John Russell

John Russell is the name of several notable individuals, including:

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• Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell – British Prime Minister (It is generally considered incorrect to refer to Lord John Russell as John Russell, because his honorific was a courtesy title treated as part of his name, not indicating a peerage.)
• John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell
• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford – Tudor statesman
• A number of the Dukes of Bedford
• Reverend John Russell – dog breeder (Jack Russell terrier)
• John Russell – American actor (1921–1991)
• John Russell - former Major League Baseball player
• John Russell - English painter (1745–1806)
• John Scott Russell – 19th century physicist, discoverer of solitons in water waves
• Rear Admiral John Henry Russell – U.S. Navy (1827–1897)
• John Henry Russell – Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (1872–1947)
• John Henry Russell – Negro League baseball player
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Russell (royalist) commander of Prince Rupert's Regiment of Foote known as the Bluecoats during the English Civil War, later a member of the Sealed Knot.