David Smith may refer to:

Academics

David Paige Smith David Paige Smith (October 1, 1830 – December 26, 1880) was a professor at Yale Medical School and is the namesake of the David Paige Smith professorship at the school. Smith, eldest son of James M. Smith, M. D., and grandson of Nathan Smith ...

(1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale *

David Eugene Smith David Eugene Smith (January 21, 1860 – July 29, 1944) was an American mathematician, educator, and editor. Education and career David Eugene Smith is considered one of the founders of the field of mathematics education. Smith was born in Cortl ...

(1860–1944), American professor of mathematics *

D. M. Smith David Melville "Doc" Smith (July 27, 1884 – November 26, 1962) was an American professor and mathematician at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). During his more than forty years at the school, he was particularly known for his ...

(1884–1962), American professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech *

D. Nichol Smith David Nichol Smith FBA (16 September 1875 – 18 January 1962) was a Scottish literary scholar and Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford University. Background Smith was born in Edinburgh, educated at George Watson's College, the ...

(1875–1962), Scottish professor of literature at Oxford University *

David Chadwick Smith David Chadwick Smith (August 12, 1931 – May 22, 2000) was a Canadian economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and a ...

(1931–2000), Canadian professor of economics, Queen's University * David C. Smith (historian) (1929–2009), American professor of history, University of Maine *

David Martyn Smith David Martyn Smith (March 10, 1921 – March 7, 2009), a United States forester and educator, was a founder of the field of forest stand dynamics. He was the Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture at Yale University, the manager of the univers ...

(1921–2009), American professor of forestry at Yale *

David Smith (botanist) Sir David Cecil Smith (born 21 May 1930 Port Talbot, South Wales – 29 June 2018) was a British botanist. Smith was most notable for his research into the biology of symbiosis and became a leading authority on it. Smith discovered that lichens ...

(1930–2018), British professor of botany *

Dai Smith (academic) David Burton "Dai" Smith (born 1945) is a Welsh academic, cultural historian, author, and former BBC programme editor and broadcaster. He was chair of the Arts Council of Wales between 2007 and 2016. Smith was born in the Rhondda. He was educat ...

(born 1945), Welsh professor of history * David J. Smith (physicist) (born 1948), Australian professor of physics at Arizona State *

David Livingstone Smith David Livingstone Smith (born 26 September 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of New England. He gained his MA at Antioch University and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of London (Kings College) where he worked on the philo ...

(born 1953), professor of philosophy at the University of New England *

David Smith (historian) David L. Smith (born 3 December 1963 in London) is a noted historian at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He specializes in Early Modern British history, particularly political, constitutional, legal and religious history within the Stuart period. H ...

(born 1963), British professor of history at Cambridge * David K. Smith, British professor of chemistry at University of York * David R. Smith (physicist), American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University

Arts and entertainment

David Smith (director) David Smith (28 October 1872 – 25 April 1930) was an English film director and cinematographer of the silent era. He directed more than 70 films between 1915 and 1927. He was born in Faversham, Kent, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He w ...

(1872–1930), English film director of the silent era * David Stanley Smith (composer) (1877–1949), American classical composer, professor of music at Yale *

David Smith (sculptor) Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an American Abstract expressionism, abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, best known for creating large steel abstract geometry, geometric sculptures. Early life Roland David Smith ...

(1906–1965), American Abstract Expressionist * David C. Smith (author) (born 1952), American novelist of heroic fantasy * David Bruce Smith (born 1958), American publisher, real estate executive *

David Lee Smith David Lee Smith (born September 8, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as John Oldman, the protagonist of the 2007 science fiction film, ''The Man from Earth'' and its 2017 sequel, ''The Man from Earth: Holocene;'' he co-starred with J ...

(born 1963), American film actor * David A. Smith (designer) (born 1968), British designer, glass embosser, sign writer * David Alan Smith (actor) (born 1959), American actor and writer * David B. Smith (born 1977, American multi-disciplinary artist * David Brian Smith (born 1981), English artist *

David Branson Smith ''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 American black comedy drama film directed by Matt Spicer and written by Spicer and David Branson Smith. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, Billy Magnussen, Wyatt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and O'Shea Ja ...

(born 1984), American film screenwriter *

David G Smith David G Smith is an American singer-songwriter, based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released seven albums since 2011. Career As an artist in the 1970s, Smith released a single he wrote called "Positive Side" as a member of the Colorado-base ...

, American singer-songwriter * David P. Smith, American animator and voice actor, creator of ''

Mixels ''Mixels'' is a 2014-2016 comedy animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network and was co-produced by The Lego Group and Cartoon Network Studios. The series first aired on February 12, 2014, with a new episode of '' Teen Titans Go!''. ...

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David Smith (reality TV star) David Smith may refer to: Academics * David Paige Smith (1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale * David Eugene Smith (1860–1944), American professor of mathematics * D. M. Smith (1884–1962), American professor of mathemati ...

, participant in second ''Joe Millionaire'' show

Computing

David Canfield Smith David Canfield Smith is an American computer scientist best known for inventing computer icons and the programming technique known as programming by demonstration. His primary emphasis has been in the area of human–computer interaction (CHI) de ...

(born 1945), American computer scientist who invented graphical interface icons * David A. Smith (computer scientist) (born 1957), American computer scientist and entrepreneur * David L. Smith (hacker) (born ), author of the Melissa virus

Medicine

David Boyes Smith David Boyes Smith (19 November 1833 - 3 June 1889) was deputy surgeon general of the Indian Medical Service (IMS). Early life David Boyes Smith was born on 19 November 1833. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he was presid ...

(1833–1889), deputy surgeon general of the Indian Medical Service * David M. Smith (virologist) (born 1971), American translational research virologist *

David Weyhe Smith David Weyhe Smith (September 24, 1926 – January 23, 1981) was an American pediatrician and dysmorphologist. Smith was born in Oakland, California. He gained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and worked with Lawson Wilk ...

(1926–1981), American pediatrician and dysmorphologist * David E. Smith (born 1939), American doctor specializing in addiction medicine

Journalism

David D. Smith David Deniston Smith (born September 1, 1950) is an American businessman who is the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) since January 2017, having been its president and CEO from September 1990 to January 2017. Early life David ...

(born 1950), American president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group *

David Andrew Smith David Andrew Smith (born March 5, 1952) is a former Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Washington DC. In 2010 he was named as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A successor ...

(born 1952), British journalist *

David Smith (journalist and author) David Henry Smith (born 1954) is a British economics author. He is known for being his book ''The Dragon and the Elephant'' and for being the economics editor of ''The Sunday Times'' weekly newspaper. Biography Smith was born in the West Midla ...

(born 1954), economics editor of the UK ''Sunday Times'' *

David Smith (journalist) David Richard Smith is the Washington DC bureau chief of ''The Guardian''. From 2010 to 2015 Smith was the Africa correspondent for ''The Guardian'' for which he was based in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republ ...

(born 1975), Washington, DC, Bureau Chief of the UK ''The Guardian''

Politics and law

Australia

David Smith (Victorian politician) David Smith (18 November 1861 – 24 January 1943) was an Australian politician. Born at Sheepshead Gully near Bendigo to miner James Smith and Agnes Thompson, he attended schools in Bendigo before becoming a blacksmith, spending periods in ...

(1861–1943), Australian politician *

David Smith (public servant) Sir David Iser Smith (9 August 1933 – 15 August 2022) was an Australian public servant. He was the Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia between 1973 and 1990, in which capacity he served Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir John Kerr, ...

(1933–2022), Official Secretary to five Governors-General of Australia *

David Smith (Australian Capital Territory politician) David Philip Benedict Smith (born 25 March 1970) is an Australian politician. On 23 May 2018, the High Court of Australia declared him elected as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory after Labor senator Katy Gallagher was found inelig ...

(born 1970), Australian politician *

David Smith (Western Australian politician) David Lawrence Smith (born 12 October 1943) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996. He served as a minister in the governments of Peter Dowding and Car ...

(born 1943), Australian politician

Canada

Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet (September 4, 1764 – May 9, 1837) was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Salisbury, England in 1764. He was the only son of Colonel John Smith (d.1795) and his wife Anne, ...

(1764–1837), Canadian soldier and politician * David William Smith (born 1938), Ontario politician *

David Smith (Canadian senator) David Paul Smith, (May 16, 1941 – February 26, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Senator. Municipal politics Smith was an alderman on Toronto City Council in the 1970s. He served a period as deputy mayor and president of city counci ...

(1941–2020), Canadian lawyer and politician * David Smith (Quebec politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician *

David Smith (justice) David Duncan Smith is a Canadian jurist. Smith is Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He was appointed Chief Justice in April 1998 after serving as a judge of the Family Division since May 1993. ...

, Canadian judge *

David Smith (Toronto politician) David Smith is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 Ontario general election, 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Scarborough Centre (provincial electoral distric ...

, Ontario politician * Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician), Ontario politician

United States

* David Highbaugh Smith (1854–1928), American congressman *

David S. Smith David Shiverick Smith (January 25, 1918 – April 13, 2012) was the United States ambassador to Sweden from 1976–1977. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Anna (née Shiverick) and Floyd Monroe Smith. He was appointed by Presi ...

(1918–2012), U.S. ambassador to Sweden *

D. Brooks Smith David Brookman Smith (born December 4, 1951), known professionally as D. Brooks Smith, is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States C ...

(born 1951), American federal judge *

Adam Smith (Washington politician) David Adam Smith (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the U.S. representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, Smith previously served in the Washington State Senate. A graduate of the University ...

(David Adam Smith, born 1965), American congressman * David Brock Smith, member of the Oregon House of Representatives * David Smith (Florida politician) (born 1960), member of the Florida Legislature * David Smith (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives * David Burnell Smith (1941–2014), member of the Arizona House of Representatives * David Tyson Smith, member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Other countries

* David Smith (English politician) (1826–1886), British MP * David Smith (judge) (1888–1982), New Zealand judge *

David Smith (Rhodesian politician) David Colville Smith (19 April 1922 – 9 July 1996) was a farmer and politician in Rhodesia and its successor states, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. He served in the cabinet of Rhodesia as Minister of Agriculture from 1968 to 1976, Minister ...

(1922–1996), politician in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

Religion

David Hyrum Smith David Hyrum Smith (November 17, 1844 – August 29, 1904) was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in ...

(1844–1904), missionary of the Latter Day Saint movement * David A. Smith (Mormon) (1879–1952), bishop and first president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir *

David Smith (bishop) David James Smith (born 14 July 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Church of England. Biography Born in Hertfordshire, he was educated at Hertford Grammar School (now Richard Hale School) and King's College London,. He was ordained in 1 ...

(born 1935), English Bishop of Bradford

Sports

Cricket

David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer) David Smith (5 October 1934 – 17 December 2003) was an English cricketer, who played in five Tests for England in India in 1961–1962. He was one of a trio of pace bowlers, along with Alan Brown and Butch White, who were given their o ...

(1934–2003), English cricketer, 1956–1971 *

David Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) David Henry Kilner Smith (29 June 1940 – 17 December 2021) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1970 and for Orange Free State between 1976 and 1978. Biography Smith was born in Shipley, Wes ...

(1940–2021), English cricketer * David Smith (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer * David Smith (cricketer, born 1956), English cricketer * David Anthony Smith (born 1957), Australian cricketer for the Tasmanian Tigers * David Smith (Sussex cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer *

David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1956) Kenneth David Smith (born 9 July 1956) is an English cricket administrator and former first-class cricketer. David Smith was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. He represented Warwickshire County Cricket Club as a right-handed batsm ...

, English cricketer * David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer * David Smith (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer * David Smith (cricketer, born 1989), English cricketer

Football and rugby

David Smith (sportsman) David Bertram Miller Smith (14 September 188429 July 1963) was an Australian sportsman. Football career His father was a champion Australian rules footballer for Carlton when Carlton was still in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) compe ...

(1884–1963), Australian rules footballer, 1903–1914 *

David Smith (footballer, born 1871) David Smith (1871–unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lan ...

, English professional footballer who played between 1890 and 1896 * David Smith (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1947), Scottish footballer * David Smith (footballer, born 1968), English professional footballer who played between 1986 and 2003 *

David Smith (footballer, born 1970) David Smith (born 26 December 1970) is a former professional footballer. He was a midfielder who played for Norwich City F.C. (where he began his career), Oxford United F.C., Stockport County F.C., Macclesfield Town F.C. and Drogheda United ...

, English professional footballer who played between 1989 and 2004 *

David Smith (footballer, born 1993) David Smith (born 1 March 1993) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Scottish junior side Syngenta Juniors. Smith has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and Dumbarton, as well as having had two loan ...

, Scottish professional footballer * Dai Smith (rugby league) (David Smith), rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s for Salford * David Smith (1970s rugby league) (born 1953), rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s * David Smith (rugby league, born 1968) (born 1968), rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s *

David Smith (rugby union, born 1986) David Smith (born 12 October 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays with RC Narbonne in the French Top 14 He previously played for the Hurricanes, Blues and Western Force in Super Rugby as well as Toulon & Castres Olympique. Early li ...

, Samoan rugby union footballer for Hurricanes, Blues, Auckland * David Smith (rugby union, born 1988), English rugby union footballer * David Smith (rugby union, born 1957), South African rugby union footballer

Track and field

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 Californ ...

(born 1947), American triple jumper * David Smith (hammer thrower, born 1962), English Olympic hammer thrower *

David 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 * David Adley Smith II (born 1992), Puerto Rican high jumper *

David Smith (British high jumper) David Smith may refer to: Academics * David Paige Smith (1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale * David Eugene Smith (1860–1944), American professor of mathematics * D. M. Smith (1884–1962), American professor of mathemati ...

(born 1991), British high jumper and competitor at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

Other sports

* David Smith (sport shooter) (1880–1945), South African Olympic sport shooter *

David Smith (sailor) David James "Dave" Smith (October 31, 1925 – March 8, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and won a gold medal in the 5.5-meter class with the boat ''Minotaur''. Smith was born in ...

(1925–2014), American sailor and Olympic Champion *

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 professional wrestler a.k.a. "The British Bulldog" * David Miln Smith (born 1938), American adventure athlete and speaker *

David Smith (baseball historian) David W. Smith (born March 17, 1948) is an American baseball historian and analyst. He is best known as the founder of Retrosheet, a volunteer organization whose mission is to collect, digitize, and distribute play-by-play accounts from every game ...

(born 1948), American baseball historian, statistician, professor of biology * David Smith (racewalker) (born 1955), Australian Olympic race walker * David Ross Smith, ice hockey defenceman * Dave Smith (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian coach, former player, IHL *

David Smith (rower) David Smith MBE (born 21 April 1978) is a British adaptive rower who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Personal life Smith was born on 21 April 1978 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He was born with a club foot and for the fir ...

(born 1978), British adaptive rower *

Davey Boy Smith Jr. Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his real name Harry Smith. He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was o ...

(born 1985), Canadian professional wrestler, a.k.a. Harry Francis Smith * David Smith (volleyball) (born 1985), American volleyball 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 Da ...

(born 1987), Australian sprint canoeist *

David Smith (boccia) David John Smith (born 2 March 1989 in Eastleigh) is a Paralympian who made his Paralympic debut on the British boccia team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics ...

(born 1989), British Paralympic boccia player *

David Smith (curler) David Smith is a Scottish curler. He is the brother of curler Peter Smith and the father of curlers Mili Smith, Kyle Smith and Cameron Smith. Career In his very first international competition, the 1982 European Curling Championships, Smith ...

, Scottish curler, first international competition was 1982 *

David Smith (fighter) David Smith is a retired United States, American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Previous, David Smith was a USMTA Champion IKF record IKF Amateur Muay Thai Rules Light Welterweight South Mountain Regional Champion Las Vegas, Nevada, ...

, American mixed martial arts fighter

Other people

* David Forbes Smith, Scottish architect *

David John Smith The Hon. David John Smith (20 May 1907 – 25 November 1976) was the third son of Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden, and Lady Esther Gore. He was educated at Eton College and University of Oxford and served in the Second World War, gaining t ...

(1907–1976), president of British retailer W. H. Smith, 1948–1968 * David M. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1926–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * David Smith (chef) (born 1982), Australian chef * David Smith (executive), Welsh banking and sporting administrator *

David Smith (murderer) David Smith (born 1956) is an English murderer, rapist and suspected serial killer who came to national prominence in 1999 when he was convicted of murdering a sex worker after having previously being acquitted of an "almost identical" murder si ...

(born 1956), English rapist and murderer * David R. Smith (general) (born 1942), United States Air Force general * David J. Smith (author), Canadian teacher and educational consultant, children's writer * David Smith, co-founder and of

Media Molecule Media Molecule Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Guildford, Guildford, Surrey. Founded in 2006 by Mark Healey, Alex Evans, David Smith, and Kareem Ettouney, Sony Computer Entertainment acquired the firm in 2010. It became part of S ...