William Russell, Bill Russell, Billy Russell, or Willy Russell may refer to:
- Bill Russell (born 1934), retired American professional basketball player
- Bill Russell (American Music) (1905–1992), American music historian and modernist composer
- Bill Russell (baseball) (born 1948), former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball
- Billy Russell (born 1959), former professional footballer
- Charles William Russell (1812–1880), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar
- George William Erskine Russell (1853–1919), Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom
- George William Russell (1867–1935), Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland
- Lord William Russell (aristocrat) (1767–1840), Lord of the Admiralty
- William A. Russell (1831–1899), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William Clark Russell (1844–1911), popular writer of nautical novels
- William F. Russell (Sergeant at Arms), Sergeant at Arms of the 80th United States Congress
- William Fiero Russell (1812–1896), an American Congressman from New York
- William Greeneberry Russell (1818–1887), American miner
- William Hamilton Russell (1856–1907), American architect
- William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872), founder of the Pony Express
- William Howard Russell (1821–1907), Irish reporter for The Times in the Crimean War
- William Huntington Russell (1809–1885), co-founder of Skull and Bones
- William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (circa 1558–1613), English military commander
- William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700), British peer and soldier
- William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809–1872), member of the United Kingdom Parliament
- William Russell, Lord Russell (1639–1683), English politician
- William Russell (actor) (born 1924), British actor
- William Russell (governor) (1857–1896), U.S. political figure
- William Russell (Kentucky) (1758–1825), American soldier, pioneer, and politician
- William Russell (Ohio) (1782–1845), an U.S. Representative from Ohio
- William Russell (silent film actor) (1884–1929), American silent film actor
- William Russell (Treasurer of the Navy), 17th-century Treasurer of the Navy
- William Russell (New Zealand) (1838–1913), New Zealand politician
- Willy Russell (born 1947), British playwright, lyricist and composer
- William Russell (bishop), Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1348 to 1374
- William Russell (North Carolina), an 18th century member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- William Russell (Virginia) (c.1732–1793), Virginia soldier and legislator, brother-in-law of Patrick Henry
- William Russell (organist) (1777–1813), an organist and composer
- William Russell (painter) (1780v1870), a painter
- William Hepburn Russell (politician) (1857–1911), a lawyer, politician and owner of the Boston Braves baseball team
- William W. Russell, U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1904–1905, and to Venezuela, 1905–1908
- Bill Russell (lyricist), a Broadway lyricist
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley (c. 1602–1669), English MP for Worcestershire
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham (d. 1654), English MP for Windsor
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1714), British baronet (see Russell Baronets)
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet (1773–1839), British baronet (see Russell Baronets)
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