Religious Figures
- William Russell (bishop of Sodor) (died 1374), Bishop over Man and the Isles from 1348 to 1374
- William Russell (merchant) (1740–1818), Birmingham merchant and Unitarian
- William Russell (bishop of North China) (1821–1879), Anglican bishop in China
- William Thomas Russell (1863–1927), American Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston
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