John Russell
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Politicians
- John Russell (speaker)John Russell (speaker)John Russell was an English landowner and Justice of the Peace who held the position of Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1423 and 1424....
(died 1497), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons. - John E. RussellJohn E. RussellJohn Edwards Russell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Russell was instructed by private tutors....
(1834–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts - John Russell, 1st Earl of BedfordJohn Russell, 1st Earl of BedfordJohn Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, KG, PC, JP was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal....
(c. 1485–1554/5), English royal minister - John Russell, 1st Earl RussellJohn Russell, 1st Earl RussellJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
(1792–1878), English Whig and Liberal politician (Prime Minister for two consecutive terms) - Sir John Russell, 3rd BaronetSir John Russell, 3rd BaronetSir John Russell, 3rd Baronet of Chippenham , first a Royalist, but afterwards a colonel of foot for Parliament and distinguished himself at the Battle of Marston-Moor, and in the Protectorate's wars in Ireland and Flanders....
of Chippenham ((1632?–1669) - John Russell, 4th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 4th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS was an 18th century British statesman. He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey...
(1710–1771), British statesman - John Russell, 4th Earl RussellJohn Russell, 4th Earl RussellJohn Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell was the eldest son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and his second wife, Dora Black...
(1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell - John Russell, 6th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 6th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...
(1766–1839), Knight of the Garter - John Russell, 13th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 13th Duke of BedfordJohn Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford was a British peer and writer, the son of Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1985.- Biography :...
(1917–2002), British peer and writer - John Russell, Viscount AmberleyJohn Russell, Viscount AmberleyJohn Russell, Viscount Amberley was the eldest son of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. As such, from 1861 he took his father's junior title of Viscount Amberley, but he did not live to inherit the earldom; this passed, after his death, to his eldest son John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell...
(1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP - John Russell (bishop)John Russell (bishop)John Russell was an English Bishop of Rochester and bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor.-Life:Russell was admitted to Winchester College in 1443, and in 1449 went to Oxford as Fellow of New College...
(died 1494), bishop of Lincoln and Lord High Chancellor of England, 1483–1485 - John Russell (Royalist)John Russell (royalist)John Russell was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1644. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War....
(died 1687), English MP and soldier - John Russell (New York)John Russell (New York)John Russell was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Branford, Connecticut, he attended the public school, moved to New York State, studied medicine, and practiced a short time in Cooperstown, New York...
(1772–1842), United States Representative from New York - John Russell (Missouri)John Russell (Missouri)John T. Russell was a Missouri politician who served as a Missouri state representative from 1962 until 1974 and a Missouri state senator from 1976 until 2000. He previously served in the United States Air Force and as Minority Floor Leader in the Missouri senate.-References:...
(born 1931), Missouri state senator - John Russell (U.S. politician), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party
- John Russell (colonial administrator)John Russell (colonial administrator)John Russell was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Russell was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Russell was an...
, administrator of the English East India Company - John Russell (Westminster MP)John Russell (Westminster MP)John Russell was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Westminster, London 1545-1547 along with Robert Smallwood....
, Member of Parliament for Westminster, London 1545-1547 - John Russell (Ohio politician)John Russell (Ohio politician)John Russell was a Republican politician who was appointed Ohio Secretary of State from 1868-1869.John Russell was from Champaign County, Ohio. He was chief clerk in the office of Ohio Secretary of State William Henry Smith. Smith resigned the office January 14, 1868. John Russell was appointed by...
, Ohio Secretary of State from 1868-1869
Sportsmen
- John Russell (catcher) (born 1961), former baseball catcher and former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
- John Russell (pitcher) (1895–1930), baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox
- John Russell (basketball)John Russell (basketball)John "Honey" Russell was an American basketball player and coach born in Brooklyn, New York. He turned professional after his sophomore year of high school, playing for numerous early 20th century pro teams, including many in the American Basketball League...
(1902–1973), American basketball player and coach - John Russell (rower)John Russell (rower)John Michael Russell is a British rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.Russell was born in London...
(born 1935), British Olympic rower - Johnny Russell (footballer)Johnny Russell (footballer)Johnathon "Johnny" Russell is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Dundee United.-Club career:Russell, who had featured just five times for Dundee United's under-19 side in 2006–07, made his professional debut on 12 May 2007 in the 2–0 defeat at Falkirk, coming on as an 80th-minute...
(born 1990), Scottish footballer - John Russell (American football)John Russell (American football)John Russell is a member of the practice squad of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He plays in the linebacker position.Previously, he was signed by the Green Bay Packers, but was released before the season began.-References:...
(born 1987), American football player
Artists
- John Russell (painter)John Russell (painter)John Russell was an English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques.-Life and work:...
(1745–1806), English painter - John Peter RussellJohn Peter RussellJohn Peter Russell was an Australian impressionist painter.-Life and work:John Peter Russell was born at the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the eldest of four children of John Russell, a Scottish engineer, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth, née Nicholl, from London. J. P. Russell was a nephew of Sir...
(1858–1930), Australian painter - John Russell (art critic)John Russell (art critic)John Russell CBE was a British American art critic.-Life and career:John Russell was born in Fleet, Hampshire, England, in 1919. He attended St Paul's School and then Magdalen College, Oxford....
(1919–2008), British American art critic
Others
- E. John RussellE. John RussellSir Edward John Russell FRS was a British agriculturalist and director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1912 to 1943. Driven by concerns over a lack of international information exchange about agriculture he initiated the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux, which later became the Commonwealth...
(1872–1965), British agriculturalist - John C. Russell (circa 1963–1994), playwright
- John H. Russell, Jr.John H. Russell, Jr.John Henry Russell, Jr. was a major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps. His only child was Brooke Astor, a noted philanthropist.-Biography:...
(1872–1947), major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps - John M. Russell, U.S. Army sergeant, perpetrator of the Camp Liberty killingsCamp Liberty killingsThe Camp Liberty killings occurred on May 11, 2009, at military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq. Sgt. John M. Russell, 44, of the 54th Engineer Battalion based at Warner Barracks in Bamberg, Germany, was taken into custody and charged with five counts of murder and one count of aggravated...
- John Henry RussellJohn Henry RussellRear Admiral John Henry Russell was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1827–1897), officer of the United States Navy - John Russell (actor)John Russell (actor)John Lawrence Russell was an American actor, and World War II veteran, most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the successful ABC western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962....
(1921–1991), American actor, best known for the TV series Lawman - John Russell (clergyman)John Russell (clergyman)John Russell was a Puritan minister in Hadley, Massachusetts during King Philip's War. As such, he is part of the Angel of Hadley legend....
(1626–1692), Puritan minister - John Scott RussellJohn Scott RussellJohn Scott Russell was a Scottish naval engineer who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and made the discovery that gave birth to the modern study of solitons.-Personal life:John Scott Russell was born John Russell on 9 May 1808 in Parkhead, Glasgow, the son of...
(1808–1882), Scottish naval engineer - John Russell (musician)John Russell (musician)John Russell is an acoustic guitarist who has worked exclusively in the field of free improvisation since the 1970s. He has been active consistently during that time as a promoter of concerts of freely improvised music in London, providing hundreds of playing opportunities for both local and...
(born 1954), improvising acoustic guitarist and concert promoter - Johnny RussellJohnny RussellJohn Bright "Johnny" Russell was an American country singer, songwriter, and comedian best-known for his song "Act Naturally", which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965...
(1940–2001), American country singer - Johnny Russell (saxophonist)Johnny Russell (saxophonist)John W. "Johnny" Russell was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Russell was raised in New York, and began on violin at age nine, later picking up saxophone and clarinet. He played in both capacities with Jimmy Campbell in 1926, then worked at the Strand Danceland under Earle Howard...
(1909–1991), American jazz tenor saxophonist - John Russell (screenwriter)John Russell (screenwriter)John Russell was an author and screenwriter.He wrote for the New York City News Association news agency, and then for the New York Tribune. The Pagan was based on one of his stories, and he wrote the screenplay for Beau Geste.-External links:...
(1885–1956), author and screenwriter - John Russell (aviator)John Russell (aviator)Second Lieutenant John Bernard Russell was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.-References:...
(1894–1960), flying ace - John Russell (educator), progressive educator and headteacher of King Alfred School, London, 1901–1920
- John Joyce RussellJohn Joyce RussellJohn Joyce Russell was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Bishop of Richmond from 1958 to 1973....
(1897–1993), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church - John Morris RussellJohn Morris RussellJohn Morris Russell is an American conductor.-Early years:Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Maestro Russell is the product of arts programs in the public schools. He attended Ludlow Elementary School in Shaker Heights, OH outside of Cleveland...
, American conductor - John Russell, 3rd Baron AmpthillJohn Russell, 3rd Baron AmpthillCaptain John Hugo Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill CBE was a British peer who served in the Royal Navy in both the First and Second World Wars.He was the son of Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill...
(1896–1973), British peer and Royal Navy officer - John Russell (Medal of Honor)John Russell (Medal of Honor)-External links:...
(1852–?), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor - John Russell (dog breeder) (1795–1883)
See also
- Jack Russell (disambiguation)
- Jon Russell (One Life to Live), fictional character in the soap opera
- John Fox-RussellJohn Fox-RussellCaptain John Fox Russell VC MC was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1893–1917), British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross - Jonathan Russell (disambiguation)Jonathan Russell (disambiguation)Jonathan Russell may refer to:* Jonathan Russell, , U.S. Representative from Massachusetts* Jonathan "Jazz" Russell , American jazz violinist*Jon Russell , fictional character in the soap opera...