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