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Noun: Russell  rú-sul
  1. United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)
    - Henry Russell, Henry Norris Russell
     
  2. Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)
    - George William Russell, A.E.
     
  3. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
    - Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell
     
  4. United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)
    - Lillian Russell
     
  5. United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
    - Charles Taze Russell
     
  6. English film director (born in 1927)
    - Ken Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
     
  7. United States basketball centre (born in 1934)
    - Bill Russell, William Felton Russell

Type of: astronomer, author, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], film maker, film producer, filmmaker, logician, logistician, movie maker, philosopher, religious leader, singer, stargazer, uranologist, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer, writer

Encyclopedia: Russell, Mary