Dave Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Dave Smith (archivist) Dave Rollin Smith (October 13, 1940 – February 15, 2019) was the founder and chief archivist of Walt Disney Archives at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Early life Smith was born on October 13, 1940 and raised in Pasadena, ...

(1940–2019), American writer, founder of Walt Disney Company archives *

Dave Smith (poet) Dave Smith (born December 19, 1942 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American poet, writer, critic, editor, and educator. Biography Dave Smith holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees in English from the University of Virginia, Southern Illinois University, a ...

(born 1942), American poet *

Dave Smith (composer) Dave Smith (born August 19, 1949 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English composer, arranger and musical performer. Since 1971 he has been associated with the English school of experimental music. Life and career After attending Solihull S ...

(born 1949), British experimental composer *

Dave Smith (engineer) David Joseph Smith (April 2, 1950 – May 31, 2022) was an American engineer and founder of the synthesizer company Sequential. Smith created the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory, the Prophet-5, which had a major impact ...

(1950–2022), proposer of the MIDI standard, synthesizer designer * Dave Smith (''Coronation Street''), a character from British soap opera on ITV

Sports

American football

Dave Smith (American football coach) Dave Smith (1933 – August 29, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in 1972 and at Southern Methodist University from 1973 to 1975, compiling a career co ...

(1933–2009), former Texas A&M quarterback and SMU coach *

Dave Smith (fullback) Dave Smith (born March 23, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a former American collegiate and professional football player. A fullback, he attended Greendale High School in Greendale, Wisconsin before playing collegiately for Ripon College and p ...

(born 1937), former American collegiate and Houston Oilers football player * Dave Smith (running back) (born 1947), former Green Bay Packers football player *

Dave Smith (wide receiver) David Lewis Smith (May 18, 1947 – May 22, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. ...

(1947–2020), former Pittsburgh Steelers football player

Association football

* Dave Smith (footballer, born 1903) (1903–?), Scottish football goalkeeper *

Dave Smith (footballer, born 1933) David Bowman Smith (22 September 1933 – 8 September 2022) was a Scottish football player and manager. Playing career Smith was born in Dundee, Scotland on 22 September 1933. He started his career as a 16-year-old at First Division Burnle ...

(1933–2022), Scottish football fullback for clubs including Burnley, managed several clubs in the 1970s/1980s *

Dave Smith (footballer, born 1936) Frank David Smith (27 July 1936 – June 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger in the Football League for Chesterfield, Mansfield Town and Coventry City. He was on the books of Derby County without represent ...

(1936–2015), English former professional footballer *

Dave Smith (footballer, born 1943) David Bruce Smith (born 14 November 1943) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Playing career Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for ...

, Scotland international football midfielder, played in Scotland (for Aberdeen, Rangers, Berwick, etc.) and in the US, managed Berwick *

Dave Smith (footballer, born 1947) David Smith (8 December 1947 – September 2022) was an English professional footballer who scored 55 goals from 406 games in the Football League playing as an outside left or left midfielder for Middlesbrough, Lincoln City and Rotherham Unit ...

(1947–2022), English football midfielder, played for Lincoln, Rotherham * Dave Smith (footballer, born 1950), English football striker, played for clubs including Huddersfield, Cambridge, Hartlepool * Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961), English football winger, played for Gillingham, Bristol City, etc.

Baseball

Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914) David Merwin Smith (December 17, 1914 – April 1, 1998) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 ...

(1914–1998), Major League Baseball relief pitcher *

Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1955) David Stanley Smith (January 21, 1955 – December 17, 2008) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher, primarily for the Houston Astros, for whom he pitched from to . He also pitched for the Chicago Cubs. Early life Smith was born in Richmo ...

(1955–2008), Major League Baseball relief pitcher *

Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1957) David Wayne Smith is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Smith pitched in five games in Major League Baseball (MLB) in and for the California Angels. He played baseball in college for the Lamar University Cardinals Cardinal or ...

(born 1957), Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Other sports

Dave Smith (boxer) Dave Smith (1886 – 29 May 1945) was a champion New Zealand-born boxer. Smith had success as an amateur boxer in New Zealand, winning Otago and Dunedin titles, and moved to Australia in 1907 to pursue a professional career.< ...

(1886–1945), New Zealand-born heavyweight boxer *

Dave Smith (triple jumper) Oscar David Smith (born November 8, 1947, in Los Angeles) is an American track and field athlete. He represented the United States in the triple jump at two Olympics, 1968 and 1972. During this period he also ran for the University of California ...

(born 1947), American track and field athlete *

Dave Smith (hammer thrower, born 1962) David Smith (born 21 June 1962 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a retired hammer thrower from Great Britain. Athletics career Smith represented the United Kingdom in the men's hammer throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics i ...

, English Olympic hammer thrower *

Dave Smith (hammer thrower, born 1974) David William Smith (born 2 November 1974 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a male retired hammer thrower from Great Britain. Athletics career He represented the United Kingdom in the men's hammer throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, ...

, English Olympic hammer thrower *

Davey Boy Smith David Smith (27 November 1962 – 18 May 2002) was an English professional wrestler. Born in Golborne, Lancashire, Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names Davey Bo ...

(1962–2002), British wrestler also known as "The British Bulldog" *

Dave Smith (ice hockey) David Smith (born November 21, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the NCAA RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team, a position he has held since the 2017–18 season. Smith was a member of the ...

(born 1968), Canadian hockey head coach, Canisius College *

Dave Smith (darts player) David Robert Smith (born on 17 June 1971 in Pontefract, Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player from Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire who currently playing in the British Darts Organisation events. He has nickname The Rhino. ...

(born 1971), English darts player *

David Smith (canoeist) David William Smith (born 13 February 1987 in Shellharbour) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dar ...

(born 1987), Australian Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist

Others

Dave Smith (comedian) David Smith (born April 20, 1982) is a New York based stand-up comedian and libertarian political commentator. He has frequently appeared on Fox News Channel's '' Kennedy'' and ''The Greg Gutfeld Show.'' Additionally he was a recurring panelist ...

(born 1982), comedian, podcaster, prominent Libertarian activist and speaker *

Dave Smith (priest) David Smith (born 17 February 1962), sometimes referred to as "Fighting Father Dave", is an Australian Anglican priest. Smith is known for his work with at-risk youths, especially in his use of boxing for those with substance abuse problems an ...

(born 1962), Australian Anglican parish priest *

Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician) Dave Smith is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Peterborough—Kawartha as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Bac ...

, Canadian politician