Charles Russell
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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 (1906–1969)
Politics and law
United Kingdom
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
United States
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.
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