Richard Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Richard Penn Smith Richard Penn Smith (March 13, 1799 – August 12, 1854) was a minor American playwright who is best known for writing a largely fictitious account of events at and leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, which was presented as the work of Davy Cro ...

(1799–1854), American playwright *

Richard Smith (silent film director) Richard Smith (September 17, 1886 – 1937), also known as Dick Smith, was a screenwriter, actor, and film director. Smith was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and became a comedian active in the vaudeville era. He met his wife Alice Howell in 19 ...

(1886–1937), American silent film director * Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, film director, BAFTA-winning writer of ''Trauma'' *

Richard Smith (artist) Richard Smith, CBE (27 October 1931 – 15 April 2016) was an English painter and printmaker. Smith produced work in a range of styles, and is credited with extending the field of painting through his shaped, sculptural canvases. A key figure in ...

(1931–2016), English painter *

Richard Bernhard Smith Richard Bernhard Smith (September 29, 1901 – September 29, 1935) was an American composer who wrote the lyrics to the popular Christmas song "Winter Wonderland", which was composed by Felix Bernard. Smith was born on September 29, 1901, i ...

(1901–1935), American composer who wrote the lyrics to "Winter Wonderland" *

Richard Smith (American guitarist) Richard Smith (born in Detroit) is an American jazz guitarist. Smith teaches at University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angel ...

, jazz guitarist in California *

Richard Smith (English guitarist) Richard Smith (born 12 December 1971) is an English guitarist specialising in the fingerstyle guitar tradition of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed. He is the 2001 National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion. Biography Smith was born in Becke ...

(born 1971), English-born fingerstyle guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee *

Richard John Smith Richard John Smith (1786–1 February 1855) was a British actor of the early Victorian era. He was among the first to play Frankenstein's monster on stage, which he did in 1826 in ''The Man and The Monster; or The Fate of Frankenstein''.

(1786-1855), British actor *

Richard Langham Smith Richard Langham Smith (born 10 September 1947, Barnes, London) is an English musicologist who has written on Debussy and contemporary French music in general. For his contribution to the latter he was admitted to rank of Chevalier of the Ordre des ...

(born 1947), British academic, head of music at the Open University *

Richard Curson Smith Richard Curson Smith is a British television director and producer. He has BAFTA, Emmy, RTS, Grierson, Real Screen, Broadcast, CSA and Prix Italia awards and nominations. He heads his own production company, Absinthe Film Entertainment and is ...

, British television director and producer * Richard H.E. Smith II, American software engineer, computer consultant and science fiction fanzine publisher * Richard Zane Smith, Wyandot sculptor * Rickey Smith (singer), contestant on ''American Idol'' *

Richard O'Brien Richard Timothy Smith. known professionally as Richard O'Brien, is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, composer, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1973, which has remained in conti ...

(Richard Timothy Smith, born 1942), TV presenter * Ricky Smith (Doctor Who), fictional character in British TV series ''Doctor Who'', played by Noel Clarke *

Rick Smith (musician) Richard Smith (born 25 May 1959) is a Welsh musician and composer. He is a founding member of British electronic music group Underworld and an acclaimed composer, having collaborated extensively with director Danny Boyle, most notably as the musi ...

(born 1959), member of English dance duo Underworld

Journalism

Richard Mills Smith Richard Mills Smith (born 1946) is an American editor and journalist who has served as Editor-in-Chief, CEO and Chairman of the ''Newsweek'' magazine. Education Smith graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Albion College in 1968, attended Columbia Universi ...

(born 1946), American editor and journalist, Chairman of ''Newsweek'' magazine *

Richard Smith (editor) Richard Smith CBE FMedSci is a British medical doctor, editor, and businessman. He is director of the Ovations initiative to combat chronic disease in the developing world. The initiative is funding centres in China, Bangladesh, India, Pakista ...

, British medical doctor, former editor of the ''British Medical Journal'' * Richard Allen Smith, front page writer at VetVoice, the blog of VoteVets.org

Military

* Richard Smith (soldier) ( - 1819), Canadian soldier and magistrate *

Richard Baird Smith Richard Baird Smith (31 December 1818 – 13 December 1861) was a British engineer officer in the East India Company, who played a prominent part as Chief Engineer in the Siege of Delhi of 1857. Early life Baird Smith was born on 31 December 18 ...

(1818–1861), British engineer officer *

Richard Abel Smith Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith DL (11 October 1933 – 23 December 2004) was a British Army officer. Early life He was the son of Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900–1993) and his wife Lady May Cambridge (1906-1994), née Princess May ...

(1933–2004), British Army officer *

Richard Smith (East India Company officer) Brigadier-General Richard Smith (baptised 1734 – 3 July 1803) was Commander-in-Chief, India of the East India Company (Bengal). Early life He was the eldest son of John Smith, cheesemonger, of Jermyn Street, St. James’s, in what is now cent ...

(1734–1803), Commander-in-Chief, India

Politics

Richard Smith (MP for Arundel) Richard Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Penn Smith (1799–1854), American playwright * Richard Smith (silent film director) (1886–1937), American silent film director * Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, ...

, Member of Parliament (MP) for

Arundel Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much large ...

in 1416 and 1417 *

Richard Smith (MP for Devizes) Richard Smith ( fl. 1402) was an English politician. Smith was a Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral par ...

, MP for Devizes, 1402 *

Richard Smith (died 1516) Richard Smith (by 1453–1516) was an English politician and courtier. Richard was a cloth merchant with premises in both the City of London and Reading in Berkshire. He obtained a number of minor royal appointments before becoming a Yeoman of t ...

, MP for Reading *

Richard Smith (died 1581) Richard Smith (by 1516 – buried on 22 May 1581) was an English politician. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1547–48 and 1549–50. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-L ...

, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme * Richard Smith (fl. 1584), MP for Cricklade *

Richard Smith (Canadian politician) Richard "Dick" Stanley Smith (June 20, 1931 – October 8, 1978) was the Liberal MPP for Nipissing in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half o ...

(1931–1978), former Liberal MPP for Nipissing, Ontario *

Richard Smith (Continental Congress) Richard Smith (March 22, 1735 – September 17, 1803) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Continental Congress and signed the Continental Association. Richard Smith was born in Burlington, Province of New Jersey, to Richard Smith, a mem ...

(1735–1803), lawyer and New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress * Richard B. Smith (New York politician) (1878–1937), New York politician *

Richard M. Smith Richard Moore Smith (October 1, 1828 – May 24, 1888) was an American from Mineral Point, Wisconsin who in 1856 spent a one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Iowa County, Wisconsin. Smith was born in Pennsy ...

(1828–1888), legislator from Mineral Point, Wisconsin *

Richard Smith (diplomat) Richard John Smith (14 December 1934 – 26 July 2015) was an Australian diplomat. Smith was born in Tamworth, New South Wales and educated at Sydney High School and the University of Sydney. He worked as a teacher in London in the late 1950s ...

(1934–2015), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom * Richard Joseph Smith (1819–1883), member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council *

Richard A. Smith (Connecticut politician) Richard A. Smith is an American politician. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 108th district, serving from 2011 to January 6, 2021. Smith has sponsored 88 bills. He is a member of the Republican party Republica ...

, American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives *

Ric Smith Richard Campbell "Ric" Smith (born 8 March 1944) is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He served as the Australian Ambassador to China (1996–2000), Australian Ambassador to Indonesia during the time of the 2002 Bali bom ...

(Richard C. Smith, born 1944), Australian public servant * Richard H. Smith (born 1945), member of the Georgia House of Representatives

Science

Richard Smith (mining engineer) Richard Smith (January 30, 1783 – July 21, 1868) was an English-born mining engineer, industrialist and politician. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1833 to 1834. Between 1836 and 1864, Smith was t ...

(1783–1868), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia *

Richard Smith (historical geographer) Richard Michael Smith, FBA, FRHistS (born 3 January 1946) is a historical geographer and demographer. He was professor of historical geography and demography at the University of Cambridge from 2003 to 2011, where he is now an emeritus professor, a ...

(born 1946), British academic, historical geographer and demographer *

Richard A. Smith (physician) Richard A. Smith (1932–2017) was an American physician who was part of the five-person team composing the Surgeon General's Office of Equal Health Opportunity (OEHO), which was charged with desegregating US hospitals in the mid-1960s. Smith de ...

(1932–2017), African-American physician *

Richard Bowyer Smith Richard Bowyer Smith (2 September 1837 in London, England – 4 February 1919 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian inventor. Career Smith migrated from London to South Australia with his parents Owen and Mary Ann Smith (née Lee), ...

(1837–1919), Australian inventor * Richard D. Smith (born 1949), American chemist, Director of Pan-omics and Proteomics Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * Richard G. Smith (engineer) (born 1929), director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center * Richard G. Smith (geographer), British geographer * Richard Harbert Smith (1894–1957), professor and researcher of aeronautical engineering *

Richard J. Smith Richard Jay Smith, an American anthropologist, (born 1948) is Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished Professor of Physical Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is now Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Education Richard Jay S ...

(born 1948), American dentist, anthropologist, head of graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis * R. N. Smith (Richard Norman Smith), president of the British Veterinary Association

Sports

* Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973), former Wales international rugby union player * Richard Smith (rugby league) (born 1973), rugby league player * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1967), English footballer for Mansfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1970), English footballer for Leicester City, Cambridge United and Grimsby Town *

Richard Smith (wide receiver) Richard Smith Jr. (born July 16, 1980) is a former professional American football wide receiver. Smith played four games in National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs along with spending time on the practice rosters for the Was ...

(born 1980), American football player *

Richard Smith (American football coach) Richard Smith (born October 17, 1955) is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He has been defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons, as well as the Houston ...

(born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Houston Texans *

Richard Shore Smith Richard Shore Smith (December 11, 1877 – May 19, 1953) was an American college football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Oregon from 1896 to 1899 and then at Columbia University, where he attended law school. Pla ...

(1877–1953), American football player and coach *

Ricky Smith (American football) Ricky DeCarlo Smith (born July 20, 1960) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots, the Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Alabama State Uni ...

(born 1960), former American football cornerback *

Rick Smith (American football executive) Rick Smith is an American football executive. He served as the general manager of the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) from 2006 to 2017. Smith also served as the team's executive vice president of football operations from 2 ...

, general manager of the Houston Texans *

Rick Smith (ice hockey) Richard Allan Smith (born June 29, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played from 1968 until 1981 in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). He won the Stanley Cup in 1970 with the Bosto ...

(born 1948), professional hockey player *

Richard Smith (field hockey) Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch club Klein Zwitserland. Smith made his international debut in 2009. He competed for Great Britain at the ...

(born 1987), British field hockey player * Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1987), Cardiff Blues centre *

Richard Smith (umpire) Richard Paul Smith (born 30 August 1972) is an Irish cricket umpire. He has stood in six ODI games between 2012 and 2014 and in six Twenty20 Internationals in 2012. See also * List of One Day International cricket umpires * List of Twenty20 Int ...

(born 1972), Irish cricket umpire *

Richard Smith (Costa Rican footballer) Richard Alexander Smith Hylton (born 29 December 1967 in Limón) is a Costa Rican former football player, who used to play as a midfielder. Club career Nicknamed ''La Pantera'', Smith made his Primera División debut for Alajuelense for whom ...

(born 1967), former footballer with Alajuelense, Antigua and Carmelita * Richard Smith (sport shooter) (born 1950), American sports shooter *

Richard Smith (Barbadian cricketer) Richard Smith (2 February 1873 – 10 June 1954) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in two first-class cricket, first-class matches for the Barbados national cricket team, Barbados cricket team in 1893/94. See also * List of Barbadian repr ...

(1873-1954), Barbadian cricketer * Richard Smith (Trinidadian cricketer) (born 1971), Trinidadian cricketer * Richard Smith (South African cricketer) (born 1972), South African cricketer

Other

Richard A. Smith (businessman) Richard Alan Smith (November 1, 1924 – September 9, 2020) was an American business executive who served as CEO of General Cinema Corporation. Biography Smith was born in 1924Richard Smith (businessman) (1836–1919) managing director of Australian company Harris Scarfe *

Richard Gordon Smith Richard Gordon Smith (1858 – 6 November 1918) was a British traveler, sportsman, and naturalist who traveled extensively in the late 19th century and lived in Japan for a number of years. Illustration from ''Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan'' ...

(1858–1918), British traveller, sportsman and naturalist * Dick Smith (entrepreneur) (Richard Harold Smith), Australian businessman *

Richard Norton Smith Richard Norton Smith (born October 2, 1953) is an American historian and author, specializing in U.S. presidents and other political figures. In the past, he worked as a freelance writer for ''The Washington Post'', and worked with U.S. Senator ...

(born 1953), U.S. Presidential historian *

Richard Sharp Smith Richard Sharp Smith (July 7, 1853 – February 8, 1924) was an English-born American architect, associated with Biltmore Estate and Asheville, North Carolina. Clay Griffith with the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office says, "The inf ...

(1852–1924), English then American architect *

Richard Smith (merchant) Richard Smith (1707–1776) was an English merchant in the West Indies trade, and director of the East India Company. Life Smith was born in Whitehaven, then in Cumberland, or Appleby-in-Westmorland, Appleby, Westmorland. He was a merchant and sl ...

(1707–1776), English merchant in the West Indies trade *

Richard Smith (settler) Richard Smith (1596–1666) was the first European settler in the Narragansett country (later Washington County, Rhode Island) in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He established a trading post on the western side of the Nar ...

(1596–1666), one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island *

Richard Smith (bishop) Richard Smith (Hanworth, England, November 1568 – Paris, 18 March 1655), (officially the Bishop of Chalcedon, Bishop ''in partibus'' of Chalcedon). Having studied at the English College in Rome, he taught at Valladolid and Seville. He succee ...

(1568–1655), English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor *

Richard William Smith Richard William Smith (born April 28, 1959) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eighth and current Archbishop of Edmonton, having previously served as Bishop of Pembroke from 2002 to 2007. Biography Smith was born in ...

(born 1959), Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Richard F. Smith (born c. 1961), American business executive *

Richard Tilden Smith Richard Tilden Smith (1865 – 18 December 1929) was a British businessman who made a fortune in mining in New South Wales and Western Australia and also had significant business interests in Britain. Tilden Smith commissioned the pioneering stee ...

(1865–1929), British businessman *

Richard Patrick Smith Richard Patrick Smith, was an Irish born, Roman Catholic priest who served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was born in the parish of Kilbride, Co. Cavan, Diocese of Meath, on (St. Patrick's Day) the 17th of March, 1802. Having receiv ...

, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad