Famous People with Name Russell

Russell Lynes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Lynes: was an American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine.He was graduated from Yale in 1932 and married Mildred Akin, a Vassar graduate, in 1934. He started as a clerk at Harper & Brothers, the publishing house, from 1932 to 1936 and was director of publications at Vassar in 1936 and 1937. He then took a job at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where he was assistant principal from 1937 to 1940, then principal until 1944. He then joined Harper's Magazine as an assistant editor and became managing editor in 1947, a position he would hold for the next twenty years.

Russell Potter Red Reeder Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Potter Red Reeder Jr: was a United States Army officer and author. Colonel Reeder’s military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and two decorations awarded by France: the Croix de Guerre avec Palm and the Légion d'honneur.

Russell David Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell David Johnson: is an American television and film actor best known as "The Professor" on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island. He is a graduate of Girard College, a private boarding school in Philadelphia, PA.

Russell Albion Meyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Albion Meyer: was an American motion picture director and photographer.Russ Meyer was born in San Leandro, California to William Arthur Meyer, a German-American police officer, and Lydia Lucinda Hauck Howe. His parents divorced shortly after he was born, and he was to have virtually no contact with his father during his life. When he was 14, his mother pawned her wedding ring in order to buy him an 8mm film camera. He made a number of amateur films at the age of 15, and served during World War II as a U.S. Army combat cameraman for the 166th Signal Photo Company. It was there that Meyer forged his strongest friendships, and would later ask many of his fellow combat cameramen to work with him on his films. Much of Meyer's work during World War II can be seen in newsreels and in the film Patton (1971). Upon returning to civilian life, he made industrial films, was a still photographer for mainstream films (he did the still photography for the film Giant), and became a well known glamour photographer, whose work included shoots for Hugh Hefner's newly launched Playboy magazine. Meyer would shoot three Playboy centerfolds during its early years, one of which included his wife Eve Meyer in 1955 and a pictorial of then-wife Edy Williams in March 1973.

Russell Billiu Long            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Billiu Long: was an American politician who served in the United States Senate as a Democrat from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.

Chris J. Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chris J. Russell: is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He grew up with no horse racing background. He did not get on a horse till the age of 18. He learned to ride in South Carolina breaking babies for Frank "Gorrie" Smith. After spending two years there he ret

Michael Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Russell: is an American tennis player, best known for holding match point in the 4th round of the 2001 French Open against eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten.[1] In the 2007 Australian Open, he held a two sets to love lead over former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champi

Douglas Albert Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Albert Russell: is an Olympic Champion butterfly swimmer from the United States, who won the first ever gold medal in the men's 100m butterfly - an event which made its debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won gold in the 4x100m medley relay.

Jordan Shea Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Shea Russell: is an American amateur golfer. A junior at Texas A&M University, Russell won the 2010 Aggie Invitational. Jordan is currently the 14th ranked amateur golfer in the world.

Charles Edward Russell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Edward Russell: was an American journalist and politician. The author of a number of books of biography and social commentary, in 1928 he won a Pulitzer Prize for The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas. Russell joined the Socialist Party of America in 1908, of which