Famous People with Name Russell

Russell Charles Means            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Charles Means: is an American psychologist and sex researcher. While employed at various institutions including the University of Nebraska he conducted research on passive smoking and several other topics, but he is best known today for his claims about homosexuality.

Russell Ellington            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Ellington: was an American basketball coach. He compiled nearly 900 wins (a record of 894-212) in his lifetime at the college level coaching Savannah State College, Savannah Tech and Morris Brown College. He also coached the world famous Harlem Globetrotters for nine years.

Russell Scott Grimm            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Scott Grimm: is a former American football Pro Bowl guard for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was also an All-American center at the University of Pittsburgh Grimm played 11 seasons for the Redskins and was a first team selection to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson: is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.

Russell Dominic Peters            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Dominic Peters: a Canadian stand-up comic, and actor.Peters began performing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1989[3]. He has since also performed in the UK, Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Sweden, India, UAE and the United States among other places.

Morgan Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Morgan Russell: was a U.S. abstract painter. He was born and raised in New York City in 1886. He was along with artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright the founder of Synchromism an important modernist movement in early 20th century art.Initially he studied architecture and after 1903 he became friendly with the sculptor Arthur Lee for whom he posed as a model, and lived with for a while. During the period from 1903-1905 he studied sculpture at the Art Students League, with Lee and James Earle Fraser, (where he also posed as a model for the sculpture class). With financial help from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney whom he met at the League in late January 1906 he traveled to Paris to study art. In 1907 after returning to New York City he studied painting at the League with Robert Henri among others. Returning to Paris in 1909 he studied at Matisse’s art school.[1][2] After meeting Stanton Macdonald-Wright in 1911, the two began developing theories about color and its relationship to pattern

Charles Marion Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Marion Russell: was an artist of the American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States, in addition to bronze sculptures. Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Compl

Thomas Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Russell: was an American painter, also the grandfather of Kurt Russell, and father of actor Bing Russell.He had sold over 30 paintings in his home town, when earning money he became quite "a rich fella"; After a while he made an unpublished book called The Rich Little Fella, it was Thomas's only book made. Thomas was also interested in Business, and got a job doing all business people do.

Brenda Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brenda Russell: an African American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, jazz and adult contemporary. As well as composing her own material, Russell's songw

Rosalind Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rosalind Russell: was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway and in film. She won all 5 G