Russell Anthony Shorto (born February 8, 1959) is an American author, historian, and journalist.

[6] In 2022, Shorto founded the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society,[7] with a mission to promote awareness of New York's Dutch origins.

Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on February 8, 1959, Shorto is a 1981 graduate of George Washington University.

He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and was from 2008 to 2013 the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam, where he lived from 2007 to 2013.

[8] On September 8, 2009, Shorto received a Dutch knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau for strengthening Netherlands-United States relations through his publications and as director of the John Adams Institute.