Namesakes
British Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
John Russell 1846-1852; 1865-1866 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Russell Edgington 2001 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Fictional Characters from Television:
10 characters
Russell Norton 1993 Grace Under Fire
Russell Greene 1994; 1996 Touched by an Angel; Promised Land
Russell Corwin 2001 Six Feet Under
Russell "Stringer" Bell 2002 The Wire
Russ Brennan 2005 Bones
Russell Varon 2005 Invasion
Rusty "Spitter" Cartwright (a.k.a. Russell) 2007 Greek
Russell Edgington 2008 True Blood
Russell Taylor 2005; 2012 The Closer; Major Crimes
Russell "Rusty" Beck 2012 Major Crimes
Hall-of-Famers:
3 ice hockey, 1 football
(ice hockey) Russell Bowie 1945
(ice hockey) Rusty Crawford (middle name Russell) 1962
(ice hockey) Barney Stanley (a.k.a. Russell) 1962
(football) Russ Grimm 2010
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Russell Westbrook 2017 basketball
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
David Lange (middle name Russell) 1984-1989
Geoffrey Palmer (middle name Russell) 1989-1990
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 physics
(physics) Russell Alan Hulse 1993
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Russell Means 1939-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
12 actors
Russell Johnson 1924-2014
Russ Tamblyn 1934-
Russell Means 1939-2012
Russi Taylor 1944-2019
Glynn Turman (middle name Russell) 1947-
Russell Crowe 1964-
Tony Hale (middle name Russell) 1970-
Russell Hornsby 1974-
Russell Brand 1975-
Andrew Garfield (middle name Russell) 1983-
Zosia Mamet (middle name Russell) 1988-
Taylor Russell (middle name Russell) 1994-
Notable Athletes:
1 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 football
(basketball) Russell Westbrook 1988-
(football) Russell Wilson 1988-
(baseball) Joc Pederson (middle name Russell) 1992-
Notable Musicians:
1 singer
Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones 1968-2004
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Russell Alan Hulse 1950-
Notable Writers:
2 authors
Russell Banks 1940-2023
Ian McEwan (middle name Russell) 1948-
Olympic Medalists:
4 bronze, 2 gold
(bronze) Gus Pope (middle name Russell) 1920 discus throw
(bronze) George Renwick (middle name Russell) 1924 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Russell Webb 1972 water polo
(bronze) Russell Ford 2012 field hockey
(gold) Peter Wilson (middle name Russell) 2012 shooting
(gold) Russell Westbrook 2012 basketball
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Russell Crowe 2001 Gladiator
Other Religious Leaders:
1 leader
Russell M. Nelson 2018- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints