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People

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Academics

John Smith (anatomist and chemist) John Smith (1721–1797) was a Scottish physician and academic. Smith was born in Maybole, Scotland, where his father, William, was a merchant... He studied at the University of Glasgow beginning in 1736, entered Balliol College, Oxford in 1744 ...

(1721–1797), professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Oxford, 1766–1797 *

John Blair Smith John Blair Smith (June 12, 1756 – August 22, 1799) was born in Pequea, Pennsylvania Colony, the son of the Rev. Robert Smith, who ran a celebrated academy there. Like his older brother, John Blair Smith was valedictorian of the Class of 1773 a ...

(1764–1799), president of Union College, New York * John Smith (Cambridge, 1766), vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1766 until 1767 *

John Smith (astronomer) John Smith D.D. (baptised 14 October 1711 – 17 June 1795) was a British academic and astronomer. His father was an attorney named Henry Smith and his mother was Elizabeth Johnson. He was born in Coltishall, Norfolk and was educated at N ...

(1711–1795), Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Master of Caius * John Smith (lexicographer) (1752-1809), professor of languages at Dartmouth College * John Augustine Smith (1782–1865), president of the College of William and Mary, 1814–1826 *

John Smith (botanist) John Smith (1798–1888) was a British botanist who was the first curator at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens), starting in 1841. He had first been employed at the gardens as a stove boy (stoking stoves to warm the greenhouses) in 1822. ...

(1798–1888), curator of Kew Gardens *

John Smith (physician) Dr John C. Douglas Smith FRSE PRCPE (c.1800–4 February 1879) was a 19th-century Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane, who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1865 to 1867. Life He w ...

(c.1800–1879), Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane *

John Alexander Smith (physician) John Alexander Smith (June 1818–17 August 1883) was a Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist. Life He was born at 13 Hope Street, off Charlotte Square, in June 1818, the son of James Smith (architect), the last M ...

(1818–1883), Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist * J. Lawrence Smith (1818–1883), American doctor and chemist *

John Smith (dentist) John Smith (1825–1910) was a Scottish dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator. The founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry, he served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1883) and president of the Briti ...

(1825–1910), founder of Edinburgh's School of Dentistry * John Campbell Smith (1828–1914), Scottish writer, advocate and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire *

John Donnell Smith Captain John Donnell Smith (June 5, 1829 – December 2, 1928) of Baltimore, Maryland was a biologist and taxonomist. He was also an officer in the Confederate army. He was a graduate of Yale in 1847, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. ...

(1829–1928), biologist and taxonomist *

John McGarvie Smith John McGarvie Smith (8 February 1844 – 6 September 1918) was an Australian metallurgist, bacteriologist and benefactor. Biography Smith was born in Sydney, the eldest surviving of thirteen children of Scots parents David Milne Smith, tailo ...

(1844–1918), Australian metallurgist and bacteriologist *

John Bernhardt Smith John Bernhardt Smith (November 21, 1858 – March 12, 1912) was an American professor of entomology who specialized in systematics and economic entomology while also serving as the State Entomologist of New Jersey. Smith is remembered in insect ta ...

(1858–1912), American entomologist *

John Alexander Smith John Alexander Smith (21 April 1863 – 19 December 1939) was a British idealist philosopher, who was the Jowett Lecturer of philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford from 1896 to 1910, and Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosoph ...

(1863–1939), British Idealist philosopher *

John Maynard Smith John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics und ...

(1920–2004), geneticist *

John Cyril Smith Sir John Cyril Smith (15 January 1922 – 14 February 2003), born Barnard Castle, County Durham, was an authority on English criminal law and the philosophy of criminal liability. Together with Brian Hogan he was the author of ''Smith & Hogan's ...

(1922–2003), leading authority on English criminal law * John Derek Smith (1924–2003), Cambridge molecular biologist *

John Smith (sociologist) John Harold Smith (1927–2002) was an English sociologist. He was Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton from 1964 to 1991. Early life Born in Folkestone on 21 April 1927, Smith attended Harvey Grammar School; during World War ...

(1927–2002), English sociologist * John D. Smith (born 1946), indologist at the University of Cambridge * John H. Smith (mathematician), Boston College educator (retired 2005) * John E. Sharwood Smith, English professor of classics *

John Edwin Smith John Edwin Smith (May 27, 1921 - December 7, 2009) was an American philosopher and Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He served as president of the American Philosophical Society, Eastern Division, the American Theological Society, ...

, American philosopher *

John Merlin Powis Smith John Merlin Powis Smith (28 December 1866 – November 1932) was an English-born, American orientalist and biblical scholar. Smith was born in London, son of William Martin and Anne Powis Smith. He was orphaned at age five and thereafter raised ...

, English-born, American orientalist and biblical scholar

Arts

John Smith (engraver) John Smith (c. 1652 – c. 1742) was an English mezzotint engraver and print seller. Closely associated with the portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Smith was one of leading exponents of the mezzotint medium during the late 17th and early 18th cen ...

(1652–1742), English mezzotint engraver *

John Smith (English poet) John Smith (1662–1717) was an English poet and playwright. Life He was the son of John Smith of Barton, Gloucestershire, and in 1676 became a chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford, matriculating on 10 July 1679. He graduated B.A. in 1683, M.A. ...

(1662–1717), English poet and playwright *

John Christopher Smith John Christopher Smith (born Johann Christoph Schmidt; 1712, Ansbach3 October 1795, Bath, Somerset, Bath) was an English composer who, following in his father's footsteps, became George Frideric Handel's secretary and amanuensis. Life John Chri ...

(1712–1795), English composer *

John Warwick Smith John "Warwick" Smith (26 July 1749 – 22 March 1831) was a British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator. Life and work Smith was born at Irthington, near Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, Cumberland, the son of a gardener to the ...

(1749–1831), British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator *

John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (bapt. 30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Smith is best known for w ...

(1750–1836), composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner" *

John Raphael Smith John Raphael Smith (1751 – 2 March 1812) was a British painter and mezzotinter. He was the son of Thomas Smith of Derby, the landscape painter, and father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States. Biography Bapt ...

(1751–1812), English mezzotint engraver and painter *

John Thomas Smith (engraver) John Thomas Smith, also known as Antiquity Smith (1766–1833), was an English painter, engraver and antiquarian. He wrote a life of the sculptor Joseph Nollekens, that was noted for its "malicious candour", and was a keeper of prints for the Br ...

(1766–1833), draughtsman, engraver and antiquarian * John Smith (clockmaker) (1770–1816), Scottish clockmaker *

John Rubens Smith John Rubens Smith (January 23, 1775 – August 21, 1849) was a London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States. Biography Smith was born in London, England where he first studied art with his father, John Rap ...

(1775–1849), London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States *

John Smith (architect) John Smith (1781 – 22 July 1852) was a Scottish architect. His career started in 1805 and he was appointed as the official city architect of Aberdeen in 1807, the first person to hold this post. Together with Archibald Simpson, he contri ...

(1781–1852), Scottish architect *

John Smith (art historian) John Smith (1781–1855) was a 19th-century British art dealer who developed the concept of the catalogue raisonné. Smith was born in London. He began dealing in art as a framemaker, specializing in wood-carving and gilding. ...

(1781–1855), British art dealer *

John Orrin Smith John Orrin Smith (1799 – 15 October 1843 London) was a British wood-engraver. Life Born in Colchester, Smith went to London about 1818, and spent a short time training as an architect. Coming of age in 1821, he inherited some money, and bou ...

(1799–1843), English wood engraver *

John Frederick Smith John Frederick Smith (1806–1890) was an English novelist, who has been called "England's most popular novelist of the mid-nineteenth century". Smith became famous for his serializations in ''The London Journal ''The London Journal; and Weekl ...

(1806–1890), English novelist *

John Rowson Smith John Rowson Smith (1810 – 1864) was a panorama painter in the United States. His father was John Rubens Smith. Several publications about him and his work were published. He produced a successful three reel rendition of the Mississippi Riv ...

(1810–1864), American panorama painter * John Kelday Smith (1834–1889), Scottish bellhanger and songwriter * John G. Smith (poet) (died 1891), Scottish poet *

John Moyr Smith John Moyr Smith (12 March 1839 – 1 December 1912) was a Scottish architect and architectural historian later noted as an artist and designer, famed for his work on ceramic tiles. Life Smith was born on 12 March 1839 at 43 John Street in Gl ...

(1839–1912), British artist and designer *

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

(1914–1972), originally John Allyn Smith, American poet *

John Smith (Canadian poet) John William Smith (10 August 1927 – 16 March 2018) was a Canadian poet. Early years Born in Toronto, Ontario to English immigrant parents, Smith earned a degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto. He then studied philos ...

(born 1927), Canadian poet *

John Smith (actor) John Smith (born Robert Errol Van Orden, March 6, 1931 – January 25, 1995) was an American actor whose career primarily focused on westerns. He had his leading roles in two NBC western television series, ''Cimarron City'' and '' Laramie''. Ea ...

(1931–1995), American actor *

John N. Smith John N. Smith OC (born July 31, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Career Smith graduated with a B.A. in political science from McGill University in 1964. He joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1 ...

(born 1943), Canadian film director and screenwriter *

John Smith (English filmmaker) John Smith (born 1952, Walthamstow, England) is a British avant garde filmmaker noted for his use of humour in exploring various themes that often play upon the film spectator's conditioned assumptions of the medium. His film '' The Girl Chewing ...

(born 1952), avant-garde filmmaker *

John Warner Smith John Warner Smith (born December 22, 1952) is an American poet and educator. He formerly held the position as the Louisiana Poet Laureate. His poems have appeared in numerous published works. Life, education, and career Smith is a native of Mor ...

(born 1952), American poet and educator * John F. Smith, American soap opera writer and producer *

John Smith (comics writer) John Smith (born 1967) is a British comic book writer best known for his work on the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'' and its spin-off title ''Crisis'', particularly the ''Indigo Prime'', '' Devlin Waugh'' and '' New Statesmen'' serials. Career ...

(born 1967), British comics writer * John Smith (musician), English contemporary folk musician and recording artist * John F. Smith (musician) (born 1950), British musician and trade unionist *

John Smith (comedian) John Smith is a British comedian, actor and performer. He is deaf and a British Sign Language user. Early life Smith was born in Newcastle and raised in Mansfield. After contracting meningitis at the age of 3, he became deaf. Smith attended the ...

, British comedian, actor and performer

Business

* John K. Smith (died 1845), founder of SmithKline as in GlaxoSmithKline, the leading pharmaceutical business *

John Russell Smith John Russell Smith (1810–1894), known as Russell Smith, was an English bookseller and bibliographer. He is best known for his "Library of Old Authors" reprint series. Life He was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, and was apprenticed to John Bryant of W ...

(1810–1894), English bookseller and bibliographer *

John J. Smith John James Smith (1820 – 1906) was a barber shop owner, abolitionist, a three-term Massachusetts state representative, and one of the first African-American members of the Boston Common Council. A Republican, he served three terms in the Mas ...

(1820–1906), African-American abolitionist, Underground Railroad contributor and politician *

John Smith (brewer) John Smith (18 March 1824 – 9 September 1879) was an English brewer. He is best known for operating the John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, which continues to operate. History Smith was born in Leeds on 18 March 1824; the eldes ...

(1824–1879), Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire, UK *

John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive) John Lawrence Smith (February 10, 1889 – July 10, 1950) was a German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and sportsman. He was born Johann Schmitz in Krefeld, Prussia, in Imperial Germany. When he was three years old, his f ...

(1889–1950), German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical executive and Major League Baseball team owner *

John F. Smith Jr. John Francis "Jack" Smith Jr. (born April 6, 1938) is an American businessman and executive who formerly served as COO in 1992, CEO from 1992 to 2000 and then chairman of the board of directors of General Motors from 1996 to 2000. He later ser ...

(born 1938), former chairman and chief executive officer, General Motors *

John Smith (executive) John Smith (born August 1957) was the chief executive officer of BBC Worldwide from 2004 until 2012 and was a board member of Burberry Group plc and Chief Operating Officer. He is now Chairman of several businesses and a Director of both listed ...

(born 1957), former chief executive officer, BBC Worldwide Ltd

Crime

John Smith (housebreaker) John Smith (''c''. 1661 – after 1727), also known by the alias John Wilson, was a London housebreaker, most notable for his three evasions of execution. His first evasion earned him the nickname of Half-hanged Smith. Biography Early life ...

(1661–after 1727), London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia * John Smith (died 1835) (1795–1835), one of the last two Englishmen who were hanged for sodomy in 1835 * John Eldon Smith (1930–1983), convicted of the murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins *

John Smith (murderer) John David Smith III (born 1951) is an American murderer convicted in 2001 of killing his first wife in 1974 and also has been indicted on charges for the 1991 murder of his second wife. Skull fragments found in a locker owned by him belong to a t ...

(born 1951), American convicted murderer who killed his first and second wives

Law

John Gordon Smith (surgeon) John Gordon Smith (1792–1833) was a Scottish surgeon and early professor of medical jurisprudence. Life He was educated at Edinburgh and graduated in the university in 1810 with the highest honours in medicine. He entered the army as a surgeon, ...

(1792–1833), Scottish surgeon and professor of medical jurisprudence *

John Sidney Smith (legal writer) John Sidney Smith (1804–1871) was a legal writer. John Sidney Smith, son of John Spry Smith of 9 Woburn Square, London, was born in 1804, and held a situation in the six clerks' office in the court of chancery until 23 Oct. 1842, when the esta ...

(1804–1871), English legal writer *

John William Smith (legal writer) John William Smith (1809–1845) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer. Life Born in Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London, on 23 January 1809, he was eldest son of John Smith, who was appointed in 1830 paymaster of the forces in Ire ...

(1809–1845), English barrister and legal writer * John Smalman Smith, (1847-1914) British judge in the Colony of Lagos *

John Lewis Smith Jr. John Lewis Smith Jr. (September 20, 1912 – September 4, 1992) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Education and career Born in Washington, D.C., Smith received an Artium Bacca ...

(1912–1992), United States federal judge *

John Smith (police officer) Sir John Alfred Smith (born 21 September 1938) is a retired British police officer with the London Metropolitan Police. Smith was educated at St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School in Orpington, Kent. He served with the Irish Guards from 195 ...

(born 1938), British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1991–1995

Military

John Smith (banneret) Sir John Smith of Skilts (1616–1644) was an Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He is best known for recapturing the Royal Standard at the Battle of Edgehill, a deed for which he was made a knight banneret by Ki ...

(1616–1644), Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War * John Smith (British Army officer, born 1754) (1754–1837), soldier in the American Revolutionary War *

John Smith (naval officer) Captain John Smith was a United States Navy officer, who served during the First Barbary War and later in the War of 1812. He commanded USS ''Vixen'', USS ''Syren'', USS ''Wasp'', USS ''Essex'', USS ''Congress'', and USS ''Franklin''. Ear ...

(1780–1815), United States Navy officer, who served during the First Barbary War and later in the War of 1812 *

Frederick Smith (British Army officer, born 1790) Major-General Sir John Mark Frederick Smith (11 January 1790 – 20 November 1874) was a British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers. He was also the Conservative Member of Parliament for Chatham from 1852 to 1853 and 1857 t ...

(John Mark Frederick Smith, 1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers *

John Smith (sergeant) John Smith (February 1814 – 26 June 1864) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Derbyshire ...

(1814–1864), soldier in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient *

John E. Smith John Eugene Smith (1816-1897) was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. Early life Smith was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1816. His father had served under Napoleon Bonaparte and em ...

(1816–1897), Swiss emigrant, Union general during the Civil War *

John Smith (private) Private John Smith was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in London about 1822 and enli ...

(1822–1866), soldier in the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient *

John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1826) John Smith (February 17, 1826 December 31, 1907) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in Albany, New ...

(1826–1907), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1831) John Smith (born c. 1831, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in about 1831 in ...

(1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1854) John Smith (born 1854, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. Born in 1854 in Bermuda, Smith immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Ne ...

(1854–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Manners Smith Lieutenant-Colonel John Manners Smith (30 August 1864 – 6 January 1920) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face ...

(1864–1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross *

John Smith (flying ace) John Lucian Smith (December 26, 1914 – June 9, 1972) was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of VMF-223, shot down 19 Japanese planes in World War II and led his squadron to destroy a tota ...

(1914–1972), United States Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient

Politicians

Australia

John Smith (Victoria politician) John Thomas Smith (28 May 1816 – 30 January 1879) was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne. Early life Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Biggs.Jill ...

(John Thomas Smith, 1816–1879), Mayor of Melbourne *

John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1811) John Smith (25 May 1811 – 1 January 1895) was an English-born Australian pastoralist and politician. He was born at St Keverne in Cornwall to farmer John Smith and Elizabeth Cock. He emigrated to Sydney in 1836, and became a station super ...

(1811–1895), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council *

John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1821) John Smith CMG (12 December 1821 – 12 October 1885) was a Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney, and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Background Smith was born in Peterculter, Abe ...

(1821–1885), Scottish/Australian professor and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council *

John Samuel Smith John Samuel Smith (1841 – 6 July 1882) was an Australian politician. He was the son of solicitor John Smith and was a wealthy squatter at South Creek. He married actress Kate Corcoran. He owned racehorses, including Speculation which won ...

(1841–1882), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Wellington) * John Gordon Smith (politician) (1863–1921), member of the Queensland Legislative Council *

John Henry Smith (politician) John Henry "Jack" Smith (16 June 1881 – 18 January 1953) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1921 to 1936 and again from 1939 to 1943, on both occasions representing the seat of ...

(1881–1953), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

Canada

* John David Smith (1786–1849), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada *John Smith, 1800s Cree Chief and Treaty Six signatory; founder of the Muskoday First Nation in Saskatchewan * John Shuter Smith (c. 1813–1871), lawyer and political figure in Canada West * John Smith (Kent MPP), member of the 1st Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1867–1871 * John Smith (Manitoba politician) (1817–1889), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba * John Smith (Peel MPP) (1831–1909), Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure *

John Smith (Ontario MP) John Smith (February 18, 1894 – November 8, 1977) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lincoln in the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative member from 1957 to 1962. He was born in Scotland in ...

(1894–1977), member of Canadian House of Commons, Lincoln electoral district * Jack Smith (politician) (John Eachern Smith, 1901–1967), Canadian politician and newspaper editor *

John James Smith John James "J.J." Smith (9 May 1912 – 23 June 1987) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was educated at Fertile, Saskatchewan and became a farmer by career. Smith beca ...

(1912–1987), member of Canadian House of Commons, Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan electoral district * John Donald Smith (1919–1997), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia * John Roxburgh Smith (1938–2018), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * John W. Y. Smith, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

United Kingdom

John Smith alias Dyer John Smith alias Dyer (1498/1499 – 1571), of Ipswich, Suffolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The t ...

(1498/99–1571), member of parliament (MP) for Ipswich *

John Smith (High Sheriff of Kent) Sir John Smith or Smythe, JP (1557 – 29 October 1608), of Westenhanger, Kent, was an English politician. He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Smythe, a London haberdasher who was a collector of customs duties ("customer") and who had ...

(1557–1608), MP for Aylesbury and Hythe * John Smith (steward of Berkeley) (1567–1640), English genealogical antiquary and politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1621–1622 *Sir

John Smith of Grothill Sir John Smith of Grothill and Kings Cramond (c. 1600 – c. 1675) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1643 to 1646. Life He was the son of Robert Smith and Gillis Mowbray, a daughter ...

(c. 1600 – c. 1675), 17th-century Scottish landowner, merchant and Lord Provost of Edinburgh * John Smith (Cavalier, born 1608) (1608–1657), English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644 *

John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smith (1656–1723) of Tedworth House, Hampshire, was an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1678 and 1723. He served as Speaker and twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Early life Smith was the ...

(1655/56–1723), English Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705–1708 *

John Smith (judge) John Smith (1657–1726) was an English barrister and judge. Life The son of Roger Smith of Frolesworth, Leicestershire, he was born on 6 January 1657, and matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, on 12 September 1676, at the age of 19. He ente ...

(1657–1726), Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland until 1702, then Baron of the Exchequer * John Smith (Bath MP) (1727–1775), MP for Bath *

John Smith (Deputy Governor of Anguilla) John Smith was a British colonial governor. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of ...

(died 1776), Deputy Governor of Anguilla *

John Smith (Wendover MP) John Smith (6 September 1767 – 20 January 1842) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1835 and a banker. Biography Early life John Smith was born on 6 September 1767. He was the sixth son of Abel Smith II (1 ...

(1767–1842), member of Parliament for Wendover *

John Hilary Smith John Hilary Smith, (born 1928) is a British retired colonial administrator. Smith was the last governor of the united Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it was divided into Tuvalu and what later became Kiribati. Smith was educated at Cardina ...

(born 1928), colonial governor and administrator *

John Spencer Smith John Spencer Smith FRS (11 September 1769 – 5 June 1845) was a British diplomat, politician and writer. Husband of Constance Smith (née Herbert) (Byron's Florence). Career Smith joined the British Army in 1790 as an ensign, later promoted t ...

(1769–1845), British diplomat, politician and writer *

John Benjamin Smith John Benjamin Smith (7 February 1794 – 15 September 1879) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1847 to 1874. Life Smith was the son of Benjamin Smith, a merchant of Manchester. He was himself a merchant ...

(1796–1879), British Liberal MP for Stirling Burghs 1847–1852 and Stockport 1852–1874 *

John Abel Smith John Abel Smith (2 June 1802 – 7 January 1871) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester and Midhurst. He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as one of the members of parliament for Midhurst. Smith married Anne Jervoise, ...

(1802–1871), British Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst *

John Smith (Conservative politician) Sir John Lindsay Eric Smith (3 April 1923 – 28 February 2007) was a British banker, Conservative Member of Parliament, and Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. He was involved with many architectural, industrial and maritime conservation charities. ...

(1923–2007), MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, founded the Landmark Trust *

John Smith, Baron Kirkhill John Farquharson Smith, Baron Kirkhill (7 May 1930 – 21 March 2023) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician, life peer and member of the House of Lords. He was Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1971 to 1975 and served as Minister of St ...

(born 1930), life peer in the House of Lords *

John Smith (Labour Party leader) John Smith (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death from a heart attack in May 1994. He was also the Membe ...

(1938–1994), leader of the British Labour Party *

John Smith (Welsh politician) John William Patrick Smith (born 17 March 1951) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from the 1989 by-election to 1992 and from 1997 to the 2010 general elections. Early life Bo ...

(born 1951), Welsh politician and Labour Party member of Parliament

United States

John Smith (explorer) John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first pe ...

(1580–1631), helped found the Virginia Colony and became Colonial Governor of Virginia *

John Smith (President of Rhode Island) John Smith (died 1663) was an early colonial settler and President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He lived in Boston, but was later an inhabitant of Warwick in the Rhode Island colony where he was a merchant, stonem ...

(died 1663), colonial president (governor) of Rhode Island *

John Smith (Virginia burgess) Francis Dade (1621 – May 1, 1662), was a Colony of Virginia, Virginia soldier, politician and landowner. An English Royalist who emigrated to Virginia some time after the death of Charles I of England, Charles I. In Virginia he officially used ...

(1620–1663), Virginia colonial politician *

John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824) John Smith (July 30, 1824) was one of the first two U.S. senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy. Little is known of his early life. There are conflict ...

(c. 1735–1824), United States senator from Ohio * John Smith (Virginia representative) (1750–1836), United States representative from Virginia's 3rd Congressional District *

John Smith (New York politician, born 1752) John Smith (February 12, 1752 – August 12, 1816) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from New York from 1804 to 1813. He previously was the U.S. representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 1800 to ...

(1752–1816), United States senator from New York *

John Cotton Smith John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and as ...

(1765–1845), eighth Governor of Connecticut *

John Smith (Vermont politician) John Smith (August 12, 1789 – November 26, 1858) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative for one term, prior to which he served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Bi ...

(1789–1858), United States representative from Vermont's 4th Congressional District *

John William Smith (politician) John William Smith (November 4, 1792 – January 12, 1845) (born William John Smith in Virginia) was a Texas political figure, the first mayor of San Antonio under the Republic of Texas and the first mayor of San Antonio under the state of Texa ...

(1792–1845), Texas political figure and mayor of San Antonio, Texas *

John Speed Smith John Speed Smith (July 1, 1792 – June 6, 1854) was an attorney and politician, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and a state representative for several terms, as well as state senator. He served for four years as a US District Attorney. He ...

(1792–1854), United States representative from Kentucky * John T. Smith (congressman) (1801–1864), United States representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, 1843–1845 *

John B. Smith (Wisconsin politician) John B. Smith was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1849 to 1850 representing the 19th district. He was a Democrat. Born in Old Town, Massachusetts (later Maine) on September 11, 1811, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory The T ...

(1811–1879), Wisconsin politician * John Derby Smith (1812–1884), minister, physician, and Massachusetts state legislator *

J. Lawrence Smith (New York politician) John Lawrence Smith (September 20, 1816 – March 17, 1889) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. Life Smith was born on September 20, 1816 in Nissequogue, New York, the son of Richard Smith and Eliza Willett Nicoll. His ...

(1816–1889), New York lawyer, assemblyman, district attorney, county judge * J. Gregory Smith (1818–1891), governor of Vermont *

John Armstrong Smith John Armstrong Smith (September 23, 1814 – March 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1869 to 1873. Biography Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Smith pursued classical studies and ...

(1814–1892), United States representative from Ohio *

John Hugh Smith John Hugh Smith (1819–1870) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee three times, from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865. Early life Smith was born in 1819 in Nashville. His fathe ...

(1819–1870), three-time mayor of Nashville, Tennessee between 1845 and 1865 * J. Hyatt Smith (1824–1886), United States representative from New York's 3rd Congressional District * John Quincy Smith (1824–1901), United States representative from Ohio's 3rd Congressional District *

John Lyman Smith John Lyman Smith (November 17, 1828 – February 21, 1898) was an American politician and Mormon missionary. He served as a member of the Utah Territory's Legislative Assembly's House of Representatives for Iron County, Utah, from 1852 to 1853, a ...

(1828–1898), member of the 2nd Utah Territorial Legislature * John Y. T. Smith (1831–1903), three time member of Arizona Territorial Legislature * John C. Smith (politician) (1832–1910), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois *

John Montgomery Smith John Montgomery Smith (February 26, 1834May 14, 1903) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Iowa County in the 1893 session, and served four terms as ...

(1834–1903), Wisconsin politician *

John B. Smith (Washington politician) John Brown Smith (October 30, 1837 – April 4, 1917) was an American doctor, author, mutualist anarchist theorist, tax resister, and developer of shorthand. He served in the Washington House of Representatives. Smith was born in Canada and mov ...

(1837–1917), Canadian-born American politician in the state of Washington * John Butler Smith (1838–1914), 52nd Governor of New Hampshire *

John E. Smith (New York politician) John E. Smith (August 4, 1843 Nelson, Madison County, New York – 1907) was an American politician from New York. Life Smith attended the district schools and Cazenovia Seminary, graduated from Albany Law School in 1867, was admitted to the ...

(1843–1907), New York politician *

John Day Smith John Day Smith (February 25, 1845 – March 5, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Smith was born in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine on February 25, 1845. He went to the Litchfield public schools and then served in the ...

(1845-1933) Minnesota politician, lawyer, and judge *

John Walter Smith John Walter Smith (February 5, 1845April 19, 1925), was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party in the United States, held several public offices representing the state of Maryland. From 1899 to 1900, he was a U.S. congres ...

(1845–1925), 44th Governor of Maryland * John Ambler Smith (1847–1892), United States representative from Virginia * John Peter Smith (1848–?), mayor of Missoula, Montana *

John M. C. Smith John M. C. Smith (February 6, 1853 – March 30, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Biography Smith was born in 1853 in Belfast on the Ireland, ...

(1853–1923), United States representative from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District * J. H. Smith (mayor) (1858–1956), mayor of Everett, Washington and co-founder of Anchorage, Alaska *

John M. Smith (politician, born 1872) John Melgar Smith (1872 – August 17, 1947) was an American businessman and politician. Born on a farm near Carthage, Illinois, Smith lived in Minnesota 1891–1895 working as a railroad telegraph operator and station agent. In 1895, he moved ...

(1872–1947), American businessman and politician * John W. Smith (Detroit mayor) (1882–1942), politician from Detroit * John Lee Smith (1894–1963), Lieutenant Governor of Texas *

John R. Smith (agriculture commissioner) John R. Smith (July 1837 – April 14, 1921) was an American politician who served as the sixth North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. Smith was born in July 1837. He married twice. Smith was a Republican Republican can refer to: Politi ...

(fl. 1898–1899), North Carolina politician *

J. Joseph Smith John Joseph Smith (January 25, 1904 – February 16, 1980) was an American lawyer, a United States representative from Connecticut, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a United States dis ...

(1904–1980), United States representative from Connecticut and Federal judge * J. Clay Smith Jr. (1942–2018), American lawyer and educator *

John Arthur Smith John Arthur Smith (born 1942) is an American politician who served as a member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 35th District from 1989 to 2021. In 2002, he sought to represent New Mexico's second congressional district when veteran co ...

(born 1942), Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate *

John R. Smith (politician, born 1945) John R. Smith (born December 29, 1945) is a politician from Leesville, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 30. In 2010, Smith switched from Democratic to Republican party affiliation. Bac ...

, Louisiana state senator * John Robert Smith, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi *

John Smith (Washington politician) John Smith (born March 27, 1973) is a former American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Washington State Senate from the 7th Legislative District. Smith was appointed to fill the Senate seat on January 3, 2013 followin ...

(born 1973), American politician of the Republican Party *

John A. Smith (Mississippi politician) John Andrew Smith (January 13, 1847 - May 15, 1910) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Greene County, from 1896 to 1904. Biography John Andrew Smith was born on January 13, 1847, in Mississippi ...

(1847–?), American state senator in Mississippi * John P. Smith, general superintendent of the Long Island State Park Commission *

John Smith (Maine politician) John G. Smith (born June 9, 1874) was an American politician from Maine. Smith was elected mayor of Saco, Maine in 1924 during the peak of electoral success for the Ku Klux Klan in Maine politics. He was appointed Commissioner of Banking by Governo ...

, mayor of Saco, Maine * John Smith (miller), a founding settler of Providence Plantation (later Rhode Island)

Other countries

John Hope Smith John Hope Smith (died 15 March 1831) was an English Colonial Head of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) as Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast from 19 January 1817 until 27 March 1822. "Respectably born and educated", John Hope Smi ...

(c. 1787–1831), governor of colonial Ghana, 1817–22 * J. Valentine Smith (John Valentine Smith, 1824–1895), New Zealand politician

Religion

* John Smith (bishop of Llandaff) (died 1479), Welsh bishop *

John Smith (Platonist) John Smith (1618, Achurch, Northamptonshire – 7 August 1652, Cambridge) was an English philosopher, theologian, and educator. Life Smith entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1636, took his B.A. in 1640 and his M.A. in 1644, at which time he ...

(1618–1652), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists *

John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry) John Smith is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a placeholder name and pseudonym, and is sometimes used in the United States and the United Kingdom as a term for an average person. It may refer to: People :''In chronological ...

(died 1680), Irish Anglican priest * John Smith (Unitarian) (fl. 1648–1727), Unitarian writer *

John Smith (priest, born 1659) John Smith (1659–1715) was an English cleric, known for his edition of the ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' of Bede. Life Son of William Smith, who married in 1657 Elizabeth, daughter of Giles Wetherall of Stockton, he was born at Low ...

(1659–1715), English editor of Bede *

John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith) John Smith (July 16, 1781 – May 23, 1854), known as Uncle John, was an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Smith was the younger brother of Joseph Smith Sr., uncle of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, fathe ...

(1781–1854), Presiding Patriarch and member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

John Smith (Restoration Movement) "Raccoon" John Smith (1784 – February 28, 1868) was an early leader in the Restoration Movement.Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christ ...

(1784–1868), early Restoration Movement leader *

John Smith (missionary) John Smith (1790–1824) was a missionary whose experiences in the West Indies attracted the attention of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce. As a result of his actions, trial by court martial and subsequent death whilst under imp ...

(1790–1824), English missionary in Demerara * John Smith (priest, born 1799) (1799–1870), first person to transcribe the Diary of Samuel Pepys *

John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith) John Smith (September 22, 1832 – November 6, 1911), was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. Havin ...

(1832–1911), Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

John Henry Smith John Henry Smith (September 18, 1848 – October 13, 1911) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency (LDS Church), First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

(1848–1911), apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * John Smith (moderator) (1854-1927), moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1922 *

John Taylor Smith John Taylor-Smith (20 April 1860 – 28 March 1938) was an Anglican bishop and military chaplain. He was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone by the end of the 19th century and the Chaplain-General to the Forces from the year 1901 to 1925. E ...

(1860–1938), Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone *

John Smith (archdeacon of Llandaff) John Smith, DCL was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 16th century. HSmith was educated at the University of Oxford. He held the living at Shepperton Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south ...

, Welsh Anglican priest * John Smith (archdeacon of Wiltshire) (1933–2000), Anglican priest * John M. Smith (bishop) (1935–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop * John H. Smith (bishop) (1939–2012), American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, 1989–1999 * John Smith (God's Squad) (died 2019), Australian founder of the God's Squad motorcycle club

Sports

American football

John "Clipper" Smith John Philip "Little Clipper" Smith (December 12, 1904 – May 11, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a guard at the University of Notre Dame under Knute Rockne. Smith ...

(1904–1973), American football player and coach * John Smith (tackle), American football tackle * John L. Smith (born 1948), American college football coach *

John Smith (placekicker) John Michael Smith (born 30 December 1949) is an English-American retired American football placekicker. He made his professional debut with the New England Patriots in 1974, remaining with the team until 1983. Early years John Smith trained ...

(born 1949), former New England Patriots kicker * John Smith (running back) (born 1954), former American football running back *

J. T. Smith (American football) John Thomas "J. T." Smith (born October 29, 1955) is a former professional American football player who played in the National Football League from 1978 to 1990. A 6'2", 185-lb. undrafted wide receiver and punt returner from the University of ...

(John Thomas Smith, born 1955), former professional American football player *

JuJu Smith-Schuster John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster ( Smith; born November 22, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh St ...

(John Smith-Schuster, born 1996), American football wide receiver

Association football

John Smith (sportsman, born 1855) John Smith (12 August 1855 – 16 November 1934) was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s. He is also notable for playing rugby union and was a member of the first British Lions team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1888. Foot ...

(1855–1934), Scottish footballer and rugby union player *

John Smith (footballer, born 1865) John Smith (19 December 1865 – 23 January 1911) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right. Career Smith signed for Kilmarnock in November 1887. He moved to Newcastle East End in August 1888, before moving to Sunderland in Sept ...

(1865–1911), Scottish footballer who played as a striker *

Jack Smith (footballer, born 1898) John William Smith, known as Jack Smith (28 October 1898 – 19 January 1977) was an English international footballer, who played as an inside-right. Career Born in Whitburn, Smith played for North Shields Athletic, before moving to South Sh ...

(John William Smith, 1898–1977), English international footballer, played for South Shields and Portsmouth *

John Smith (footballer, born 1898) John Smith (born 1898) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Ayr United, Middlesbrough, Cardiff City, Distillery and Scotland; in his sole international appearance in 1924, he was alongside Ayr United teammate Philip McCloy in the Scottish ...

(1898–?), Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Middlesbrough, Scotland) *

John Richard Smith (footballer, born 1898) John Richard Smith (26 July 1898–1986) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aberdare Athletic, Bristol City, Fulham, Plymouth Argyle and Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative c ...

(1898–1986), English footballer *

John Smith (footballer, born 1901) John Smith (born 1901) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Eccleshill, Smith moved from Harrogate Amateurs to Bradford City in August 1923.Frost, p. 407 He made 38 league appearances for the club, sc ...

, English footballer for Bradford City and Blackburn Rovers * John Smith (inside-left), English footballer 1932–33 * John Smith (1930s footballer), footballer of the 1930s for (Gillingham) * Ted Smith (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1989), English football player and manager (birth name John Edward Smith) *

John Smith (football chairman) Sir John Wilson Smith (6 November 1920 – 31 January 1995) was the chairman of Liverpool F.C. from 1973 to 1990. Liverpool F.C. John Smith was chairman of Liverpool Football Club for 17 years from 1973 and during this period they embarked o ...

(1920–1995), chairman of Liverpool (1973–90) *

John Smith (footballer, born 1921) John F. Smith (born c. 1921) was an English footballer who played for Port Vale, before transferring to Chelsea just before the outbreak of World War II. Career Smith joined Port Vale in September 1938. He scored on his debut at inside-right ...

(born 1921), English footballer *

John Smith (footballer, born 1927) John Smith (21 December 1927 – August 2000) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool in The Football League. Smith played amateur football for Bromborough Pool before he signed for Liverpool in 1951. He made 27 appeara ...

(1927–2000), English footballer (Liverpool) *

John Smith (footballer, born 1939) John Smith (4 January 1939 – February 1988) was an English footballer. Born in Shoreditch, London, Smith was a product of the Academy of West Ham United. He played for the east London club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside ...

(1939–1988), West Ham United *

John Smith (footballer, born 1944) Johnathan Smith (born 13 September 1944) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made appearances in the English Football League with Wrexham. He also played for Caernarfon Town Caernarfon Town Football Club ...

, Welsh footballer (Wrexham) *

John Smith (footballer, born 1970) John Smith (born 23 July 1970) is an English footballer, who played as a full back in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, Engl ...

, football full back (Tranmere Rovers) *

John Smith (footballer, born 1971) John Richard Smith (born 29 October 1971) is an English retired football striker who spent his entire career in the United States. He is currently the head coach of the Cornell University men's soccer team. Player Smith moved to the United S ...

, English retired football striker

Baseball

* John Smith (shortstop), shortstop, 1873–75 * John Smith (1880s first baseman) (1858–1899), first baseman in 1882 *

Phenomenal Smith John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith (December 12, 1864 – April 3, 1952), born as John Francis Gammon, was an American professional baseball player and player-manager from 1884 to 1905. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball, princip ...

(John Francis Smith, 1864–1952), American baseball pitcher and manager * John Smith (1930s first baseman) (1906–1982), first baseman in 1931 * John G. Smith (coach) (1924–1998), American college baseball, football and basketball coach *

Ford Smith John Ford Smith (January 9, 1919 – February 26, 1983) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Smith attended the University of Arizona. He broke into the Negro leagues in 1939 with the C ...

(John Ford Smith, 1919–1983), American Negro leagues pitcher

Basketball

John Smith (basketball, born 1944) John Smith Jr. (born May 24, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player.Jo ...

, former American basketball player known for his American Basketball Association career *

John Smith (basketball, born 1969) John David Smith (born March 12, 1969) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team. Playing career A standout at John W. North High School, Smith originally began his coll ...

, American college basketball coach *

John Smith (basketball, born 1984) John Smith (born August 20, 1984) is an American former basketball player, best known for his decorated college career at Winona State University, where he was twice named Division II National Player of the Year. College career Smith came to Win ...

, former American basketball player best known for his college career at Winona State University

Cricket

* John Smith (cricketer, born 1833) (1833–1909), Lancashire and Yorkshire cricketer * John Smith (cricketer, born 1835) (1835–1889), English cricketer *

John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) John Smith (27 October 1841 — 26 November 1898) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1878. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871. Smith was born in Clifton, Derby and was a ...

(1841–1898), English cricketer, played for Derbyshire * John Smith (cricketer, born 1843) (1843–1873), English cricketer, played for Cambridgeshire 1863–72 * John Smith (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–1959), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1921 * John Smith (cricketer, born 1919) (1919–1999), New Zealand cricketer * John Smith (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–1991), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1950–1955 * John Smith (cricketer, born 1936) (1936-2020), Australian cricketer *

John Smith (New Zealand cricketer) Campbell John Poore Smith (born 21 March 1960), sometimes known as John Smith, is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 62 first-class and 22 List A matches for Central Districts between 1984 and 1991. He also played for Nelson in the Hawk ...

(born 1960), New Zealand cricketer also known as Campbell Smith

Rugby

* John Sidney Smith (rugby union) (1860–?), Wales rugby union international * Johnny Smith (rugby union) (1922–1974), New Zealand rugby player, baker, soldier, and sportsman *

John Smith (rugby league) John David Smith is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1975 and 1977 World Cups. Playing career In 1973 Smith was selected for an Auckland under-23 tour of Australia. The side won one and lost two mat ...

(), New Zealand international *

J. V. Smith John Vincent Smith (23 May 1926 – 17 September 2021) was an English rugby union player and administrator. He played for the national team at the 1950 Five Nations, and later served as President of the Rugby Football Union. At the time of his ...

(John Vincent Smith, 1926–2021), English rugby player and RFU president

Other sports

* John Smith (Canadian rower) (1899–1973), Canadian rower at the 1924 Olympics *

John Smith (Australian footballer) John Smith (born 19 April 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of ...

(born 1933), footballer for St Kilda * John Smith (Zambian wrestler) (born 1942), Zambian freestyle wrestler at the 1964 Olympics *

John Smith (sprinter) John Walton Smith (born August 5, 1950) is a former American athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the 400 m event at the 1971 Pan American Games. He remains the world record holder for the ...

(born 1950), former American sprint athlete and now coach *

John Smith (American wrestler) John William Smith (born August 9, 1965) is an American Collegiate wrestling, folkstyle and Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler and coach. Smith was a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, NCAA Division I national champion, and ...

(born 1965), American wrestler, two-time Olympic gold medalist *

J.T. Smith (wrestler) John T. Smith (born April 25, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, J. T. Smith. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Professional wrestling career Ear ...

(born 1967), American professional wrestler *

John Smith (South African rower) John Smith (born 12 January 1990) is a South African rower. He won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with teammates James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, and Sizwe Ndlovu. In 2014, he won the me ...

(born 1990), South African rower at the 2012 Olympics * John Suttie Smith (1905–1975), Scottish Olympic runner

Other

Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet (1744 – 1807) was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1772 and the progenitor of the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy. Biography Smith, who resided in Sydling St Nicholas in Dorset, was born in 1744. He was the son of Henry Smith o ...

(1744–1807), baronet *

John Kilby Smith John Kilby Smith (born Boston, Massachusetts, December 17, 1752; died Portland, Maine, August 9, 1842) was a public servant from New England, who served in the American Revolution. Smith was an original Member of the Massachusetts Society of the ...

(1752–1842), public servant from New England * John Smith (Chippewa Indian) (died 1922), reputed to have died at the age of 137 * John Smith (abolitionist), 19th century American industrialist and abolitionist *

John Chaloner Smith John Chaloner Smith (19 August 1827 – 13 March 1895) was an Irish civil engineer, remembered as collector of and writer on British mezzotints. Life Smith was born in Dublin in 1827. His father was a proctor of the ecclesiastical courts, and ...

(1827–1895), Irish civil engineer and writer on mezzotints * John Brown Smith (1837–?), American author, shorthand developer, utopianist, tax resister * John Baptist Smith (1843–1923), invented and helped build a lantern system of naval signaling * J. E. Smith (c. 1862/1863–1912), English trade union leader * John Chabot Smith (1915–2002), American journalist and author * John Douglas Smith (born 1966), sound editor *

John Henry Smith (reporter) John Henry Smith was an anchor and reporter for News 12 Long Island. Early life Smith was born in San Francisco and raised in Detroit, MI. After graduating from Detroit Country Day School in 1985, John gained an appointment to the United States Na ...

, American sports journalist, active 2000s *

John Smith (Australian journalist) John Smith is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a placeholder name and pseudonym, and is sometimes used in the United States and the United Kingdom as a List of terms related to an average person, term for an average person. It m ...

, Australian journalist, winner of 2016 Kennedy Award

Fictional characters

Ranger Smith John Francis Smith, more commonly referred to as Ranger Smith (and known as Mr. Ranger by Yogi and Boo-Boo), is a fictional park ranger first appearing in the 1958 ''Yogi Bear'' cartoon series. The character is Yogi's main antagonist, and appears ...

(John Francis Smith), a park ranger in ''Yogi Bear'' cartoons * J. Wesley Smith, a character in cartoons of Burr Shafer (1899–1965) * John Smith (Kyon), Kyon's alias in the novels and animations of the Haruhi Suzumiya series *

John "Hannibal" Smith Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists of the 1980s action-adventure television series ''The A-Team,'' played by George Peppard. The producers originally had James Coburn in mind to play the par ...

, a character in ''The A-Team'' *John Smith, the human identity of

Red Tornado Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to Orange (colour), orange and opposite Violet (color), violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the ...

, a fictional superhero appearing in DC Comics *John Smith, also known as "Number Four", the protagonist of the young adult novel ''

I Am Number Four ''I Am Number Four'' is a young adult science fiction novel by Pittacus Lore (the pseudonym of James Frey and Jobie Hughes) and the first book in the ''Lorien Legacies'' series. The book was published by HarperCollins on August 3, 2010, and spe ...

'' *John Smith, the protagonist played by Bruce Willis in ''

Last Man Standing (1996 film) ''Last Man Standing'' is a 1996 American action film written and directed by Walter Hill and starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, and Bruce Dern. It is a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's ''Yojimbo''. Plot In Prohibition-era Texas, a wan ...

'' *John Smith, the protagonist played by Brad Pitt in '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' * John Smith (Doctor Who), an alias of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' media * John Smith (Jericho), a character in the TV series ''Jericho'' *

Agent Smith Agent Smith (later simply Smith) is a fictional Character (arts), character and the main antagonist of The Matrix (franchise), ''The Matrix'' franchise. He was primarily portrayed by Hugo Weaving in the first trilogy of films and voiced by Christ ...

, also known as John Smith, the main villain in ''The Matrix'' franchise *John Smith, a Nazi in the television series ''

The Man in the High Castle ''The Man in the High Castle'' (1962), by Philip K. Dick, is an alternative history novel wherein the Axis Powers won World War II. The story occurs in 1962, fifteen years after the end of the war in 1947, and depicts the political intrigues be ...

'', not appearing in the novel of the same name * John Smith, the main villain played by Zachary Quinto, in the movie '' Hitman: Agent 47'' * Johnny Smith (''Dead Zone''), main character in Stephen King's novel ''The Dead Zone'' and its subsequent adaptations