Russ

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Russ is a masculine given name, often a short form of Russell, and also a surname.

People[edit]

Given name or nickname[edit]

• Russ Abbot (born 1947), British musician, comedian and actor
• Russ Adams (born 1980), American retired baseball player
• Russ Barenberg (born 1950), American bluegrass musician
• Russ Conway (1925–2000), stage name of Trevor Stanford, English popular music pianist
• Russ Feingold, American politician
• Russ Freeman (pianist) (1926–2002), American bebop jazz pianist and composer
• Russ Freeman (guitarist) (born 1960), American jazz fusion guitarist, composer and bandleader
• Russ Granik, longtime Deputy Commissioner of the National Basketball Association
• Russ Grimm (born 1959), American retired football player
• Russ Hodge (born 1939), American decathlete, world record holder (1966–1967)
• Russ Howard (born 1956), Canadian curler
• Russ Huxtable, American politician from Delaware
• Russ Kingston, American actor, editor and filmmaker
• Russ Kun (born 1975), President of Nauru (2022–)
• Russ Letlow (1913–1987), American football player
• Russ Malkin (born 1960), British film producer and creative director
• Russ Method (1897–1971), American football player
• Russ Meyer (1922–2004), American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Russ Meyer (baseball) (1923–1998), American baseball pitcher
• Russ Peterson (gridiron football) (1905–1971), American football player
• Russ Peterson (coach), American college basketball, football and baseball coach
• Russ W. Peterson (1916–2011), American politician
• Russ Ptacek (born 1963), American journalist
• Russ Roberts (born 1954), American economist
• Russ Smith (guard) (1893–1958), American football player
• Russ Smith (running back) (1944–2001), American football player
• Russ Smith (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
• Russ Smith (publisher) (born 1955), American newspaper publisher and columnist
• Russ Snyder (born 1934), American retired baseball player
• Russ Tamblyn (born 1934), American actor
• Russ Thomas (1924–1991), American football player
• Russ (rapper) (born 1992), American rapper
• Russ Washington (1946–2021), American football player
• Russ Westbrook (born 1988), American basketball player
• Russ Witherby (born 1962), American coach and former ice dancer
• Russ Yeast (born 1999), American football player

Surname[edit]

• Hannah Russ, zooarchaeologist
• Joanna Russ (1937–2011), American feminist science fiction author
• John Russ (disambiguation), several people
• Karl Russ (1833–1899), German aviculturist and writer
• Marco Russ (born 1985), German footballer
• Martin Faxon Russ (1931–2010), American author and professor
• Robert Russ (painter) (1847–1922), Austrian painter
• Robert D. Russ (1933–1997), United States Air Force general
• Robert Edwin Russ (1830–1902), planter and founder of Ruston, Louisiana
• Semp Russ (1878–1978), American college football quarterback and tennis player in the 1904 Olympics
• Tim Russ (born 1956), American actor
• William Russ (born 1950), American actor

Fictional characters[edit]

• Russ Owen, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks

See also[edit]

• Rus (disambiguation)
• Russell (disambiguation)
• Russell (given name)
• Russell (surname)

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