British monarchy and a "
martyr for
liberty " and also named sons after him. Russell was the 197th most popular name for newborn boys in the United States in 1880 and reached the height of its popularity in 1914 when it was the 49th most popular name for American boys. It has remained in regular use in the
Anglosphere throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Russell might be shortened to
Russ or
Rusty , which is a modern English
hypocorism for a boy with
red hair as well as a nickname for Russell.
[2] Notable people with the name include:
People Russell Ackoff
(1919–2009), American organizational theoristRussell Allen (born 1971), American singerRussell Alger
(1836–1907), American politicianRussell Baker (1925–2019), American writerRussell Banks (1940–2023), American writerRussell Batiste Jr. (1965–2023), American drummerRussell Brand (born 1975), British television presenter and comedianRussell Branyan (born 1975), American baseball playerRussell G. Cleary (1933–1997), American businessmanRussell Coutts (born 1962), New Zealand sailorRussell Crossley (1927–2018), English footballerRussell Crowe (born 1964), New Zealand-born Australian actorRussell T Davies (born 1963), British screenwriter and producerRussell Dickerson (born 1987), American country music singerRussell G. Dunmore (1884–1935), New York politicianRussell Drysdale (1912–1981), Australian painterRussell Feingold
(born 1953), United States Senator from WisconsinRussell Gage (born 1996), American football playerRussell Gilbert (born 1959), Australian comedianRussell Grant (born 1951), British astrologerRussell Hansbrough (born 1993), American football playerSurvivor
contestantRussell Harty (1934–1988), British television presenterRussell Henderson (1924–2015), Trinidad-born jazz musicianRussell F. Hicks (1820–1869), New York lawyer and politicianRussell Hinder , (born 1979), Australian basketball playerRussell Hoban (1925–2011), American writerRussell Hogg (1968–2012), Scottish badminton playerRussell Howard (born 1980), British comedianRussell P. Hughes (born 1946), American/British chemistRussell Alan Hulse (born 1950), American physicistRussell Johnson (1924–2014), American actorRussell Kane (born 1975), English writer, comedian, and actorRussell Kirk (1918–1994), American political theoristRussell Kun (born 1966), Nauruan politicianRussell Lissack
(born 1981), British guitaristRussell M. Little (1809–1891), New York state senatorRussell Long
(1918–2003), American politicianRussell Lynes (1910–1991), American art historian and photographerRussell Martin (born 1983), Canadian baseball playerRussell Mael (born 1948), American rock singerRussell Malone (born 1963), American jazz guitaristRussell Means (1939–2012), Oglala Lakota activistRussell Mehta , Indian businessmanRussell Miller (born c. 1938), British journalist and author of fifteen books, including biographiesRussell A. Miller (born 1969), American law professor (Washington and Lee University)Russell D. Moore (born 1971), American theologianRussell Mulcahy (born 1953), Australian directorRussell M. Nelson (born 1924), American surgeon and religious leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsRussell Penn (born 1985), English footballerRussell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian and actorRussell Peterson
(1916–2011), American politicianRussell Sage (1816–1906), American financier and politicianRussell Simmons (born 1957), American entrepreneurRussell Tovey (born 1981), British actorRussell Westbrook (born 1988), American basketball playerRussell Wilson (born 1988), American football playerRussell Wong (born 1963), American actorRussell Williams (disambiguation) , several peopleFictional characters See also References 
