Francis Smith may refer to:

Government and politics

Francis Smith (by 1516-1605) Francis Smith may refer to: Government and politics *Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro (UK Parliament constituency), Truro and Stafford (UK Parliament constituency), Stafford *Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carringto ...

, Member of Parliament (MP) for

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...

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Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 7 April 1701), was an English peer. Biography Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of South Harting, Sussex. He ...

(c. 1621 – 1701), English peer *

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Brentwood, New Hampshire, November 23, 1806; Deering, Maine, October 14, 1876) was a U.S. lawyer, legislator, and telegraph pioneer and financier. He was elected from the state of Maine to the United States House ...

(1806–1876), US Representative from Maine *

Francis Smith (Australian politician) Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith (13 February 1819 – 17 January 1909) was an Australian lawyer, judge and politician, who served as the fourth Premier of Tasmania from 12 May 1857 until 1 November 1860. Early life: West Indies Smith was born ...

(1819–1909), former Premier of Tasmania *

Frank Smith (British politician) Francis Samuel Smith (1854 – 26 December 1940) was a British newspaper editor and Christian socialist politician, who contested a large number of elections before finally winning a parliamentary seat in his mid-70s. Born in Chelsea,''Dictio ...

(1854–1940), MP for Nuneaton, 1929–1931 * Francis Henry Smith (1868–1936), Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand * Francis Smith (Missouri politician) (1905–1984), American politician from Missouri * Francis R. Smith (1911–1982), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Military

* Francis Smith (British Army officer) (1723–1791), British officer during the American Revolutionary War *

Francis Henney Smith Francis Henney Smith (October 18, 1812 – March 21, 1890) was an American military officer, mathematician and educator. After graduating from West Point and a brief service in the United States Army, he became the first Superintendent of the ...

(1812–1890), first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute * Francis Smith (RAAF officer) (1896–1961), Australian World War I flying ace * Francis N. Smith (born 1930), rear admiral in the United States Navy

Business

Francis Pettit Smith Sir Francis Pettit Smith (9 February 1808 – 12 February 1874) was an English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw propeller. He was also the driving force behind the construction of the world's first scr ...

(1808–1874), British inventor of the screw propeller *

Francis Shubael Smith Francis Shubael Smith I (December 29, 1819 – February 1, 1887) partnered with Francis Scott Street and started the publishing firm of Street & Smith. Biography He was born at 1798 Division Street in New York City, and was the fourth son o ...

(1819–1887), American publisher *

Francis Marion Smith Francis Marion Smith (February 2, 1846 – August 27, 1931) (once known nationally and internationally as "Borax Smith" and "The Borax King" ) was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisc ...

(1846–1931), American borax magnate

Sports and entertainment

Frank Smith (rugby union) Francis Bede Smith (28 February 1886 – 29 October 1954) was an Australian rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Smith, a centre, was born in Wellington, New South Wales and claimed a total of 4 international rugby c ...

(Francis Bede Smith; 1886–1954), Australian rugby union player * Fran Smith Jr. (born 1952), bass guitarist for The Hooters *

Francie Larrieu Smith Frances Anne "Francie" Larrieu Smith (November 23, 1952 in Palo Alto, California) is an American track and field athlete. She was the flagbearer at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for the United States of America. Larrieu Smith was the thi ...

(born 1952), American track and field athlete

Science and academia

Francis Graham-Smith Sir Francis Graham-Smith (born 25 April 1923) is a British astronomer. He was the thirteenth Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990 and was knighted in 1986. Biography Education He was educated at Rossall School, Lancashire, England, and attended ...

(born 1923), British astronomer *

Francis Hopkinson Smith Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was an American author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many stories and received awards for his paintings. F. Hopkinson Smith was the ...

(1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer * Francis P. Smith (Duquesne University) (1907–1990), American Catholic priest and university president *

Francis Smith of Warwick Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738) was an English master-builder and architect, much involved in the construction of country houses in the Midland counties of England. Smith of Warwick may refer also to his brothers, or his son. Architectura ...

(1672–1738), English architect * Francis Smith (explorer), captain of an exploration vessel, during the

Northwest Passage expedition of 1746 In 1746 a group of United Kingdom investors, led by Arthur Dobbs, commissioned a private Northwest Passage expedition of 1746. Dobbs had played a key role convincing the Royal Navy and the Royal Society to send out an expedition in 1741. The sele ...

Others

Francis Wilford-Smith Francis Wilford-Smith (12 March 1927 – 4 December 2009) was a British cartoonist, graphic artist, and producer and archivist of blues music. As a cartoonist, he used the pseudonym Smilby, a contraction of his surname with his wife's maiden nam ...

(1927–2009), British cartoonist, graphic artist, and producer and archivist of blues music * Francis Smith (priest) (fl. 1917–1959), South African Anglican priest *

Francis Palmer Smith Francis Palmer Smith (March 27, 1886, in Cincinnati, Ohio – March 5, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia) was an architect active in Atlanta and elsewhere in the Southeastern United States. He was the director of the Georgia Tech College of Architec ...

(1886–1971), American architect based in Atlanta, Georgia, also known as Francis P. Smith *

Francis Smith (judge) Francis Smith (30 June 1847 – 25 November 1912) was a Sierra Leonean Puisne Judge in the Gold Coast. He was the second Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister after he passed the bar at Middle Temple on 26 January 1871. Early life and backgro ...