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William Russell may refer to:

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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

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

William Russell (educator) (1798–1873), American teacher born in Scotland
William Fletcher Russell (1890–1956), American educationalist; president of Teachers College
William D. Russell (historian) (born 1938), American history professor

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

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

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 (Durham MP) (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
William Russell (Lord Mayor) (born 1965), Lord Mayor of London, 2019–2021

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 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

Elizabeth, Lady William Russell (1793–1874), English socialite, wife of Lord George William Russell

William Russell (cricketer) (1866–1929), Australian-born English first-class cricketer
William Russell (fencer) (1896–1958), American Olympic fencer
Willie Russell (1901–after 1935), Scottish footballer
Willie Russell (footballer, born 1903) (1903–after 1940), Scottish footballer
William Eric Russell (born 1936), Scottish-born English cricketer

William Howard Russell (1820–1907), Irish reporter and one of first modern war correspondents
William Carmichael Russell (1824–1905), British Bengal artillery officer

William Russell (Scottish writer) (1741–1793), Scottish writer
William Russell (organist) (1777–1813), English composer
William Russell (fiction writer) (1806–1876), English writer of detective and other stories
William Clark Russell (1844–1911), English writer of nautical novels
William Wilkins Russell (1807–1892), composer and teacher of music in Tasmania, Australia
Willy Russell (born 1947), English playwright, lyricist and composer