Russell or Russ Smith may refer to:

Sports

• 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
• Russell Smith (canoeist) (active since 1987), British slalom canoer
• Russell Smith (referee) (active since 1990), rugby league referee

Law and politics

• Russell Evans Smith (1908–1990), US federal judge
• Russell Smith (Australian politician) (born 1946), Australian politician
• Russell Smith (New York politician) (1822–1866), New York politician

Media and the arts

• Russell Smith (writer) (born 1963), South African-born Canadian novelist and nonfiction writer
• Russell Smith (producer) (active since 1998), American film producer
• Russell Smith (singer) (1949–2019), American country music singer-songwriter
• Russ Smith (publisher) (born 1955), American newspaper publisher
• Russell Smith (trumpeter) (1890–1966), American jazz musician

Others

• J. Russell Smith (1874–1966), American geographer
• H. Russell Smith (1914–2014), American business executive
• Russell L. Smith Retired American sailor, 15th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
• Russell Lee Smith (1947–1975), American spree killer