William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to:

Academics

William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) William Smith, D.D. (1556-1615) was an English academic. Smith was born in Princes Risborough and educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1573, graduating B.A in 1578 and M.A in 1581. He was Fellow of Kings from 15 ...

(1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford * William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester * William Smith (Episcopal priest) (1727–1803), First Provost of the University of Pennsylvania *

William Pitt Smith William Pitt Smith (1760 – 1796) was a U.S. physician, educator and theological writer. Smith began his career serving in the General Hospital Department of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He became Professor of Materia Medic ...

(1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer * William Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893), English lexicographer * William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic * William Benjamin Smith (1850–1934), professor of mathematics at Tulane University * William Ramsay Smith (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist *

William Hall Smith William Hall Smith (February 8, 1866 – after 1920) was the President of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Mississippi State University, from 1916 to 1920. Smith was born near Vernon in Lamar County, Alabama. He was a ...

(1866–?), President of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916–1920 * William Cunningham Smith (1871–1943), American academic of English literature, university administrator, and writer *

William Charles Smith William Charles Smith (22 July 1881 – 20 November 1972) was an English musicologist who specialized in musical bibliographies. His particular area of interest was 17th and 18th century musical figures that were active in England. Considered a ...

(1881–1972), English musicologist * William Newton-Smith (born 1943), Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science *

William George Smith William George Smith (1866–1918) was an early Scottish psychologist. Education Smith studied at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. He then proceeded to the University of Edinburgh from which he graduated with an MA in Philosophy in 1889. He t ...

(1866–1918), Scottish psychologist * William Andrew Smith (1802–1870), American college president and clergyman *

William Roy Smith William Roy Smith (1876–1938) was an American academic historian. Career Smith studied first at the University of Texas (A.B. 1897, A.M. 1898), and went on to complete a Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1902, as a student of William Archibald D ...

, American academic historian

Arts and entertainment

* Will Smith (born 1968), American actor, rapper and film producer *

William "Gentleman" Smith William Smith (1730 – 13 September 1819), known as "Gentleman Smith", was a celebrated English actor of the 18th century who worked with David Garrick, and was the original creator of the role of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ...

(1730–1819), English actor *

William H. Smith (author) ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American temperance play first performed on February 12, 1844.

, the main writer of the 1844 temperance play ''The Drunkard'' * William Smith (actor) (1933–2021), American actor *

William Smith (teacher) William Macdonald Smith (born 25 June 1939) is a South African science and mathematics teacher who is best known for his maths and science lessons on television. Born in Makhanda (Grahamstown), he is the son of the ichthyologist Margaret Mary Smit ...

(born 1939), South African television science and mathematics teacher * Will Smith (comedian) (born 1971), British comedian, actor and writer

Art and literature

* Bill Smith (jewelry designer) (born 1933), American jewelry designer *

William Arthur Smith William Arthur Smith (April 19, 1918 – April 27, 1989) was an American artist. Early life Smith was born in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Theodore Keane School of Art in Toledo from 1932 to 1936 and at the University of Toledo from 1936 to ...

(1918–1989), American artist *

William Brooke Smith William Brooke Smith (died 1908) was an American painter and friend of Ezra Pound. His death from tuberculosis greatly affected Pound, who dedicated his first poetry collection, '' A Lume Spento'', to Smith. Life William Brooke Smith was living i ...

(died 1908), American artist *

William Collingwood Smith William Collingwood Smith (10 December 1815 Greenwich – 15 March 1887 Brixton Hill), was a British watercolourist. William's father William Smith worked for the Admiralty and was a musician and amateur artist. William had no formal training ...

(1815–1887), English painter *

William Craig Smith William Craig Smith (December 9, 1918 – August 22, 1986) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Victor/Victoria''. Selected filmography * ''Victor/Victoria ...

(1918–1986), American art director *

W. Eugene Smith William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist.Peacock, Scot. "W(illiam) Eugene Smith." ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2003. ''Biography In Context'' He has been described as "perhaps the si ...

(1918–1978), American photojournalist *

William Gardner Smith William Gardner Smith (February 6, 1927 – November 5, 1974) was an American journalist, novelist, and editor. Smith is linked to the black social protest novel tradition of the 1940s and the 1950s, a movement that became synonymous with writ ...

(1927–1974), African-American novelist *

William Hart-Smith William Hart-Smith (23 November 1911 – 15 April 1990) was a New Zealand/ Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved to New Zealand in 1924. He had about "seven years of formal schooling" in England, Scot ...

(1911–1990), New Zealand/Australian poet * William Jardine Smith (1834–1884), Australian writer and editor *

William Jay Smith William Jay Smith (April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015) was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970. Life William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louis ...

(1918–2015), American poet * William Smith (poet) (15??–16??), English poet * William Thompson Russell Smith, Scottish-American painter *

William E. Smith (artist) William "Skinny" Elijah Smith (1913–1997) was an African American artist who was recognized for exploring Black experiences in his art. Friend and poet Langston Hughes once described Smith's work as the "humor and pathos of Negro life captured i ...

(1913–1997), African American artist * William Twigg-Smith (1883–1950), New Zealand artist * Willi Smith (1948–1987), American fashion designer

Characters

* Bill Smith (''Red Green Show'' character), from Canadian comedy ''The Red Green Show'', played by Rick Green *

Billy Smith (SNL) William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University C ...

, a recurring character on the live television variety show ''Saturday Night Live'' * Billy Smith, a character in ''Coronation Street'' * Will Smith (''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''), from American sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', based on the real-life rapper * Will Smith (''Home and Away''), from Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Will Smith, child character in '' Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever!''

Music

* Barkin' Bill Smith (1928–2000), American Chicago blues singer * Bill Smith (Canadian musician) (born 1938), Canadian record producer, musician, writer, editor * Bill Smith (jazz musician) (1926–2020), folk jazz clarinetist, professor of music at the University of Washington * Major Bill Smith (1922–1994), American record producer and executive * William Smith (composer) (1603–1645), English composer from the city of Durham * William "Smitty" Smith (1944–1997), keyboardist and session musician * Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (1936–2011), blues drummer and singer * Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) (1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist * Willie "The Lion" Smith (1893–1973), jazz pianist * William Oscar Smith, jazz double bassist and music educator

Business

* William Henry Smith (1792–1865), entrepreneur whose business was about both newsagents and book shops ** William Henry Smith (1825–1891), son of the above, and politician *

William Smith (businessman) William Smith (September 2, 1818 – February 6, 1912) was an American businessman. Born in Canterbury, England, he set up a successful nursery business in Geneva, New York with his brothers in the mid 19th century. He also organised the Standa ...

(1818–1912), nurseryman and donor to Hobart and William Smith Colleges * William Reardon Smith (1856–1935), British shipowner * Willie Reardon Smith (1887–1950), British shipowner *

William Wensley Smith William Wensley Smith (1888–1955) was a Canadian who founded W.W. Smith Insurance Ltd., one of the oldest insurance brokerages in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the city of Swift Current, where it had its beginnings in 1913. When Wi ...

(1887–1955), founder of W.W. Smith Insurance Ltd

Law and crime

* Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet (1766–1836), baronet * William A. Smith (Iowa judge) (1870–1958), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court *

William A. Smith (Kansas judge) William A. Smith (December 31, 1888 – July 21, 1968) was an associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from December 1, 1930, to March 1, 1956, and chief justice from March 1, 1956 to January 3, 1957. Life and education Smith was born in ...

(1888–1968), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *

William E. Smith (judge) William Edward Smith (born December 31, 1959, in Boise, Idaho) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for ...

(born 1959), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island * Sir William James Smith (1853–1912), British judge who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, British Guiana and the Transvaal * William Francis Smith (1904–1968), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit * William Kennedy Smith (born 1960), physician and Kennedy family scion who was acquitted of rape in 1991 *

William Nimmo Smith, Lord Nimmo Smith William Austin Nimmo Smith (6 November 1942) is a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. He retired from this posi ...

(born 1942), former Senator of the College of Justice and a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland * William Owen Smith (1848–1929), lawyer involved in overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii *

William Redwood Smith William Redwood Smith (1851 – October 18, 1935) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 9, 1899 to July 1, 1905. Early life, education, and career Born in Illinois, Smith came to Kansas with his parents in 1858 and settled on a ...

(1851–1935), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * William Scott Smith (born 1959), American serial killer and kidnapper * William Smith (judge, born 1728) (1728–1793), historian, Chief Justice of the Province of New York, and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec and later Lower Canada * William Smith (judge, born 1697) (1697–1769), father of John Smith, Doctor Thomas Smith, Joshua Hett Smith, and Chief Justice William Smith *

William Smith (murderer) William Henry Smith (October 28, 1957 – March 8, 2005) was executed by the state of Ohio for the rape and murder of 47-year-old Mary Virginia Bradford of Cincinnati, Ohio, that occurred on September 26, 1987. Smith and Bradford were seen speaki ...

(1957–2005), executed by the State of Ohio in 2005 * William "Tangier" Smith (1655–1705), Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1692 *

William Trickett Smith William Trickett Smith Sr. (August 16, 1937 – March 20, 2021) was an American lawyer and the former chairman of the Dauphin County Republican Committee. In 1985, he was disbarred and imprisoned for bid rigging and convicted of theft by unlawfu ...

, American lawyer who was disbarred * William Trickett Smith II (born 1981), his son, American drug trafficker convicted of murdering his wife in Peru in 2007

Military

* Sir Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) (William Sidney Smith, 1764–1840), British admiral * William Smith (1746–1787), commanding officer of the Lincoln minutemen in the battles of Lexington and Concord; see Captain William Smith House * William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade) (1854–1914), founder of the Boys' Brigade * William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army * William Douglas Smith (1865–1939), British general * William D. Smith (1933–2020), United States Navy admiral *

William Duncan Smith William Duncan Smith (July 28, 1825 – October 4, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War. Later he served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and he died in the second year o ...

(1825–1862), career United States Army officer * William Farrar Smith (1824–1903), Union Army general *

William F. Smith (US Army Air Corps) On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, while flying in thick fog. The accident caused the deaths of fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven peopl ...

, piloted the US Army Air Corps B-25 Billy Mitchell Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building * William H. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1847–1877), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William James Lanyon Smith, New Zealand naval officer * William Osborne Smith (1833–1887), first Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police * William Ruthven Smith (1868–1941), United States Army officer * William Smith (c. 1872–1941), Master of the SS ''Sauternes'', English merchant seaman killed in World War II *

William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864) William Smith (born 1826) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor for his actions at Cherbourg, France. The Willia ...

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

William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869) William Smith was a private in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory on October 20, 1869, during the Indian Wars. Biography William Smith was born in Bath, Ma ...

(1838–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William Smith (Royal Navy officer) (died 1756), served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station and rose to Rear Admiral *

William Smith (ship captain) William Smith (1768–1846) was an American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran. He is the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in the state of California. Early life William Smith was born in 1768 in Flowerdew Hundred Plantation i ...

(1768–1846), American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran * William Smith (Virginia governor) (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general * William Sooy Smith (1830–1916), American Civil War general *

William Thomas Smith Flight Sergeant William Thomas Smith (21 October 1896 – October 1994) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. World War I Smith enlisted into the Royal Engineers in 1914 with the rank of pioneer, and on 9 D ...

(1896–1994), World War I flying ace * William Watson Smith (1892–?), World War I flying ace *

William W. Smith (admiral) William Ward Smith (February 8, 1888 – May 20, 1966) was a decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. A graduate of the Naval Academy and participant of several conflicts, he distinguished himself during World ...

(1888–1966), United States Navy admiral during World War II *

William Y. Smith William Young Smith (August 13, 1925 – January 19, 2016) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE) from 1979 to 1981 and as Deputy Commander in Chief, ...

(1925–2016), United States Air Force general

Religion

William Smith (minister) The Reverend William Smith died aged 28 from the plague in 1647, possibly from Typhoid Fever and was buried at a site that has become known as the Prophet's Grave, Minister's GraveFullarton, Page 108 or Smith's Grave (NS 2125 6226) in the Bris ...

(died 1647), buried in the Prophet's Grave near Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland * William Smith (Archdeacon of Armagh) (died 1673), English priest in Ireland *

William Smith (Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen) William Smith was Provost of Aberdeen The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead ...

, 18th-century Scottish priest * William Smith (Latter Day Saints) (1811–1893), younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and himself a Mormon leader *

William Smith (bishop) William Smith (3 July 1819 – 16 March 1892) was a Catholic clergyman from Scotland. He served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. Life Born in Edinburgh on 3 July 1819, he entered Blairs College in July 1832 to be ...

(1819–1892), Catholic archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh *

William R. Smith (Mormon) William Reed Smith (August 11, 1826 – January 15, 1894, middle name also spelled "Read" and "Reid" in some sources) was a Utah territorial politician, judge, and a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Utah ...

(1826–1894), Mormon leader in Davis County, Utah Territory * William Saumarez Smith (1836–1909), Anglican bishop/archbishop of Sydney *

William Smith (monsignor) William Bartley Smith (August 4, 1939 – January 24, 2009), was a Roman Catholic priest and professor of moral theology from the New York area in the United States of America. In addition to teaching at St Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, New York, Smi ...

(1939–2009), Catholic theologian *

William Carr Smith William Carr Smith (1857–1930) was a Church of England priest, best known as the rector of St James' Church, Sydney from 1896 to 1910, whose Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist ideals transformed Sydney's oldest church. Carr Smith's teac ...

(1857–1930), Church of England clergyman *

William Angie Smith William Angie Smith (21 December 1894 – 1974) was a bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1944. Birth and family William was born 21 December 1894 in Elgin, Texas, the son of William Angie , Sr. and Mary ...

(1894–1974), bishop of the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church

Science and architecture

* Bill Smith (Motorola engineer) (1929–1993), one of the creators of Six Sigma * William Gardner Smith (botanist) (1866–1928), Scottish botanist and ecologist * William Smith (architect) (1817–1891), Scottish architect * William Smith (geologist) (1769–1839), English geologist * William Wright Smith (1875–1956), Scottish botanist and horticulturalist * W. Wheeler Smith (c. 1838–c. 1908), American architect and real estate developer

Sports

American football

Bill Smith (American football, born 1912) William Arley Smith (January 3, 1912 – June 20, 1999) was a professional American football player. He played college football at the University of Washington and was selected by the All-America Board, ''Liberty'' magazine, and the North Amer ...

(1912–1999), American football end *

Bill Smith (American football, born 1926) William Gerald "Earthquake" Smith (October 23, 1926 – September 6, 2009) was an American football player who played at the tackle and end positions. A native of Lexington, North Carolina, he attended Lexington High School. He played coll ...

(1926–2009), American football tackle and end *

Billy Ray Smith Jr. Billy Ray Smith Jr. (born August 10, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the University o ...

(born 1961), American football player *

Billy Ray Smith Sr. Billy Ray Smith Sr. (January 27, 1935 – March 21, 2001) was a National Football League defensive lineman (1957–1970). He was born in Augusta, Arkansas. College career After graduating from Augusta High School, Arkansas head coach Bowde ...

(1935–2001), American football player * Wee Willie Smith (American football) (1910–1996), American football player *

William F. Smith (American football) William Francis Smith (born April 7, 1888) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in India ...

(1888–?), American college football player and coach *

Willie Smith (American football coach) Willie Sherrod Smith Jr. (November 30, 1931 – August 22, 2016) was American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Norfolk State College—now known as Norfolk State University—in 1967, the University of Maryla ...

(born 1931), 12th head college football coach for the North Carolina Central University Eagles * Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937) (born 1937), former American football player * Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986) (born 1986), American football offensive tackle * Willie Smith (tight end) (born 1964), American football tight end * Will Smith (defensive end) (1981–2016), American football defensive end * Will Smith (linebacker, born 1992), American football linebacker

Association football

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1887) William Smith (23 June 1887 – 21 March 1929) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward for various clubs in the years immediately prior to the First World War. Football career Smith was born in Denaby Main, in t ...

(1887–1929), English footballer with Brentford, Southampton and Halifax Town *

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897) William Thomas Smith (9 April 1897 – after 1924) was an English professional footballer. Career During his amateur career, Smith played in 17 finals, and captained the Third Army team in Germany when he was stationed in Koblenz Koblenz ( ...

(1897–?), English footballer with Durham City and York City *

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1906) William Harris Smith (23 March 1906 – 1979) was a Scottish Association football, footballer. He played for Burnbank Athletic F.C., Burnbank Athletic, Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Exeter City F.C., Exeter City and Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenh ...

(1906–1979), English footballer with Norwich City and Exeter City * Bill Smith (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2014), English footballer with Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers * Bill Smith (footballer, born 1938), Scottish footballer with Raith Rovers and Darlington *

Bill Smith (soccer) Bill Smith is a former Canadian soccer player. He was a Canadian champion with North Shore FC in 1949. In the Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. ...

, Canadian soccer player, active 1943–1963 *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1872) William Smith (1872–unknown) was an English footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the le ...

(1872–?), English footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers * Billy Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1914), Scottish footballer for Newcastle United * Billy Smith (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham * Billy Smith (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1951), English footballer with Huddersfield Town * Billy Smith (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English footballer with Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale * Billy Smith (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1963), English footballer with South Shields, Portsmouth and Stockport County * Billy Smith (Scottish footballer) (c. 1931–2009), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen * Buxton Smith (William Smith), English footballer with Buxton and Manchester City *

Stockport Smith William Smith, commonly known as Stockport Smith, was an English footballer. His regular position was as an inside right, but he also played in various other forward positions and even as a wing half on occasion. He played for Stockport County, ...

(William Smith), English footballer with Stockport and Manchester United * William A. Smith (footballer), English footballer with Blackburn Rovers * William Smith (footballer, born 1865) (1865–?), English goalkeeper with Burnley * William Smith (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1907), English footballer with Lincoln City, Loughborough, Notts County and Nottingham Forest *

William Smith (footballer, born 1886) William Edward Smith (1886–1956) was an English footballer who played for Bradford City and Stoke. Career Smith started his football career at his local sides in Lancashire, Darwen and Nelson before joining Bradford City and Huddersfield ...

(1886–1956), footballer with Bradford City and Stoke * William Smith (footballer, born 1903) (1903–?), English footballer * William Smith (Scottish footballer), footballer with Hibernian * Willie Smith (footballer, born 1943), Scottish footballer with Brentford * Willie Smith (footballer, born 1948), English footballer with Wimbledon * Will Smith (footballer, born 1998), English footballer for Harrogate Town

Baseball

* Big Bill Smith (1869–?), Negro leagues baseball catcher and manager *

Bill Smith (baseball executive) Bill Smith (born 1958) is an American sports executive, who served as the fifth general manager for the Minnesota Twins. He took over October 1, 2007 from longtime manager and mentor Terry Ryan. The Twins fired Smith as general manager on Novemb ...

(born 1958), Minnesota Twins general manager * Bill Smith (baseball manager), National Association player-manager for the Baltimore Marylands *

Bill Smith (pitcher) William Garland Smith (June 8, 1934 – March 30, 1997) was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher whose 12 years as a professional (1953–64) included parts of three seasons in the Major Leagues for the St. Louis C ...

(1934–1997), American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1958–59; 1962 *

Bill Smith (outfielder) William E. Smith (1865 – August 9, 1886) was a Major League Baseball player, who appeared in one game for the 1884 Cleveland Blues of the National League as their left fielder. Smith died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 21 in a d ...

(1865–1886), American baseball outfielder for the 1884 Cleveland Blues * Billy Smith (baseball coach) (born 1930), American minor league first baseman and manager and Major League coach and scout *

Billy Smith (1980s pitcher) Billy Lavern Smith (born September 13, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in ten games with the Houston Astros in . Smith was drafted by the Astros in the fourteenth round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. Over fo ...

(born 1954), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1981 * Billy Smith (1880s pitcher) (1861–1928), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1886 * Billy Smith (second baseman) (born 1953), American infielder in Major League Baseball, 1975–79; 1981 *

Willie Smith (outfielder) Willie Smith (February 11, 1939 – January 16, 2006) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder. After starting his career as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1963, Smith was converted to an outfielder in by the Los Angeles ...

(1939–2006), American outfielder in Major League Baseball, 1963–1971 *

Willie Smith (third baseman) Willie Smith was an American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of Am ...

, American third baseman in Negro league baseball, 1938 * Willie Smith (1940s pitcher), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1948 * Willie Smith (1990s pitcher) (born 1967), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1994 * Will Smith (pitcher) (born 1989), American pitcher in Major League Baseball * Will Smith (catcher) (born 1995), American baseball catcher * Dark Night Smith (William C. Smith), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1920–1924

Basketball

* Bill Smith (basketball, born 1939), American basketball player *

Wee Willie Smith William T. "Wee Willie" Smith (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1992) was an American professional basketball player. Career Smith played for several semi-professional leagues in the Cleveland, Ohio area before being signed by the New York Renais ...

(1911–1992), American basketball player * William Smith (basketball, born 1949), American basketball player *

Willie Smith (basketball) William C. Smith (born October 26, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) guard and played collegiately at Seminole Junior College and the University of Missouri, where he ear ...

(born 1953), American professional basketball player

Cricket

Bill Smith (cricketer) William 'Bill' Albert Smith (15 September 1937 – 9 September 2018) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. Smith was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Surrey against Oxford Univers ...

(1937–2018), English cricketer *

William Brook-Smith William Brook-Smith (1 May 1885 – 2 August 1952) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 29 first-class matches for Auckland between 1905 and 1923. Career In his first first-class match, aged 19, Brook-Smith scored 112 not out, reaching ...

(1885–1952), New Zealand cricketer * William Smith (cricketer, born 1839) (1839–1897), first class cricketer for Yorkshire * William Smith (cricketer, born 1875) (1875–1942), first-class cricketer for London County * William Smith (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–?), English cricketer *

William Smith (cricketer, born 1900) William Alfred Smith (29 September 1900 – 6 January 1990) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Corsham, Wiltshire. Smith made his debut in county cricket for Wiltshire i ...

(1900–1990), English cricketer * William Smith (cricketer, born 1902) (1902–1937), Scottish cricketer *

William Smith (Kent cricketer) William Smith (christened 10 February 1819 – 6 February 1883) was an English cricketer. He played in seven first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1840 and 1857.William Smith (Somerset cricketer) (1871–1946), English cricketer *

Willie Smith (cricketer) Willie Smith (12 May 1885 – 8 May 1964) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1913. Smith was born at Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in May 1913 against Lancashire ...

(1885–1964), English cricketer * Will Smith (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer

Rugby football

* Bill Smith, Australian rugby league footballer in the

Bulimba Cup The Bulimba Cup was an Australian rugby league football competition contested by the Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba representative rugby league sides during the mid 20th century. In 1931, a team from Lismore, New South Wales participated. It was ...

* Bill Smith, rugby league right wing of the 1950s for Whitehaven * Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942), Australian rugby league player * Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1999), Australian rugby league player *

Will Smith (rugby league) Will Smith (born 3 July 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers in ...

(born 1992), Australian rugby league player *

William Smith (rugby union) William Ernest Smith (9 March 1881 – 25 May 1945) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Nelson College where he was a member of the 1st XV in 1897. A Rugby union positions#Fly-half, first five-eighth, Smith represented Nelso ...

(1881–1945), New Zealand rugby union player

Other sports

Bill Smith (Australian rules footballer) Bill Smith (17 December 1936 – 9 November 2010) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have ...

(1936–2010), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy *

Billy Smith (Australian footballer) Billy Smith (31 July 1894 – 28 August 1953) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of ...

(1894–1953), played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League * Bill Smith (fell runner) (1936–2011), fell runner and author on the sport * Bill Smith (motorcyclist) (born 1935), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer * Bill Smith (poker player) (1934–1996), professional poker player *

Bill Smith (swimmer) William Melvin Smith Jr. (May 16, 1924 – February 8, 2013) was an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. He was one of the most successful competitive swimmers in the U ...

(1924–2013), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games * Billy Dee Smith (born 1982), professional lacrosse player * Billy Smith (ice hockey) (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Mysterious Billy Smith (1871–1937), Canadian boxer *

William Alexander Smith (boxer) William Alexander Smith (19 July 1904 – 20 December 1955) was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in the 1924 Summe ...

(1904–1955), South African boxer of the 1920s * William Smith (cyclist) (1893–1958), South African Olympic cyclist * William Smith (field hockey) (1886–1937), British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics *

William Smith (golfer) William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University Co ...

(1865–1936), American golfer * William Smith (sport shooter) (1877–1953), Canadian Olympic sport shooter * William Smith (wrestler) (1928–2018), 1952 Olympic gold medalist * Willie Smith (billiards player) (1886–1982), English professional player of snooker and English billiards *

Willie Smith (golfer) Willie Smith (8 October 1876 – 26 December 1916) was a Scottish golfer. He won the 1899 U.S. Open. Early life Willie Smith was born in Dundee, Scotland on 8 October 1876. He learned to play golf in Carnoustie. His brothers Alex and M ...

(1876–1916), Scottish golfer *

Willie Smith (hurdler) Willie Smith (born 20 September 1977) is a retired Namibian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and a ...

(born 1977), Namibian track and field hurdler * Willie Smith (sprinter) (1956–2020), American 400 metres runner

Politics

Australia

William Collard Smith Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. William Collard Smith, (19 July 1830 – 20 October 1894) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Minister of Education 1880 to 1881. Smith was youngest son of W ...

(1830–1894), treasurer in colonial Victoria (Australia) *

William Laird Smith William Henry Laird Smith (15 September 1869 – 21 October 1942) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1922. He was Minister for the Navy in the Hughes Government from 1920 to 1921. Early life S ...

(1869–1942), Australian representative for Denison, 1910–1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920–1921 * William Forgan Smith (1887–1953), Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, 1932–1942 * William Kennedy Smith (Australian politician) (1888–1933)

Canada

William Smith (Nova Scotia politician) William Smith (died June 24, 1779) was a tea merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1765 to 1779. He was the only judge dismissed from Government service ...

(died 1779), merchant, judge and politician in Nova Scotia * Amor De Cosmos (William Alexander Smith, 1825–1897), Premier of British Columbia * William Henry Smith (Canadian politician) (1826–1890), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * William Smith (Canadian politician) (1847–1931), member of Canadian House of Commons 1887–1921 * William C. Smith (politician) (1875–1968), politician from Alberta, Canada * William Haslam Smith (1891–?), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * William Duncan Smith (politician) (1899–1977), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia *

Bill Smith (Alberta politician) William Smith (born December 11, 1935) is a Canadian businessman, former politician, and former professional football player. Smith was a mayor of Edmonton, Alberta from 1995 until 2004. Smith was a Grey Cup champion with the Edmonton Eskimos. S ...

(born 1935), former mayor of Edmonton * William Smith (Newfoundland politician) (1910–1965), politician in Newfoundland * J. William Smith, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

New Zealand

* William Mein Smith (1798–1869), key actor in the early settlement of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington *

William Cowper Smith William Cowper Smith (1843 – 5 March 1911) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography William Cowper Smith was born in London on 28 December 1843, went to Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, arrived on the Egmont at Ly ...

(1843–1911), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand

United Kingdom

* William Goldsmith alias Smith (died 1517), MP for Gloucester * William Smith (fl. 1553–54), MP for Newport (Cornwall) * William Smith (died 1591), MP for Wells *

William Smith (MP for Ripon) William Smith (c. 1550 – 13 November 1626), of Mounthall, Theydon, Essex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ripon in 1589 and High Sheriff of Essex The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient she ...

(1550–1626), MP for Ripon * William Smith (MP for Aylesbury) (1568–1620), MP for Aylesbury, 1604 *

William Smith (surveyor) William Smith was an English surveyor employed by the Royal African Company (RAC) in 1726 to survey their castles in West Africa. The RAC dispatched him in response to reports of their castles deteriorating conditions and low personnel numbers. His ...

, fl 1726 * William Smith (Ordnance) (1721–1803), of Chichester, UK, Treasurer of the Ordnance * William Smith (abolitionist) (1756–1835), grandfather of Florence Nightingale, dissenter and British MP * William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie (1787–1871), Lord Provost of Glasgow * William Henry Smith (1825–1891), MP and Cabinet Minister (First Lord of the Admiralty, War Secretary) * William Masters Smith (1802–1861), Member of Parliament for West Kent * William Smith (1849–1913), Member of Parliament for North Lonsdale, 1892–1895 * William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903–1948), British peer * William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (1930–2012), British peer * William Smith (loyalist) (1954–2016), Northern Irish loyalist politician

United States

William Smith (Maryland politician) William Smith (April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814) was an American politician and representative of the fourth congressional district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives. Smith was born in Donegal Township of Lancaster C ...

(1728–1814), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland (1789–1791) *

William Smith (New York state senator) William Smith (June 28, 1720 – March 17, 1799) was an American politician from New York. Early life He was born on June 28, 1720, at Manor St. George in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, the son of Maj. William Henry Smith (1690–1743) an ...

(1720–1799), New York politician and judge *

William Smith (Oregon politician) William Smith was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Populist member of the Oregon Senate from 1899 until 1903. He was also the Fusion ( Democratic and Populist) nominee for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 1900. Smith lost t ...

, Oregon state senator (1890s) *

William Smith (South Carolina representative) William Smith (September 20, 1751June 22, 1837) was a congressman, state senator and judge from South Carolina. Smith was born in Bucks County in the Province of Pennsylvania, the oldest son of Ralph Smith and Mercy Penquite Smith. He moved t ...

(1751–1837), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1797–1798) * William Smith (South Carolina senator) (1762–1840), U.S. senator from South Carolina (1815–1830) * William Smith (Virginia governor) (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general *

William Smith (Virginia representative) William Smith was an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century congressman from Virginia. Life and career Born in Chesterfield, Virginia, Smith graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1807. He studied law and relocated to Greenbrier County, V ...

, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia (1821–1827) *

William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...

(1859–1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1906) and Senator (1905–1918) from Michigan * William Alexander Smith (politician) (1828–1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873–1874) * William Burns Smith (1844–1917), mayor of Philadelphia * William C. Smith Jr. (born 1982), Maryland State legislator * William E. Smith (politician) (1824–1883), Governor of Wisconsin (1878–1882) *

William Ephraim Smith William Ephraim Smith (March 14, 1829 – March 11, 1890) was a planter, lawyer, and politician from Georgia. Biography He was born in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. In 1846, he was admitted to the Georgia bar, which required a special ac ...

(1829–1890), member of the Confederate (1863–1865) and U.S. (1875–1881) House of Representatives from Georgia * William Ernest Smith (1890–1973), mayor of Murray, Utah, 1946–1947 *

William F. Smith (New York politician) William F. Smith (February 9, 1901 – July 26, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Smith was born on February 9, 1901, in New York City, New York, the son of Dr. Joseph J. Smith. Smith graduated from St. Jerome's ...

(1901–1950), member of the New York State Assembly (1926–1933) * William French Smith (1917–1990), U.S. Attorney General (1981–1985) * William Grover Smith (1857–1921), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1889–1891 *

William H. Smith (Connecticut politician) William H. Smith (June 11, 1842 – February 19, 1915) was Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut , image_map = Fairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Norwalk highlighted.svg , mapsize ...

(1842–1915), warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut * William Henry Smith (American politician) (1833–1896), newspaper editor and politician, Ohio Secretary of State 1865–1868 * William Hugh Smith (1826–1899), Governor of Alabama (1868–1870) * William Jay Smith (Tennessee politician) (1823–1913), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee * William L. Smith (barber) (1878–?), Socialist barber from Milwaukee who served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly * William Loughton Smith (1758–1812), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1789–1798) *

William Lyman Smith William Lyman Smith (February 12, 1878 – November 11, 1964) was a teacher and businessman from Neillsville, Wisconsin who served one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, in 1917, and two terms as a member of the W ...

(1878–1964), telephone businessman who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly and two in the Wisconsin State Senate *

William M. Smith William M. Smith (May 23, 1827 – March 25, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 24th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Republican, he held the position from 1871 until 1873. Life and political career Smith was ...

, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives *

William Nathan Harrell Smith William Nathan Harrell Smith (September 24, 1812 – November 14, 1889) was a United States Representative from North Carolina, and a chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Biography William N. H. Smith was born in Murfreesboro, North ...

(1812–1889), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1859–1860) *

William Orlando Smith William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. Biography Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859. He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of ...

(1859–1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1903–1906) *

(1826–1894), member of the Utah Territory House of Representatives * William Robert Smith (1863–1924), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1903–1916) * William Rudolph Smith (1787–1868), politician in the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin *

William Russell Smith William Russell Smith (March 27, 1815 – February 26, 1896) was a prominent Alabama politician who served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress. Biography Smith was born in Logan County, Kentucky. He moved to Ala ...

(1815–1896), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (1851–1856) * William Stephens Smith (1755–1816), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1813–1816) and son-in-law of President John Adams *

William T. Smith William T. Smith II (January 25, 1916 – March 30, 2010) was an American farmer and politician from New York. Life He was born on January 25, 1916, in Corning, Steuben County, New York. He attended the public schools in Big Flats, and Corning ...

(1916–2010), member of the New York State Senate

Other persons

William Smith (conservationist) William Walter Smith (14 September 1852 – 3 March 1942) was a New Zealand gardener, naturalist and conservationist. He was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic c ...

(1852–1942), New Zealand gardener, naturalist and conservationist * William Smith (shearer) (1896–1947), perhaps the most skilled sheep-shearer in the first half of the 20th century * William Smith (mariner) (1790–1847), British mariner and discoverer of the South Shetland Islands *

William Smith (physician) William Smith (1862-1912) was a Scottish American physician who was an early proponent of osteopathic medicine and an early associate of Andrew Still in Missouri. William Smith was born in 1862 Jamaica while his Scottish father was working as ...

, Scottish American physician *

William Smith (registrar) : :: William Smith (1816–1895) was a Gold Coast-Sierra Leonean civil servant who worked in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as a registrar for the Mixed Commissionary Court. Due to his position and through his marriage to wealthy Freetown Creoles, Smith ...

(1816–1895), Ghanaian civil servant * William Crawford Smith (1837–1899), American architect * William R. Smith (physician) (born 1973), American emergency physician and wilderness medicine consultant *

William Robert Smith (physician) Sir William Robert Smith FRSE DL JP (1850–1932) was a 19th/20th century British forensic scientist, public health expert and also a local politician. He was founder of the Public Health Medical Society which was later renamed the Royal Insti ...

(1850–1932), British public health expert *

William Tyler Smith William Tyler Smith (1815–1873) was an English obstetrician, medical writer and journalist, with outside interests in insurance and the development of Seaford, East Sussex, U.K. Early life Smith was born into a poor family, near Bristol on ...

(1815–1873), English obstetrician, medical writer and journalist *

William Wragg Smith William Wragg Smith (18081875) was the son of the U.S. statesman William Loughton Smith. He was a gentleman planter, lawyer, naturalist, translator and poet. He was the second-to-last owner of the Smith-Wragg Plantation, the last being his wife Mar ...

(1808–1875), American planter, lawyer, naturalist, translator and poet