Charles Russell may refer to:
U.K.
- Charles Russell (1786–1856), British Member of Parliament for Reading
- Lord Charles Russell (1807–1894), British soldier and MP
- Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet (1826–1883), English Conservative politician and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1832–1900), British statesman
- Sir Charles Russell, 1st Baronet (1863–1928), British solicitor
- Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1908–1986), British judge and law lord
U.S.
- Charles Theodore Russell (1815–1896), Massachusetts legislator and mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Charles Wells Russell (1818–1867), Virginia lawyer and politician; Confederate delegate during the American Civil War
- Charles Wells Russell, Jr. (1856–1927), American diplomat
- Charles H. Russell (Brooklyn) (1845–1912), American lawyer and politician from New York
- Charles Addison Russell (1852–1902), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Charles E. Russell (1868–1960), New York politician and judge
- Charles H. Russell (1903–1989), Governor of Nevada
- Charles S. Russell (born 1926), judge in the U.S. state of Virginia
- C. E. Russell (politician) (1921-2010), Florida politician
- Charles Alexander Russell (known as Alec), Australian architect, in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1925-1930
- Charles E. B. Russell (1866–1917), author and early figure in the history of youth work
- Charles Edward Russell (1860–1941), American journalist, author, and activist
- Charles Handy Russell, American merchant and banker
- Charles L. Russell (1844–1910), U.S. Army corporal and Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Sawyer Russell (1831–1866), American Civil War general
- Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), American evangelist
- Charles Thaddeus Russell (1875–1952), African-American architect from Richmond, Virginia
- Charles William Russell (1812–1880), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar