| Francis Henry Russell | |
| Office1: | 3rd United States Ambassador to Tunisia |
| President1: | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Term Start1: | October 16, 1962 |
| Term End1: | July 18, 1969 |
| Predecessor1: | Walter N. Walmsley |
| Successor1: | John A. Calhoun |
| Office2: | 2nd United States Ambassador to Ghana |
| President2: | John F. Kennedy |
| Term Start2: | January 23, 1961 |
| Term End2: | March 13, 1962 |
| Predecessor2: | Wilson C. Flake |
| Successor2: | William P. Mahoney Jr. |
| Office3: | 8th United States Ambassador to New Zealand |
| President3: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Term Start3: | June 5, 1957 |
| Term End3: | November 28, 1960 |
| Predecessor3: | Robert C. Hendrickson |
| Successor3: | Anthony B. Akers |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida |
Francis H. Russell (October 1, 1904 – March 31, 1989) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1957 to 1960, the United States Ambassador to Ghana from 1961 to 1962 and the United States Ambassador to Tunisia from 1962 to 1969. He was the father of sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild.
He died of a heart attack on March 31, 1989, in St. Petersburg, Florida at age 84.[1] [2]
Russell graduated from Tufts University and Harvard Law School.[3]