Russell G. Hamilton (born 1934, in New Haven, Connecticut – died February 27, 2016, in Minnesota) was an American author specialised in history and literature.
He was a professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese and first African-American to serve as a dean at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
After his 20-year service at the University of Minnesota, he joined the Vanderbilt Community where he served as Dean of the Graduate School.
During his tenure as a dean, the university progressed in conscripting African American doctoral students and upheld them through the accomplishment of their degrees.
He continued on faculty as a professor of Spanish and Portuguese and was accorded an emeritus status in 2002, before his retirement in 2005.