William Russell may refer to:
Ordered chronologically Actors William Russell (American actor) (1884–1929), American stage and screen actor William D. Russell (director) (1908–1968), American film and television director William Russell (English actor) (1924–2024), British film and television actor
Businessmen William Russell (banker) (1734–1817) English collier and banker William Russell (merchant) (1740–1818), English merchant William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872), American freight contractor, founder of Pony Express William Greeneberry Russell (1818–1887), American prospector and miner William Hamilton Russell (1856–1907), American architect
Clergy William Russell (bishop of Sodor) (before 1300–1374), Cistercian prelate from Isle of Man William Russell (bishop of North China) (1821–1879), Irish Protestant missionary to China William Thomas Russell (1863–1927), American Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston
Educators William Russell (educator) (1798–1873), American teacher born in Scotland William Fletcher Russell (1890–1956), American educator; president of Teachers College William D. Russell (historian) (born 1938), American history professor
Judges William Oldnall Russell (1785–1833), English chief justice of Bengal William Alison Russell (1875–1948), Scottish lawyer and judge
Politicians Kingdom of England William Russell (knight) (1257–1311), holder of a moiety of the feudal barony of North Cadbury, Somerset William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1553/63–1613), English military commander Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham (before 1585–1654), English MP for Windsor Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley (1602–1669), English MP for Worcestershire William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700), English peer and soldier William Russell, Lord Russell (1639–1683), English politician
United Kingdom Sir William Russell (Mitchell MP) (1643–1705), English politician and liveryman Sir William Russell, 4th Baronet (c. 1654–1709), Anglo-Irish politician Lord William Russell (1767–1840), Member of Parliament (MP) best known as a murder victim William Congreve Russell (1778–1850), MP and high sheriff of Worcestershire William Russell (Durham MP) (1798–1850), MP William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809–1872), MP Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), MP William Russell (Bolton MP) (1859–1937), MP William Russell (Lord Mayor) (born 1965), Lord Mayor of London (2019–2021)
United States William Russell (Virginia politician) (1735–1793), Virginia frontier soldier and legislator, father of William Russell of Kentucky William Russell (Kentucky politician) (1758–1825), American soldier, pioneer, and politician William Russell (Ohio politician) (1782–1845), U.S. representative from Ohio William F. Russell (Florida politician) (c. 1805–after 1875), speaker of Florida House of Representatives William Huntington Russell (1809–1885), businessman, educator and politician from Connecticut William Fiero Russell (1812–1896), American congressman from New York William A. Russell (New York politician) (after 1820–before 1897), New York politician William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician) (1831–1899), U.S. representative from Massachusetts William E. Russell (politician) (1857–1896), governor of Massachusetts between 1891 and 1894 William Hepburn Russell (baseball) (1857–1911), lawyer, politician and owner of Boston Braves William W. Russell (1858–1944), United States ambassador to Colombia, 1904–1905 and to Venezuela, 1905–1908
Oceania William Russell (New South Wales politician) (1807–1866), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly William Russell (New Zealand politician) (1838–1913), member of parliament William Russell (Australian politician) (1842–1912), Australian senator from South Australia
Scientists William James Russell (1830–1909), English chemist William Russell (physician) (1852–1940), Scottish pathologist William L. Russell (psychiatrist) (1863–1951), president of the American Psychiatric Association, 1931–1932 William Ritchie Russell (1903–1980), British neurologist William L. Russell (geneticist) (1910–2003), British-American geneticist
Soldiers William Worthington Russell (1821–1862), United States Marine Corps officer Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), British Army lieutenant-general William Carmichael Russell (1824–1905), British Bengal artillery officer
Sportsmen William Russell (cricketer) (1866–1929), Australian-born English first-class cricketer William Russell (rugby union) (1880–1933), Scottish international rugby union player William Russell (fencer) (1896–1958), American Olympic fencer Willie Russell (1901–1944), Scottish footballer Willie Russell (footballer, born 1903) (1908–1953), Scottish footballer Bill Russell (pitcher) (William Russell), American Negro league baseball pitcher Bill Russell (William Felton Russell, 1934–2022), American basketball player Billy Russell (footballer, born 1935) (William Russell, 1935–2022), English footballer Eric Russell (cricketer) (William Eric Russell, 1936–2026), Scottish-born English cricketer Bill Russell (shortstop) (William Ellis Russell, born 1948), American baseball shortstop, coach and manager Billy Russell (footballer, born 1959) (William McKnight Russell, born 1959), Scottish footballer
Writers William Russell (Scottish writer) (1741–1793), Scottish writer William Russell (fiction writer) (1806–1876), English writer of detective and other stories William Wilkins Russell (1807–1892), composer and teacher of music in Tasmania, Australia William Clark Russell (1844–1911), English writer of nautical novels Willy Russell (born 1947), English playwright, lyricist and composer
Others Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park (1773–1839), Scottish physician William Russell (organist) (1777–1813), English composer Elizabeth, Lady William Russell (1793–1874), English socialite, wife of Lord George William Russell William Howard Russell (1820–1907), Irish reporter and one of the first modern war correspondents
See also Bill Russell (disambiguation) Russell Williams (disambiguation) William Russel (disambiguation)