Paul Smith or Paul Smith's may refer to:

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 (rock vocalist) (born 1979), vocalist and songwriter of British indie rock band Maxïmo Park * Paul Smith (Christian music singer) (born 1953), American contemporary Christian music performer and songwriter *

Paul Smith (music industry executive) Paul Smith is probably 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 t ...

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

Paul Reed Smith Paul Reed Smith (born February 18, 1956) is an American luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars, a high-end guitar maker. Early life Smith graduated from Bowie High School in 1974. He also attended St. Mary's College of Maryland where ...

(born 1956), American luthier and founder/owner of PRS Guitars *

Paul Tillman Smith Paul Tillman Smith is an American drummer, percussionists, songwriter, artistic director, band leader, and promoter. Smith is a native of Oakland, California, United States. He has written for Pharoah Sanders, LaToya London, and Phyllis Hyman ...

, American percussionist * Paul Smith, drummer in the band

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Writing

Paul Smith (Irish writer) Paul Smith (4 October 1920, Dublin, Ireland – 11 January 1997, Dublin) was an Irish writer and playwright. Biography Smith was born near Charlemont Street in Dublin, the son of a wheelwright. He became involved with the Gate Theatre at 16 yea ...

(1920–1997), writer and playwright *

Paul Smith (television writer) Paul Smith (born November 18 1961) is a British television writer who was born and lives in London. Smith's four-part BBC1 drama One Night (executive producer Hilary Salmon) won the Reflet D'Or for Best Drama Series at the 2012 Festival Tous Ec ...

(born 1961), British creator of television series and television writer *

Paul Gerard Smith Paul Gerard Smith (September 14, 1894 – April 4, 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 90 films between 1926 and 1955. Biography Born in 1894, Smith started writing musical revues at the age of ten. He joined the Marines for ...

(1894–1968), American screenwriter *

Dale Smith (writer) Paul Dale Smith (born November 1976) is a writer and playwright from Leicester, England but currently living and working in Greater Manchester. He writes under the name Dale Smith, and has had previous works published and performed under the n ...

(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) (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 explaining ...

(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 Paul Julian Smith is a university professor specializing in Spanish and Mexican cinema and television. He is also a film critic. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Hispanic studies at the Graduate Center of City University of New York. ...

, 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. He began as a cel painter for Walt Disney Animation in August 1926, then moved up to an animator when he remembered he did not work behind a curtain, bu ...

(1906–1980), American animator and director best known for his work in ''Woody Woodpecker'' cartoons *

Paul L. Smith Paul Lawrence Smith (June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012) was an American-Israeli actor. Burly, bearded and imposing, he appeared in feature films and occasionally on television since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most no ...

(1936–2012), American actor and comedian *

Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929) Paul Smith (born February 5, 1929) is 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 episodes, primarily ...

, American comic character actor *

Paul W. Smith Paul William Smith (born 1953) is an American talk radio host and columnist. He currently hosts the morning show on WJR radio in Detroit, Michigan and co-hosts the weekly show ''Opportunity Detroit''. Smith's shows typically feature in-depth in ...

(born 1953), American talk radio host in Michigan

Arts

Paul Smith (artist) Paul Smith (September 21, 1921 – June 25, 2007) was an American typewriter artist. Biography Smith was born in 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He suffered from severe spastic cerebral palsy from an early age. The loss of fine motor co ...

(1921–2007), American typewriter artist *

Paul Smith (fashion designer) Sir Paul Brierley Smith (born 5 July 1946) is a British 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 Industry in 1991. ...

(born 1946), British fashion designer * Paul Smith (comics) (born 1953), American comic book artist *

Paul M. Smith (photographer) Dr Paul M. Smith (born 1969) is a British photographer and educator. Deputy Head of School, Media and Performing Arts. BA Hons Photography course within Coventry University Department of Media. In 2001 he was the recipient of the Vic Odden Award ...

(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 (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 Professo ...

(born 1954), British academic and cultural critic

Sports

Association footballers

* Paul Smith (footballer, born 1954), English football midfielder born in Thorne, South Yorkshire *

Paul Smith (footballer, born 1962) Paul Smith (born 2 November 1962) is a Scottish former football player and manager who is currently the assistant manager at Falkirk. Smith made his senior breakthrough with Raith Rovers in 1983. A combative midfielder, he enjoyed something ...

, Scottish football player and manager * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1964), English football winger born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1967), English football winger born in Wembley, Greater London * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1971), English football midfielder born in East Ham, Greater London * Paul Smith (footballer, born 22 January 1976), English football player born in Easington, County Durham * Paul Smith (footballer, born 25 January 1976), English football midfielder born in Hastings, East Sussex * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1979), English football goalkeeper born in Epsom, Surrey * Paul Smith (footballer, born 1991), English football defender born in Liverpool, Merseyside

American football

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

Paul Smith (fullback) Paul Smith (born January 31, 1978) is a former American football player. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He currently owns Get Lifted CrossFit in El Paso, Texas. High school years Smith attended Andress high school in ...

(born 1978), former NFL fullback *

Paul Smith (quarterback) Paul Smith (born July 2, 1984) is a former American professional gridiron football quarterback. He played college football at Tulsa. High school career Smith attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma for two years, then finished hig ...

(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 super-middleweight title tw ...

(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. Cricket career A mercurial allrounder, ...

, 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) Paul Smith (born 24 December 1969) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers and Western Suburbs Magpies. Smith, a product of Ashcroft High School in Sydney, played his football as a winger ...

(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 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 th ...

, founder of one of the first resorts in the Adirondacks, New York * Paul Smith (clergy) (born 1935), African-American Presbyterian minister *

Paul M. Smith Paul March Smith (born 1955) is an American Lawyer, attorney who has argued many important cases, most notably ''Lawrence v. Texas'' and has argued 21 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. In January 2017, he joined the facult ...

(born 1955), American attorney whose most notable case is ''Lawrence v. Texas'' *

Paul Ray Smith Paul Ray Smith (September 24, 1969 – April 4, 2003) was a United States Army soldier who was Posthumous recognition, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While serving with B Company, 11th En ...

(1969–2003), US Army sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient * Paul F. Smith (1915–2014), US Army general * Paul Smith, founder of British motorist lobby group

Safe Speed Safe Speed was a United Kingdom-based pressure group that campaigned against speed cameras, claiming that it did so on the grounds of road safety. History The organisation was started in 2001 by Paul Smith, a former computer electronics engineer ...

in 2001