William Russell (disambiguation)

William, Willy or Bill Russell (or other variants) may refer to:
Actors and directors
William Russell (American actor) (1884-1929), stage and screen performer
William D. Russell (director) (1908-1968), American movie and television director
William Russell (born 1924), movie and television actor
Business
William Russell (merchant) (1740-1818), English businessman
William Hepburn Russell (1812-1872), American businessman, founder of Pony Express
William Greeneberry Russell (1818-1887), American prospector and miner
Education
William Russell (educator) (1798-1873), born in Scotland
William Fletcher Russell (1890-1956), American educationalist; president of Teachers College
William D. Russell (historian) (born 1938), American history professor
Politics
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
Lord William Russell (1767-1840), MP best known as a murder victim
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park (1773-1839), British baronet
William Congreve Russell (1778-1850), English MP and High Sheriff of Worcestershire
William Russell (1798-1850), Member of Parliament (MP) for Saltash, Bletchingley and County Durham
William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809-1872), member of United Kingdom Parliament
Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822-1892), MP for Dover, 1857-1859
William Russell (Bolton MP) (1859-1937), Member of Parliament for Bolton, 1922-1923
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 (before 1870-after 1908), United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1904-1905 and to Venezuela, 1905-1908
William T. Russell, 2008 congressional candidate in Pennsylvania
Elsewhere
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
Religion
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
Science
William James Russell (1830-1909), English chemist
William Russell (physician) (1852-1940), Scottish pathologist
William Ritchie Russell (1903-1980), British neurologist
Sports
Cricketers
William Russell (cricketer) (1866-1929), Australian-born English first-class cricketer
William Eric Russell (born 1936), Scottish-born English cricketer
Footballers
Willie Russell (1901-after 1925), Scottish footballer
Billy Russell (footballer, born 1935), England amateur international footballer
Billy Russell (footballer, born 1959), footballer and manager of Hull City
Other sports
William Russell (fencer) (1896-1958), American Olympic fencer
Bill Russell (1934-2022), American basketball player
Bill Russell (baseball) (born 1948), shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball
Writers and composers
William Russell (writer) (1741-1793), Scottish historical and miscellaneous writer
William Russell (organist) (1777-1813), English composer
William Clark Russell (1844-1911), English writer of nautical novels
Bill Russell (composer) (1905-1992), American music historian and modernist composer
Willy Russell (born 1947), English playwright, lyricist and composer
Bill Russell (lyricist) (born 1949), American librettist and lyricist
Other
William Oldnall Russell (1785-1833), English chief justice of Bengal
Lady William Russell (1793-1874), English socialite, wife of Lord George William Russell
William Howard Russell (1820-1907), Irish reporter; one of first modern war correspondents
William Carmichael Russell (1824-1905), British Bengal Artillery officer
William Hamilton Russell (1856-1907), American architect