Namesakes
John Russell
(m) 1792-1878 
British Prime Ministers 1846-1852; 1865-1866
Russell Bowie
(m) 1880-1959
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Rusty Crawford
(middle name Russell) (m) 1885-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Barney Stanley
(a.k.a. Russell) (m) 1893-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Gus Pope
(middle name Russell) (m) 1898-1953
Olympic Medalists 1920 discus throw (bronze)
George Renwick
(middle name Russell) (m) 1901-1984
Olympic Medalists 1924 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Russell M. Nelson
(m) 1924-
Other Religious Leaders 2018- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Russell Johnson
(m) 1924-2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russ Tamblyn
(m) 1934-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Means
(m) 1939-2012
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Banks
(m) 1940-2023
Notable Writers
Geoffrey Palmer
(middle name Russell) (m) 1942-
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1989-1990
David Lange
(middle name Russell) (m) 1942-2005
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1984-1989
Russi Taylor
(f) 1944-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Webb
(m) 1945-
Olympic Medalists 1972 water polo (bronze)
Glynn Turman
(middle name Russell) (m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ian McEwan
(middle name Russell) (m) 1948-
Notable Writers
Russell Alan Hulse
(m) 1950-
Nobel Prize Winners 1993 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Russ Grimm
(m) 1959-
Hall-of-Famers 2010 (football)
Russell Crowe
(m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2001 Gladiator (actor)
Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones
(m) 1968-2004
Notable Musicians
Tony Hale
(middle name Russell) (m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Hornsby
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Brand
(m) 1975-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Ford
(m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (bronze)
Andrew Garfield
(middle name Russell) (m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peter Wilson
(middle name Russell) (m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2012 shooting (gold)
Zosia Mamet
(middle name Russell) (f) 1988-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Westbrook
(m) 1988-
Most Valuable Players 2017 basketball
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2012 basketball (gold)
Russell Wilson
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (football)
Joc Pederson
(middle name Russell) (m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Russell Norton
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 Grace Under Fire
Russell Greene
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994; 1996 Touched by an Angel; Promised Land
Taylor Russell
(middle name Russell) (f) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Russell Corwin
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Six Feet Under
Russell Edgington
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2001 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Fictional Characters from Television 2008 True Blood
Russell "Stringer" Bell
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 The Wire
Russ Brennan
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Bones
Russell Varon
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Invasion
Russell Taylor
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005; 2012 The Closer; Major Crimes
Rusty "Spitter" Cartwright
(a.k.a. Russell) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Greek
Russell "Rusty" Beck
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2012 Major Crimes