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Music

Paul Smith (composer) Paul J. Smith (October 30, 1906 – January 25, 1985) was an American music composer and violinist best known for his work at Disney. Life and career Smith was born in Calumet, Michigan on October 30, 1906. Upon graduating high school, he stud ...

(1906–1985), American film music composer *

Paul Smith (pianist) Paul Thatcher Smith (April 17, 1922 – June 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist. He performed in various genres of jazz, most typically bebop, but is best known as an accompanist of singers, especially Ella Fitzgerald.Peter Keepnew"Paul Smit ...

(1922–2013), Los Angeles jazz pianist *

Paul Smith (English singer) Paul Smith (born 13 March 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of indie rock band Maxïmo Park. Biography Born in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees (borough), Stockton-on-Tees, Smith is the eldest of thr ...

(born 1979), vocalist and songwriter of British indie rock band Maxïmo Park *

Paul Smith (Christian music singer) Paul Charles Smith is a Contemporary Christian Music performer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his early years with influential gospel group The Imperials. Smith spent four years with that group, recording four albums and one live vid ...

(born 1953), American contemporary Christian music performer and songwriter *

Paul Smith (music industry executive) Paul Smith is best known as the founder and manager of Blast First, the British alternative record label that released artists such as Sonic Youth, the Butthole Surfers, Big Black and Dinosaur Jr. in the UK. He continued to manage the artists a ...

(fl. 1985–present), British record label manager and art event producer *

Paul Reed Smith Paul Reed Smith Guitars, also known as PRS Guitars or simply PRS, is an American guitar and amplifier An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-vary ...

(born 1956), American luthier and founder/owner of PRS Guitars * Paul Tillman Smith, American percussionist * Paul Smith, drummer in the band

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Writing

* Paul Smith (Irish writer) (1920–1997), writer and playwright *

Paul Smith (television writer) Paul Smith (born 18 November 1961) is a British television writer who was born and lives in London. Smith's four-part BBC1 drama One Night (British TV series), One Night (executive producer Hilary Salmon) won the Reflet D'Or for Best Drama Seri ...

(born 1961), British creator of television series and television writer * Paul Gerard Smith (1894–1968), American screenwriter *

Dale Smith (writer) Paul Dale Smith (born November 1976) is a writer and playwright from Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the ...

(born 1976), pseudonym of Paul Dale Smith, British writer and playwright *

Paul Smith (blogger) Paul Smith is a British blogger, writer, and former radio executive. An advocate of social media, Smith coined the phrase "twitchhiking" in February 2009 when he travelled around the world using the social media network Twitter. Radio career ...

, 21st century British writer and creator of the Twitchhiker Project *

Paul Smith (journalist) Paul Smith is a leading British football journalist, currently chief football writer for tabloid newspaper The ''Sunday Mirror''. He is a former ''British Sports Reporter of the Year''. Before joining The ''Sunday Mirror'', he was a deputy editor of ...

(fl. 2002–present), British football journalist *

Paul Jordan-Smith Paul Jordan-Smith (April 19, 1885 – June 17, 1971) was an American Universalist minister who also worked as a writer, lecturer and editor. Academically, he is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the 17th-century British author an ...

(1885–1971), American journalist, editor, and author *

Paul Smith (historian) Paul Smith (born 1937) is a British historian of Victorian England. In 1972 Smith edited a collection of Lord Salisbury's articles that he had written for the '' Quarterly Review''. Vernon Bogdanor said that Smith's lengthy introduction explaini ...

(born 1937), British historian of Victorian England *

Paul Chaat Smith Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche) is an author and an associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.Berry, Carol"Paul Chaat Smith and His Pal Irony Offer a Dose of Indian Reality."''Indian Country Today.'' 12 Dec 2011. Accessed 26 Feb ...

, Comanche author and associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian * Paul Julian Smith, American historian of Hispanic studies and modern Spain and Mexico

Film, television and radio

Paul Smith (Australian actor) Paul Smith (born 1968 in Sydney) is a former Australian actor, who started his career as a child actor. He is most known as Steve in the children's television series ''The Henderson Kids'', before being the original Simon Kelly in the sitcom ' ...

(born 1968), starred in the Australian sitcom ''Hey Dad...!'' *

Paul Smith (animator) Paul J. Smith (March 15, 1906 – November 17, 1980) was an American animator and director. Biography Smith began as a cel painter for The Walt Disney Studio in August 1926, then moved up to an animator when he remembered he did not work behind ...

(1906–1980), American animator and director best known for his work in ''Woody Woodpecker'' cartoons * Paul L. Smith (1936–2012), American actor and comedian *

Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929) Arthur Paul Smith (February 5, 1929 – March 3, 2006) was an American comic character actor with a perpetually perplexed or, alternatively, bemused expression, who, during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, appeared in scores of television ...

(1929–2006), American comic character actor * Paul W. Smith (born 1953), American talk radio host in Michigan

Arts

* Paul Smith (artist) (1921–2007), American typewriter artist *

Paul Smith (fashion designer) Sir Paul Brierley Smith (born 5 July 1946) is an English luxury fashion designer. His reputation is founded on his designs for men's clothing, but his business has expanded into other areas as well. Smith was made a Royal Designer for Industr ...

(born 1946), British fashion designer *

Paul Smith (comics) Paul Smith (born September 4, 1953) is an American comic book artist, known for his work on '' The Uncanny X-Men'', ''X-Factor'', '' American Flagg!'', '' Nexus'', '' GrimJack'' and his creator-owned book, '' Leave It to Chance''. During his 198 ...

(born 1953), American comic book artist * Paul M. Smith (photographer) (born 1969), British photographer and educator * Paul J. Smith (arts administrator) (1931–2020), American arts administrator, curator, and artist

Science and academics

* M. Paul Smith (fl. 1992–present), British paleontologist *

Paul Althaus Smith Paul Althaus Smith (May 18, 1900June 13, 1980) was an American mathematician. His name occurs in two significant conjectures in geometric topology: the Smith conjecture, which is now a theorem, and the Hilbert–Smith conjecture, which was proved ...

(1900–1980), American mathematician *

Paul Smith (academic) Paul Smith (born 1954 in Eastleigh, England) is an academic and cultural critic. He holds a B.A. in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D in American Studies from the University of Kent. He is currently Profess ...

(born 1954), British academic and cultural critic

Sports

Association footballers

* Paul Smith (footballer, born 1954), English football player for Huddersfield Town and Cambridge United * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1962), Scottish football player and manager *

Paul Smith (footballer, born 1964) Paul Michael Smith (born 9 November 1964) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield United, Stockport County, Port Vale, and Lincoln City. He was promoted out of the Third Division with Sheffield United ...

, English football player for Sheffield United, Port Vale and Lincoln City * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1967), English football player for Torquay United, Brentford and Bristol Rovers *

Paul Smith (footballer, born 1971) Paul William Smith (born 18 September 1971) is an English former professional footballer. Smith was born in East Ham, London and began his career as a trainee with Southend United, turning professional in 1990. He found his chances limited at ...

, English football player for Gillingham and Brentford * Paul Smith (footballer, born 22 January 1976), English football player for Burnley, Hartlepool United and Sheffield Wednesday * Paul Smith (footballer, born 25 January 1976), English football player for Lincoln City *

Paul Smith (footballer, born 1979) Paul Daniel Smith (born 17 December 1979) is an English football coach and former player. He is currently head of Academy goalkeeper coaching at League Two club Colchester United. Education Smith holds A-levels in PE, Home Economics, Soci ...

, goalkeeper currently at Southend United * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1991), English football player for Chester City and Barrow

American football

* Paul Smith (defensive end) (1945–2000), former NFL defensive end * Paul Smith (fullback) (born 1978), former NFL fullback *

Paul Smith (quarterback) Paul Smith (born July 2, 1984) is an American former professional gridiron football quarterback. He played college football at Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Tulsa. Early life Smith attended Deer Creek Public Schools, Deer Creek High School in Edmond ...

(born 1984), former college quarterback * Paul G. Smith (1882–1971), college football head coach

Other

Paul Smith (boxer) Paul James Smith Jr. (born 6 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017, and has since worked as a commentator. He held the English middleweight title in 2008, the British Boxing Board of Control, Briti ...

(born 1982), British professional boxer * Paul Smith (cricketer, born 1820) (1820–?), English cricketer *

Paul Smith (cricketer, born 1964) Paul Andrew Smith (born 15 April 1964) in Gosforth, Northumberland is a former English cricketer who played for Warwickshire from 1982 to 1996. He represented England in the Hong Kong and Singapore Sixes. He was educated at Heaton Grammar S ...

, English cricketer * Paul Smith (cricketer, born 1975), former English cricketer * Paul Smith (first baseman) (1931–2019), American baseball player * Paul Smith (outfielder) (1888–1958), American baseball player * Paul Smith (rugby league) (born 1969), Australian rugby league player * Paul Smith (racing driver) (born 1955), British former racing driver * Paul Smith (drift driver) (born 1980), British drift driver

Other fields

* Paul F. Smith (1915–2014), US Army general * Paul M. Smith (born 1955), American attorney whose most notable case is ''Lawrence v. Texas'' * Paul Ray Smith (1969–2003), US Army sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient * Paul Smith (clergy) (born 1935), African-American Presbyterian minister * Paul Smith (1825–1912), born

Apollos Smith Apollos "Paul" Smith (1825–1912) was an American hunting and fishing guide from Vermont who founded the Saint Regis House in the Town of Brighton, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains. It was known universally as Paul Smith's Hotel, one of t ...

, founder of one of the first resorts in the Adirondacks, New York * Paul Smith, founder of British motorist lobby group Safe Speed in 2001 * Paul Fraser Smith, a New Zealand cannabis grower and advocate