Russ

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

Given name or nickname

 * 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

 * 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

 * Russ Owen, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks