characters from the 2009 Pixar movie Up
- Russell the Muscly Kangaroo, from the Hooley Dooleys
- Russell Lightbourne, the main antagonist of The 100's sixth season
- Russell Adler, a character in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
See also
References
- Cottle, Basil (1967), "Russell", Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, Baltimore: Penguin Books
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