Neil or Neal Smith may refer to:
Sports
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Neil Smith (American football)
Neil Smith (born April 10, 1966) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1988 to 1996, the Denver Broncos from ...
(born 1966), in the NFL
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Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1967)
Neil Michael Knight Smith (born 27 July 1967) is a former English cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1996. He then went on to work at Warwick School for boys, Myton Road, Warwick as the Groundsman but has recen ...
, English cricketer
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Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1949) (1949–2003), English cricketer for Yorkshire and Essex
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Neil Smith (footballer)
Neil Smith (born Lambeth, 30 September 1971) is an English former professional football player and currently first team manager at Cray Wanderers.
Playing career
Smith started his career at Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice but after a year ...
(born 1971), English
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Neil Smith (ice hockey)
Neil Smith (born January 9, 1954) is a Canadian ice hockey broadcaster, and previously the general manager of both the New York Rangers from 1989–2000 and (briefly) the New York Islanders in 2006. He was also the owner and head coach of the John ...
(born 1954), Canadian executive and broadcaster
Music
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Neal Smith (drummer)
Neal Smith (born September 23, 1947) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock group Alice Cooper from 1967 to 1974. He performed on the group's early albums ''Pretties for You'' and ''Easy Action'', their breakout album ' ...
(born 1947), founding member of Alice Cooper
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Neil Smith (musician), former bassist in AC/DC and Rose Tattoo
Other
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Neil Smith (linguist)
Neilson Voyne Smith FBA (born 1939), known as Neil Smith, is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.
He wrote his PhD (1964) on the grammar of Nupe, a language of Nigeria. Since then his research has encompassed theoret ...
(born 1939), British linguist
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Neil Smith (geographer)
Neil Robert Smith (18 June 1954 – 29 September 2012) was a Scottish geographer and academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards ...
(1954–2012), Scottish-born American professor
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Neal Smith (politician) (1920–2021), U.S. representative from Iowa
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Neil Smith (writer)
Neil Smith (born 1964) is a Canadian writer and translator from Montreal, Quebec. His novel ''Boo'', published in 2015, won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. ''Boo'' was also nominated for a Sunburst Award and the Canadian Library Associatio ...
, Canadian fiction writer
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L. Neil Smith (1946–2021), American science fiction author and political activist
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Neil Smith (politician), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
See also
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Neil Smyth (1928–2017), Australian cricketer
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