William Russell

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There are many well-known people named William Russell:

• William Russell, Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1348 to 1374.
• William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (c.1558–1613), a Lord Deputy of Ireland.
• Sir William Russell, a 17th-century Treasurer of the Navy.
• Lord William Russell (1639–1683), executed following the Rye House Plot.
• William Russell, an 18th century member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
• William Russell (c.1732–1793), a Virginia legislator.
• William Russell (1758-1825), an American Revolutionary War officer, Native American fighter, commander of American forces on the frontier and Kentucky legislator.
• Lord William Russell (1767–1840), murdered by his valet in a famous case.
• William Russell (1777–1813), an organist and composer.
• William Russell (1780–1870), a painter.
• William Russell (Ohio) (1782–1845), an American Congressman from Ohio.
• William Huntington Russell (1809–1885), a founder of the Skull & Bones society, and opium czar.
• William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872), a founder of the Pony Express.
• William Fiero Russell (1812–1896), an American Congressman from New York.
• Dr William Howard Russell (1821–1907), Times journalist and war correspondent.
• William Augustus Russell (1831–1899), an American paper manufacturer and Congressman from Massachusetts.
• William Clark Russell (1844–1911), an American writer.
• William Eustis Russell (1857–1896), a governor of Massachusetts.
• William Hepburn Russell (1857–1911), a lawyer, politician and baseball owner.
• William Russell (silent movie actor) (1884–1929), born William Lerche, an early-20th-century silent movie and stage actor.
• William Russell (New Zealand), an early-20th-century Member of the New Zealand Parliament.
• William "Bill" Russell (1905–1992), a jazz historian, founder of American Music Records, and modernist composer of percussion pieces.
• William Russell (1924— ), born Russell William Enoch, a late 20th century British film and television actor.
• William Felton "Bill" Russell (1934— ), a basketball player.
• Bill Russell (drummer), a drummer with Black Sabbath.
• William Martin "Willy" Russell (1947— ), a British playwright.
• William Ellis "Bill" Russell (1948— ), a Major League Baseball player and manager.
• Bill Russell (lyricist), a Broadway lyricist.

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