William Russell

William Russell, Bill Russell, Billy Russell, or Willy Russell may refer to:

In politics

* George William Erskine Russell (1853–1919), Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom
* William A. Russell (1831–1899), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
* William F. Russell (Sergeant at Arms), Sergeant at Arms of the 80th United States Congress
* William T. Russell (1963- ) Lt. Col. USAR, combat veteran, 2008 candidate for U.S. Congress
* William Fiero Russell (1812–1896), American Congressman from New York
* William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809–1872), member of the United Kingdom Parliament
* William Russell, Lord Russell (1639–1683), English politician
* William Russell (governor) (1857–1896), governor of Massachusetts between 1891 and 1894
* William Russell (Kentucky) (1758–1825), American soldier, pioneer, and politician
* William Russell (Ohio) (1782–1845), U.S. Representative from Ohio
* William Russell (New Zealand) (1838–1913), New Zealand politician
* William Russell (North Carolina), 18th century member of the North Carolina General Assembly
* William Russell (Virginia) (1735–1793), Virginia frontier soldier and legislator, father of William Russell of Kentucky
* Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley (c. 1602–1669), English MP for Worcestershire
* Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham (d. 1654), English MP for Windsor

In sports

* Bill Russell (born 1934), American basketball player
* Bill Russell (baseball) (born 1948), shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball
* Billy Russell (born 1959), footballer

In the arts

* Bill Russell (American Music) (1905–1992), American music historian and modernist composer
* William Clark Russell (1844–1911), writer of nautical novels
* William Hamilton Russell (1856–1907), American architect
* William Russell (actor) (born 1924), British actor
* William Russell (silent film actor) (1884–1929), American silent film actor
* Willy Russell (born 1947), British playwright, lyricist and composer
* William Russell (organist) (1777–1813), organist and composer
* William Russell (painter) (1780v1870), painter
* Bill Russell (lyricist), Broadway lyricist

Others

* Charles William Russell (1812–1880), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar
* George William Russell (1867–1935), Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland
* Lord William Russell (aristocrat) (1767–1840), Lord of the Admiralty
* William D. Russell (historian), Mormon historian and Graceland University professor
* William Greeneberry Russell (1818–1887), American miner
* William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872), founder of the Pony Express
* William Howard Russell (1821–1907), Irish reporter for "The Times" in the Crimean War
* William Huntington Russell (1809–1885), co-founder of Skull and Bones
* William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (circa 1558–1613), English military commander
* William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700), British peer and soldier
* William Russell (Treasurer of the Navy), 17th-century Treasurer of the Navy
* William Russell (bishop), Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1348 to 1374
* William Hepburn Russell (politician) (1857–1911), a lawyer, politician and owner of the Boston Braves baseball team
* William W. Russell, U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1904–1905, and to Venezuela, 1905–1908
* Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1714), British baronet (see Russell Baronets)
* Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet (1773–1839), British baronet (see Russell Baronets)

ee also

* Lady William Russell
* Russell William