Search OpenSanctions

William Russell

Politician

William Russell is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	William Russell · Уильям Рассел · ויליאם ראסל · وليام راسل · উইলিয়াম রাসেল · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Lord Mayor of the City of London · Sir William Anthony Bowater Russell · William Anthony Bowater Russell · William Russell · Рассел, Уильям				[sources]
Weak alias	威廉·罗素				[sources]
Birth date	1965-04-15				[sources]
Place of birth	London				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	State government (past)				[sources]
First name	William				[sources]
Last name	Russell				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q74148232				[sources]
Position	Lord Mayor of London (2019-2021)				[sources]
Education	Eton College · Grey College				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

British financier and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Alistair David Lewis Russell Close Associate	child	-	-
Nicholas William Albert Russell Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Lord Mayor of London	2019-10-02	2021-11-13

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,343

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata349,731

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,881

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

For experts: raw data explorer

Factsheet Descriptions Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk