Francis Russell may refer to:
- Francis Russell (author) (1910–1989), American author
- Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (c. 1527–1585), English nobleman, soldier and politician
- Francis Russell (MP for Northumberland) (died 1585), MP for Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency), son of the above
- Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (1593–1641), English politician
- Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet, of Chippenham (c. 1616–1664), Member of Parliament and a soldier for the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War
- Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet, of Wytley (c. 1638–1705), Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, 1673–1690
- Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1739–1767), British politician and eldest son of the 4th Duke of Bedford
- Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765–1802), English aristocrat and Whig politician
- Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (1788–1861), British peer and Whig politician
- Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (1819–1891), English politician and agriculturalist
- Francis Shirley Russell, British cavalry Major-General and Member of Parliament for Cheltenham, 1895–1900
- Francis William Russell, Member of the UK Parliament for Limerick City
- Francis Albert Rollo Russell, son of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and first person to be born to a sitting British Prime Minister
Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or russell:
“Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.”
—St. Francis Of Assisi (c. 1182–1226)
“The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)