Russell (given name)

Russell is a male given name, that originated from the surname Russell, which in turn derives from the French name russel (Old Norse rossel) "red-haired or red-skinned", from rus (Old Norse ros) "red hair color" or "reddish skin" and the suffix -el.[1] Russell may be shortened to Russ or Rusty; the latter is also a nickname for someone with red hair.

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 (born 1940), American writer
• 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 Crowe (born 1964), New Zealand born, Australian actor
• Russell T Davies (born 1963), British screenwriter and producer
• Russell G. Dunmore (1884–1935), New York politician
• Russell Drysdale (1912–1981), Australian painter
• Russell Feingold (born 1953), Former 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 F. Hicks (1820–1869), New York lawyer and politician
• Russell Hinder, (born 1979), retired Australian basketball player
• Russell Hoban (1925–2011), American writer
• Russell Howard (born 1980), British comedian
• 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 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 D. Moore, (born 1971) American theologian
• Russell Mulcahy (born 1953), Australian director
• Russell M. Nelson (born 1924), American surgeon and religious leader of the LDS Church
• 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

Fiction

• Russell Bell, character in the television series The Wire
• Russell Varon, the main character of the television series Invasion
• Russell (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Russell Edgington, character in True Blood
• Russell Hammond, a main character in the film Almost Famous.
• Russell, character 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 Disney movie Up
• Russell the Muscly Kangaroo, from the Hooley Dooleys

See also

• Russ (disambiguation)
• Russel (disambiguation)
• Russell (surname)
• Rusty (disambiguation)
• Roussel (surname)

References

1. Cottle, Basil (1967), "Russell", Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, Baltimore: Penguin Books