Charles Russell Explained

Charles Russell may refer to:

Entertainment

• Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926), artist of the American West
• Charles Russell (actor) (1918–1985), American actor
• Charles Ellsworth Russell, jazz clarinetist, better known as Pee Wee Russell

Politics and law

U.K.

• Charles Russell (1786–1856), British Member of Parliament for Reading
• Lord Charles Russell (1807–1894), British soldier and MP
• Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet (1826–1883), English Conservative politician and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1832–1900), British statesman
• Sir Charles Russell, 1st Baronet (1863–1928), British solicitor
• Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1908–1986), British judge and law lord

U.S.

• Charles Theodore Russell (1815–1896), Massachusetts legislator and mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Charles Wells Russell (1818–1867), Virginia lawyer and politician; Confederate delegate during the American Civil War
• Charles Wells Russell, Jr. (1856–1927), American diplomat
• Charles H. Russell (Brooklyn) (1845–1912), American lawyer and politician from New York
• Charles Addison Russell (1852–1902), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Charles E. Russell (1868–1960), New York politician and judge
• Charles H. Russell (1903–1989), Governor of Nevada
• Charles S. Russell (born 1926), judge in the U.S. state of Virginia
• C. E. Russell (politician) (1921-2010), Florida politician

Other politicians

• Charles Russell (Newfoundland journalist) (1877–1937), Newfoundland journalist and politician
• Charles Russell (Australian politician) (1907–1977), Australian politician
• Charles Homer Russell, Canadian political candidate

Sports

• Charles Russell (rugby) (1884–1957), Australian dual-code rugby footballer
• Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887) (Charles Albert George Russell, 1887–1961), English cricketer
• Charles Russell (cricketer, born 1814) (1814–1859), English cricketer and descendant of Oliver Cromwell

Other occupations

• Charles Alexander Russell (known as Alec), Australian architect, in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1925-1930
• Charles E. B. Russell (1866–1917), author and early figure in the history of youth work
• Charles Edward Russell (1860–1941), American journalist, author, and activist
• Charles Handy Russell, American merchant and banker
• Charles L. Russell (1844–1910), U.S. Army corporal and Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Sawyer Russell (1831–1866), American Civil War general
• Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), American evangelist
• Charles Thaddeus Russell (1875–1952), African-American architect from Richmond, Virginia
• Charles William Russell (1812–1880), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar

Fictional characters

• Colonel Charles Michael Russell, fictional character of William Haggard

See also

• Charlie Russell (disambiguation)
• Chuck Russell (born 1958), American film director
• Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, a park in Montana
• Russell (surname)