Famous People with Name Russell

Russell Ira Crowe            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Russell Ira Crowe: Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe,[2] both of whom were movie set caterers; his father also managed a hotel.[3] Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who,

Russell Freeman            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Russell Freeman: a self taught artist who traveled extensively through France, Ireland, Scotland, Dubai, Singapore then finally residing in Australia in 1995. He exhibited in the United Kingdom and Australia. He has a popular following throughout Australia and is held in many public and private collections.[citation needed]

Russell Reginald Brice            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Russell Reginald Brice: is a mountaineer and CEO of Himalayan Experience[1], a climbing expedition company. He has summited Cho Oyo, Himal Chuli and Mount Everest (May 1997, May 1998) twice. In 1988, Brice and Harry Taylor were the first climbers to successfully climb the Pinnac

Russell Ingall            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Russell Ingall: is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Ingall won the V8 Supercar Championship for the first time in 2005, he was also the Championship runner up in 1998, 1999 and 2001. Ingall has also won the iconic Bathurst 1000 motor race twice, in 1995 and 1997. His pa

Russell Reading Braddon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Russell Reading Braddon: was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies.[1]Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Changi between 1942 and 1945. During this time he met Ronald Searle, who went on to illustrate The Naked Island.

Naomi Rebecca Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Naomi Rebecca Russell: is an Australian gymnast. Russell represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was the only junior on the national women's gymnastics team and was the bronze medalist in the vault competition.

Charles "Boxer" Joseph Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Charles "Boxer" Joseph Russell: was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer and coach. He represented his country in both sports and was one Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals. On his return to Australia he joined the fledgling code of rugby league alo

Ian Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ian Russell: is a rugby league player. His Rookie Year was 1988. Ian Russell's toughness and creativity were essential to Illawarra's success in the early 1990s. Graded by the club in 1986, Russell was released to return to play with Mittagong in 1987 because of his p

Charles Wilfred Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Charles Wilfred Russell: was an Australian politician, pastoralist and right wing activist who served briefly in both the Queensland and federal parliaments. Initially a member of the Country Party, he later became one of its key critics and campaigned actively against it in the

Edward Fitzgerald Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Fitzgerald Russell: was an Australian trade unionist. He subsequently worked intermittently as a labourer, a candlemaker and a casual dockhand. He later worked as a "vat man" in a soap factory; the family struggled financially at this time. Russell was appointed secretary of