John Russell, 4th Earl Russell John Russell, 4th Earl Russell John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (16 November 1921 – 16 December 1987) was the eldest son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (the 3rd Earl) and his second wife, Dora Black. His middle name was a tribute to the writer Joseph Conrad, whom his father had long admired. He was the great-grandson of the 19th century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father on 2 February 1970. John Russell was educated at the progressive Dartington Hall School, the University of California, Los
John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946) John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946) John Edwin Bertrand (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered "Australia II" to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy. Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 2010 and 2016, he won the world Etchells class sailing championships. He is a life member of both the Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne, and the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. John Bertrand was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He wrote "Born to Win","The Power of a Vision," about