Robert or Bob Russell may refer to:

Politics

• Robert Russell (died 1404), English MP for Worcestershire, 1395
• Bob Russell (British politician) (born 1946), former British Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester
• Bob Russell (Canadian politician), former leader of the Liberal Party of Alberta and municipal councillor in St. Albert, Alberta
• Robert B. Russell (1889–1964), Canadian labour organizer and politician
• Robert E. Russell (1941–2019), Virginia state senator
• Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet (1784–1849), English politician and artist

Sport

• Bob Russell (ice hockey) (born 1955), retired Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Robbie Russell (rugby union) (born 1976), Scottish rugby player
• Robbie Russell (soccer) (born 1979), American soccer player
• Bobby Russell (Australian footballer) (1893–1943), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Russell (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2004), Scottish football wing half (Chelsea)
• Bobby Russell (footballer, born 1957), Scottish football midfielder (Rangers, Motherwell)
• Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963) (Robert Charles Russell), former England cricket wicket keeper and artist
• Bob Russell (Australian footballer) (born 1945), Australian rules footballer
• Rab Russell (born 1953), Scottish footballer

Music, acting and entertainment

• Robert Russell (actor) (1936–2008), English film and television actor in Witchfinder General
• Robert W. Russell (1912–1992), American screenwriter
• Bob Russell (television presenter) (1908–1998), host of beauty pageants during the 1940s and 1950s
• Bobby Russell (1940–1992), American songwriter, wrote "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
• Bob Russell (songwriter) (1914–1970), American songwriter, wrote "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
• Robert Russell, Jamaican who helped found Reggae Sumfest

Other

• Robert Russell (activist) (born 1942), American activist and writer, director of Cartoonists Rights Network International
• Robert D. Russell, professor of mathematics at Simon Fraser University
• Robert Russell (Irish mathematician) (c. 1858–1938), Irish mathematician and academic at Trinity College Dublin
• Robert Hamilton Russell (1860–1933), English-born Australian surgeon
• Robert Lee Russell (1900–1955), U.S. federal judge
• Robert Russell (architect) (1808–1900), London born architect and surveyor active in Australia
• Robert John Russell (born 1946), founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
• Robert T. Russell, U.S. judge
• Robert Vane Russell (1873–1915), British civil servant
• Robert Tor Russell (1888–1972), British architect
• Bob Russell (The West Wing), fictional character played by Gary Cole on the television serial The West Wing