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) Reverend William Smith ( – December 1735) was an English antiquary responsible for the cataloguing of the archives of University College, Oxford, and composing an original and controversial history of the college, '' The Annals of University ...

(c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford *

William Smith (scholar) The Very Revd. Dr William Smith (1711–1787) was Dean of Chester and a Greek and Latin scholar. Smith was born in Worcester in 1711, the son of the rector of St Nicholas' Church. He was sent to RGS Worcester after which he proceeded to New Colle ...

(1711–1787), classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester *

William Smith (Episcopal priest) William Smith (September 7, 1727May 14, 1803) was an Episcopal priest who served as the first provost of the College of Philadelphia, which became the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the founder of Washington College in Chestertown Maryland, ...

(1727–1803), First Provost of the University of Pennsylvania * William Pitt Smith (1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer *

William Smith (lexicographer) Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools. Early life Smith was born in Enfield in 1813 to Nonconformist parents. He attended ...

(1813–1893), English lexicographer *

William Robertson Smith William Robertson Smith (8 November 184631 March 1894) was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and contributo ...

(1846–1894), philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic *

William Benjamin Smith William Benjamin Smith (October 26, 1850 – August 6, 1934) was a professor of mathematics at Tulane University, best known as a proponent of the Christ myth theory. Biography In a series of books, beginning with ''Ecce Deus: The Pre-Christian ...

(1850–1934), professor of mathematics at Tulane University *

William Ramsay Smith William Ramsay Smith (27 November 1859 – 28 September 1937), frequently referred to as Ramsay Smith, was a Scottish physician, educator, naturalist, anthropologist and civil servant, who worked in South Australia after moving there at the ag ...

(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 William Cunningham Smith (1871–1943) was an American academic of English literature, university administrator, and writer. Life and career Born in Greensboro, Smith was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He attended grad ...

(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 William Herbert Newton-Smith (born May 25, 1943) is a Canadian philosopher of science. Biography Newton-Smith's undergraduate degree from Queen's University was in Mathematics and Philosophy, in 1966. He took an MA from Cornell University in Ph ...

(born 1943), Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science * William George Smith (1866–1918), Scottish psychologist *

William Andrew Smith William Andrew Smith (1802–1870) was an American college president and clergyman. Life and career William Andrew Smith was born on November 29, 1802, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to William & Mary (Porter) Smith. William Andrew's mother died o ...

(1802–1870), American college president and clergyman * William Roy Smith, American academic historian

Arts and entertainment

Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor and rapper. He began his Will Smith filmography, acting career starring as Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), a ...

(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) William Emmett Smith (March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021) was an American actor. In a Hollywood career spanning more than 79 years, he appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions in a wide variety of character roles ...

(1933–2021), American actor * William Smith (teacher) (born 1939), South African television science and mathematics teacher *

Will Smith (comedian) William James Smith (born 8 June 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, novelist, actor and producer. As co-writer and co-producer of the HBO sitcom ''Veep'', he was among the recipients of two Emmys and two Writers Guild of Amer ...

(born 1971), British comedian, actor and writer

Art and literature

Bill Smith (jewelry designer) Bill Smith (born 1933) is an American fashion and jewelry designer who was the first black recipient of a Coty Award for his designs. He has designed for a number of companies, including costume jewelry for Coro and Richelieu, leather goods for Ma ...

(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 William Jardine Smith (1834 – 13 January 1884), also known as Jardine Smith, was an Australian writer and editor. Smith was born at Stockwell, near London. In 1852 he emigrated from Liverpool to Melbourne on the iconic steamer SS Great Britain ...

(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, Loui ...

(1918–2015), American poet *

William Smith (poet) William Smith (15??-16??) was an English sonneteer, poet, and friend of Edmund Spenser. He participated in ''The Phoenix Nest'' (1593), ''England's Helicon'' (1600) and published a sonnet sequence ''Chloris'' or ''The Complaint of the passionate de ...

(15??–16??), English poet *

William Thompson Russell Smith William Thompson Russell Smith (Glasgow, Scotland 1812 – Glenside, PA, 1896) was a Scottish-American painter who produced iconic images of Pennsylvania's landscape inspired by the aesthetic of the Hudson River School. Early life and education ...

, Scottish-American painter * William E. Smith (artist) (1913–1997), African American artist *

William Twigg-Smith William Twigg-Smith (né Smith; November 2, 1883 – April 21, 1950) was a New Zealand-born Painting, painter, illustrator and musician, who lived most of his life in Hawaii. During World War I, he was one of the first artists to serve in the Am ...

(1883–1950), New Zealand artist *

Willi Smith Willi Donnell Smith (February 29, 1948 – April 17, 1987) was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry. His company, WilliWe ...

(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 Wee or WEE may refer to: * Wee, a slang term for urine (see also wee-wee) * Wee, short stature, or otherwise small Anthroponym * Wee (surname), Chinese surname and name * Wee Willie Harris, singer * Wee Willie Webber, Philadelphia TV and ...

The Best Christmas Ever!''

Music

Barkin' Bill Smith Barkin' Bill Smith (August 18, 1928 – April 24, 2000) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was born in Cleveland, Mississippi, and in his latter years lived in Chicago. Biography Smith was raised in M ...

(1928–2000), American Chicago blues singer *

Bill Smith (Canadian musician) William Ernest Smith (usually called Bill Smith) (born 12 May 1938) is a Canadian writer, editor, record producer, saxophonist, and clarinetist of English birth. He has served as the editor of ''CODA'' magazine since 1976, and is a co-founder o ...

(born 1938), Canadian record producer, musician, writer, editor *

Bill Smith (jazz musician) William Overton Smith (September 22, 1926 – February 29, 2020) was an American clarinetist and composer. He worked extensively in modern classical music, Third Stream, third stream and jazz, and was perhaps best known for having played with pian ...

(1926–2020), folk jazz clarinetist, professor of music at the University of Washington *

Major Bill Smith William Arthur Smith (January 21, 1922 – September 12, 1994),

(1922–1994), American record producer and executive *

William Smith (composer) William Smith (''c.'' 27 March 1603 – AprilSmith's date of death is not recorded, but he was buried on 21 April 1645. 1645) was an English composer from the city of Durham. He is chiefly known for his set of choral preces and responses ...

(1603–1645), English composer from the city of Durham *

William "Smitty" Smith William Daniel "Smitty" Smith (August 30, 1944 – November 28, 1997) was a Canadian keyboardist and session musician. Background He had been playing together with Steve Kennedy, Eric Mercury, Eric "Mouse" Johnson, Terry Logan and Diane Brooks ...

(1944–1997), keyboardist and session musician *

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Willie Lee "Big Eyes" Smith (January 19, 1936 – September 16, 2011) was an American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s. Biogra ...

(1936–2011), blues drummer and singer *

Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) William McLeish Smith (November 25, 1910 – March 7, 1967) was an American saxophonist and one of the major alto saxophone players of the swing era. He also played clarinet and sang. Early life Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina, Unit ...

(1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist *

Willie "The Lion" Smith William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893 – April 18, 1973), nicknamed "The Lion", was an American jazz and stride pianist. Early life William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf, known as Willie, was born in 1893 in Goshen, ...

(1893–1973), jazz pianist * William Oscar Smith, jazz double bassist and music educator

Business

William Henry Smith (1792–1865) William Henry Smith (7 July 1792 – 28 July 1865) was a British entrepreneur whose business included both newsagents and book shops. He was born in Little Thurlow, Suffolk, but ran his business in London, where he died. The family business e ...

, entrepreneur whose business was about both newsagents and book shops **

William Henry Smith (1825–1891) William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations. He was elec ...

, son of the above, and politician * William Smith (businessman) (1818–1912), nurseryman and donor to Hobart and William Smith Colleges *

William Reardon Smith Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet (7 August 1856 – 23 December 1935) was an English shipowner and philanthropist. Early life Reardon Smith was born in Appledore, Devon, the youngest son of Thomas Reardon Smith, a sailing ship captain, and ...

(1856–1935), British shipowner *

Willie Reardon Smith Sir Willie Reardon Smith, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1887 – 24 November 1950) was a British shipowner. Reardon Smith was the son of Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet, and his wife Ellen Hamlyn. He followed his father as owner of the South Wales s ...

(1887–1950), British shipowner * William Wensley Smith (1887–1955), founder of W.W. Smith Insurance Ltd

Law and crime

Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet FRS (23 January 1766 – 21 August 1836) was an Irish baronet, politician, and judge. Background and education Cusack-Smith was the only surviving son of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rol ...

(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 V ...

(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 Sir William James Smith (1853–1912) was a British jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, British Guiana and the Transvaal. He was knighted by letters patent in 1896. Smith was born in 1853 and was educated at ...

(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 William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American physician and a member of the Kennedy family who founded an organization focused on land mines and the rehabilitation of landmine victims. He is known for being charged with rape in a ...

(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 posit ...

(born 1942), former Senator of the College of Justice and a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland *

William Owen Smith William Owen Smith (August 4, 1848 – April 13, 1929) was a lawyer from a family of American missionaries who participated in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was attorney general for the entire duration of the Provisional Government o ...

(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) William Smith (18 June 1728 – 6 December 1793) was a lawyer, historian, speaker, loyalist, and eventually the loyalist Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1780 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec from 1786, lat ...

(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) William Smith (8 October 1697 – 22 November 1769) was an American lawyer and jurist. Life Smith was born on 8 October 1697 in Newport Pagnell in England. He was the eldest of five sons born to Thomas Smith (1675–1745) and Susanna (née Ode ...

(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 William "Tangier" Smith (February 2, 1655 – February 18, 1705) was a governor of Tangier, on the coast of Morocco, and an early settler of New York who owned more than of Atlantic Ocean waterfront property in central Long Island in New York Stat ...

(1655–1705), Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1692 * William Trickett Smith, 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) Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (21 June 176426 May 1840) was a British naval and intelligence officer. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars and Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of Admiral. Smith was known for his offe ...

(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 The Captain William Smith House is a historic American Revolutionary War site in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Part of today's Minute Man National Historic Park, it is associated with the revolution's first battle, the 1775 battles of L ...

William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade) Sir William Alexander Smith (27 October 1854 – 10 May 1914), the founder of the Boys' Brigade, was born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Major David Smith and his wife Harriet. He had one sister and two brothers. ...

(1854–1914), founder of the Boys' Brigade *

William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden Deputy Lieutenant, DL (12 August 1868 – 16 June 1928), known as Frederick Smith, was an English hereditary Peerage, peer, businessman and politician. He studied at Eton College, Eton, a ...

(1868–1928), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army *

William Douglas Smith Major General Sir William Douglas Smith (24 March 1865 – 4 February 1939) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Smith was the son of Lt.-Col. Andrew William Douglas Smith, Royal Marines and Myra ...

(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 William Farrar Smith (February 17, 1824February 28, 1903), known as "Baldy" Smith, was a Union general in the American Civil War, notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame. He was praised for his gallantry in the Seven Days Battles a ...

(1824–1903), Union Army general * William F. Smith (US Army Air Corps), piloted the US Army Air Corps B-25 Billy Mitchell Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building *

William H. Smith (Medal of Honor) William H. Smith (1847 – October 5, 1877) 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 Smith wa ...

(1847–1877), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

William James Lanyon Smith William James Lanyon Smith (1 December 1922 – 2 December 2018) was a New Zealand naval officer. He served in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II and was second-in-command of a midget submarine during an attack i ...

, New Zealand naval officer *

William Osborne Smith Lieutenant-Colonel William Osborne Smith (1833 – 11 May 1887) served as the first Acting Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, from 25 September to 17 October 1873. Biography Osborne Smith was born to W. H. Smith of Hendreowen ...

(1833–1887), first Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police *

William Ruthven Smith Major General William Ruthven Smith (April 2, 1868 – July 15, 1941) was a career United States Army officer who commanded the 36th Division during its deployment in France during the final months of World War I. He later became Superintendent of ...

(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 William Smi ...

(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, Maine, ...

(1838–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

William Smith (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral William Smith (died 1756) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Smith was promoted to post captain on 10 May 1716 on appointment to the command of the sixth-rate HMS ''Port M ...

(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) William "Extra Billy" Smith (September 6, 1797May 18, 1887) was a lawyer, congressman, the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On his appointment in January 1863, ...

(1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general *

William Sooy Smith William Sooy Smith (July 22, 1830 – March 4, 1916) was a West Point graduate and career civil engineer who became a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In civilian life, he was a renowned engineer involved in ...

(1830–1916), American Civil War general * William Thomas Smith (1896–1994), World War I flying ace *

William Watson Smith Lieutenant William Watson Smith (born 1892, date of death is unknown) was a Scottish First World War flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Military service Smith was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Gordon Highl ...

(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 (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 St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, Provost of Aberdeen in the middle of the 18th century."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p519 : Edinburgh T & T Clark Notes

Scottish Episcopalian clergy Prov ...

, 18th-century Scottish priest *

William Smith (Latter Day Saints) William Smith (also found as William B. Smith) (March 13, 1811 – November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Smith was the eighth child of Joseph Smith ...

(1811–1893), younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and himself a Mormon leader * William Smith (bishop) (1819–1892), Catholic archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh * William R. Smith (Mormon) (1826–1894), Mormon leader in Davis County, Utah Territory * William

Saumarez Smith William Saumarez Smith (known as Saumarez; K. J. Cable,Smith, William Saumarez (1836 - 1909), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 11, MUP, 1988, pp 675-677. 14 January 1836 – 18 April 1909) was an Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Au ...

(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 (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) William B. Smith, Jr. (1929 – 1993) was the "father of Six Sigma". Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smith graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and studied at the University of Minnesota School of Management (now known as the Carlson School of ...

(1929–1993), one of the creators of Six Sigma *

William Gardner Smith (botanist) William Gardner Smith (20 March 1866 – 8 December 1928) was a Scottish botanist and ecologist who pioneered the study and mapping of the vegetation of the United Kingdom. He was a founding member of the British Ecological Society. Early l ...

(1866–1928), Scottish botanist and ecologist *

William Smith (architect) William Smith (16 September 1817 – 22 December 1891) was a Scottish architect. He was a son of John Smith, also an architect, and his mother was Margaret Grant. A partner in the Aberdonian firms J & W Smith (1845–1879), W & J Smith (1879– ...

(1817–1891), Scottish architect *

William Smith (geologist) William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scient ...

(1769–1839), English geologist *

William Wright Smith Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE FLS VMH LLD (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist. Life He was born at Parkend farm near Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, the son of James T. ...

(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 Americ ...

(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 (gridiron football), tackle and End (gridiron football), end positions. A native of Lexington, North Carolina, ...

(1926–2009), American football tackle and end * Billy Ray Smith Jr. (born 1961), American football player * Billy Ray Smith Sr. (1935–2001), American football player *

Wee Willie Smith (American football) Willis Merton "Wee Willie" Smith (July 2, 1910 – September 4, 1996) was an American football Back (American football), back who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). High school Smith first enrolle ...

(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 from 1914 to 1918. References

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(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 Maryl ...

(born 1931), 12th head college football coach for the North Carolina Central University Eagles *

Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937) Willie Smith (born November 1, 1937) is a former American football player. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Smith attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school for African-American students. He was teammates during high school with Ji ...

(born 1937), former American football player *

Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986) Willie Junior Smith (born November 13, 1986) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football for East Carolina University. He also played fo ...

(born 1986), American football offensive tackle *

Willie Smith (tight end) Willie Smith (born August 6, 1964) is a former American football tight end who played one season with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the tenth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. Smith ...

(born 1964), American football tight end *

Will Smith (defensive end) William Raymond Smith III (July 4, 1981 – April 9, 2016) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of t ...

(1981–2016), American football defensive end *

Will Smith (linebacker, born 1992) William Lamont "Will" Smith (born January 13, 1992) is a former American football linebacker. He was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Texas Tech Un ...

, 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 the ...

(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 Association football, footballer. Career During his amateur career, Smith played in 17 finals, and captained the Third Army team in Germany when he was stationed in ...

(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) William Henry Smith (7 September 1926 – December 2014) was an English professional association football, footballer born in Plymouth, Devon, who played as a Striker (association football), forward or wing half. He made 237 appearances and scor ...

(1926–2014), English footballer with Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers *

Bill Smith (footballer, born 1938) Bill Smith (born 23 December 1938) is a Scottish former footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Raith Rovers and in the English Football League for Darlington in the 1960s. An inside forward Forwards (also known as attackers ...

, Scottish footballer with Raith Rovers and Darlington * Bill Smith (soccer), 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 for Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton ...

(1872–?), English footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1873) William Smith (28 July 1873 – 1914) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played in the English Football League, Football League for Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United. References

1873 births 1914 deaths Scottish men' ...

(1873–1914), Scottish footballer for Newcastle United *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1882) William Alfred Smith (April 1882 – after 1912) was an English professional association football, footballer who made 38 appearances in the Football League playing for West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City F.C., Bi ...

(1882–?), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1895) William Henry Smith (23 May 1895 – 13 April 1951) was a professional footballer who played most of his career at Huddersfield Town. He is one of Huddersfield's all-time top goal-scorers with 126 goals in his career between 1913 and 1934. Smi ...

(1895–1951), English footballer with Huddersfield Town *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1900) William E. Smith (born 19 November 1900) was a professional association football, footballer who played for Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town and Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale. He was born in She ...

(1900–?), English footballer with Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale *

Billy Smith (footballer, born 1906) William Henry Smith (9 June 1906 – 1983) was an English Association football, footballer who played as a Full-back (association football), full-back in the Football League for South Shields F.C. (1889), South Shields, Portsmouth F.C., Portsmo ...

(1906–1963), English footballer with South Shields, Portsmouth and Stockport County *

Billy Smith (Scottish footballer) William Smith (c. 1931 – 24 April 2009) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back, primarily for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen. He was a regular in the team which won the clu ...

(c. 1931–2009), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen *

Buxton Smith William "Buxton" Smith was an English footballer. He played at half-back for Buxton and Manchester City. He is often confused with another William Smith who played for Manchester City at the same time; because of this, they were known to Manch ...

(William Smith), English footballer with Buxton and Manchester City * Stockport Smith (William Smith), English footballer with Stockport and Manchester United *

William A. Smith (footballer) William A. Smith was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second ...

, English footballer with Blackburn Rovers *

William Smith (footballer, born 1865) William Stevenson Smith (1865–?) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played seven matches in the Football League for Burnley. Career Born in Haggate, Lancashire, Smith played amateur local football before joi ...

(1865–?), English goalkeeper with Burnley *

William Smith (footballer, born 1868) William Smith (10 November 1868 – 28 September 1907) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City, Loughborough, Notts County and Nottingham Forest. He was named as a reserve for England's annual match agains ...

(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 association football, footballer who played for Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City and Stoke City F.C., Stoke. Career Smith started his football career at his local sides in Lancashire, Darwen ...

(1886–1956), footballer with Bradford City and Stoke *

William Smith (footballer, born 1903) William Shiel Smith (22 October 1903 – ?) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Burnley, Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional as ...

(1903–?), English footballer *

William Smith (Scottish footballer) William Smith was a Scottish association football, footballer who played for Hibernian F.C., Hibernian as an Forward (association football)#Outside forward, outside left,

, footballer with Hibernian *

Willie Smith (footballer, born 1943) William Smith (born 6 December 1943) is a Scottish retired professional football wing half who played in the Football League for Brentford. Career Early years Born in Glasgow, Smith began his career as an inside left with junior club B ...

, Scottish footballer with Brentford *

Willie Smith (footballer, born 1948) William Smith (born 29 September 1948) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a full back (association football), full back in the Football League for Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon. He also played non-league ...

, English footballer with Wimbledon *

Will Smith (footballer, born 1998) William Owen Smith (born 4 November 1998) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Scunthorpe United F.C., Scunthorpe United on loan from club Harrogate Town A.F.C. ...

, English footballer for Harrogate Town

Baseball

Big Bill Smith William T. "Big Bill" Smith (1869 – ?) was a Negro leagues catcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He played for several teams, most of the seasons appear to be played for the Chicago Un ...

(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) William J. Smith (born in Baltimore, Maryland) was the manager and also played for the Baltimore Marylands during their lone season in the National Association. The Marylands went 0–6 for the season and Smith's record was 0–5. As a player, ...

, National Association player-manager for the Baltimore Marylands * Bill Smith (pitcher) (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) (born 1954), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1981 *

Billy Smith (1880s pitcher) Frederick William Smith (born Schmidt) (April, 1861 – May 24, 1928) was an American professional baseball pitcher from 1886 to 1889. He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Wolverines in 1886, compiling a 5-4 win–loss record and a 4. ...

(1861–1928), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1886 *

Billy Smith (second baseman) Billy Ed Smith (born July 14, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player and former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of six seasons in the Majors between and . Smith was originally drafted in the 3rd ro ...

(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 Americans, American baseball third baseman and pitcher in the Negro League baseball, Negro leagues. He played with the Newark Eagles in 1938. References External links anSeamheads
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, American third baseman in Negro league baseball, 1938 *

Willie Smith (1940s pitcher) Willie Smith was an Americans, American baseball pitcher in the Negro League baseball, Negro leagues. Smith played with the Homestead Grays during their 1948 Negro World Series championship season. References External links anSeamheads
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, American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1948 *

Willie Smith (1990s pitcher) Willie Everett Smith (born August 27, 1967) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in eight games for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals ...

(born 1967), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1994 *

Will Smith (pitcher) William Michael Smith (born July 10, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, and Ho ...

(born 1989), American pitcher in Major League Baseball *

Will Smith (catcher) William Dills Smith (born March 28, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Louisville Cardinals. He was selected by the Dodgers in the fir ...

(born 1995), American baseball catcher *

Dark Night Smith William C. "Dark Night" "Midnight" Smith, also listed as Marshall Smith, was an American baseball pitcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1920 to 1924 with several teams. Career Smith was a native of Richmond, Virginia. He ...

(William C. Smith), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1920–1924

Basketball

Bill Smith (basketball, born 1939) William F. Smith (April 26, 1939 – September 13, 2023) was an American basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was drafted with the first pick in the fifth round of the 1961 NBA draft by the New ...

, American basketball player * Wee Willie Smith (1911–1992), American basketball player *

William Smith (basketball, born 1949) William A. Smith (born February 14, 1949) is a retired American professional basketball center who played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers (1971–73). He was drafted by the Blazer ...

, American basketball player * Willie Smith (basketball) (born 1953), American professional basketball player

Cricket

* Bill Smith (cricketer) (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) William Smith (1 November 1839 – 19 April 1897) was an English first-class cricketer, who played eleven matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1865 to 1874. Born in Darlington, County Durham, England, Smith was a right-handed batsm ...

(1839–1897), first class cricketer for Yorkshire *

William Smith (cricketer, born 1875) William Smith (11 February 1875 – 20 March 1942) was an English first-class cricketer. Smith was born in February 1875 at Witney, Oxfordshire. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire against Worcestershire in the 1895 ...

(1875–1942), first-class cricketer for London County *

William Smith (cricketer, born 1882) William John Smith (13 May 1882 – date of death unknown) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Fast bowling, fast-medium. He was born at Freasley, Warwickshire. Smith made a ...

(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) William Alexander Bremner Smith (22 July 1902 – 21 December 1937) was a Scottish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm Fast bowling, fast-medium Bowler (cricket), bowler, he played once for the Scotland national cricket team in 1927 ...

(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) William Robert Rutherford Smith (23 April 1871 – 23 December 1946) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1895 and 1898 and for the MCC in 1901 and 1902. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1899 to 1913 and f ...

(1871–1946), English cricketer * Willie Smith (cricketer) (1885–1964), English cricketer *

Will Smith (cricketer) William Rew Smith (born 28 September 1982) is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He played for Durham County Cricket Club up until his retirement. Smith originally played fo ...

(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 Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942) William John Smith (born 12 July 1942 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He was the leading in Australian rugby league during the late 1960s, and a keystone of the latter part of the St. George Dra ...

, Australian rugby league player *

Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1999) Billy Smith (born 7 November 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background Smith was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Playing ca ...

, 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) (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 in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austra ...

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

Billy Smith (Australian footballer) Billy Smith (31 July 1894 – 28 August 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ser ...

(1894–1953), played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League *

Bill Smith (fell runner) Bill Smith (May 1936 – September 2011) was a fell runner and author on the sport. His achievements in breaking records for the number of peaks scaled within 24 hours, contributions to fell-running events, plus documenting its history, earne ...

(1936–2011), fell runner and author on the sport *

Bill Smith (motorcyclist) Bill Smith (born 8 February 1935) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Smith's specialty was on street circuits such as the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix. His best season was in 1963 when he fi ...

(born 1935), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

Bill Smith (poker player) Bill Smith (March 14, 1934 – February 28, 1996) was a professional poker player who won the 1985 World Series of Poker Main Event. Poker career Smith was a staple at the World Series of Poker during the 1980s. He was involved in three final ...

(1934–1996), professional poker player * Bill Smith (swimmer) (1924–2013), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games *

Billy Dee Smith Billy Dee Smith (born June 30, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional lacrosse player played for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. ...

(born 1982), professional lacrosse player *

Billy Smith (ice hockey) William John Smith (born December 12, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He won four Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders and was the first goalie to be credited with a goal in the NHL. In 2017 Smith was named o ...

(born 1950), Canadian ice hockey goaltender *

Mysterious Billy Smith William Amos Smith (May 15, 1871 – October 15, 1937) (Aka "Mysterious Billy" Smith) was a Canadian born two-time world welterweight boxing champion of the world: first at age 21 in 1892, then again in 1898 at the age of 27. He became fa ...

(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) William Smith (1893 – October 1958) was a South African cyclist. He won the silver medal in Tandem and a Bronze in the 4000m Team Pursuit Men in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été d ...

(1893–1958), South African Olympic cyclist *

William Smith (field hockey) William Faulder Smith (14 November 1886 – 3 March 1937) was an England, English field hockey player from Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the ...

(1886–1937), British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics * William Smith (golfer) (1865–1936), American golfer * William Smith (sport shooter) (1877–1953), Canadian Olympic sport shooter *

William Smith (wrestler) William T. Smith (September 17, 1928 – March 20, 2018) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Olympic Games. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School ...

(1928–2018), 1952 Olympic gold medalist *

Willie Smith (billiards player) Willie Smith (25 January 1886 – 2 June 1982) was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards. Smith was, according to an article on the English Amateur Billiards Association's website, "by common consent, the greatest all-r ...

(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) (born 1977), Namibian track and field hurdler *

Willie Smith (sprinter) Willie James Smith III (February 28, 1956 – November 7, 2020) was an American athlete who was the national champion 400 metres runner in 1979-80, and a gold medal winner at the 1984 Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay. College track career ...

(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 (1869–1942), Australian representative for Denison, 1910–1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920–1921 *

William Forgan Smith William Forgan Smith (15 April 188725 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership ...

(1887–1953), Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, 1932–1942 *

William Kennedy Smith (Australian politician) William Kennedy Smith (16 March 1888 – 10 April 1933) was an Australian politician. He was born in Dundee to storeman James Crockett Smith and Annie Don. He studied at Scotch College and at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated ...

(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 Amor De Cosmos (born William Alexander Smith; August 20, 1825 – July 4, 1897) was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second premier of British Columbia. Early life Amor De Cosmos was born William Alexander Smith ...

(William Alexander Smith, 1825–1897), Premier of British Columbia *

William Henry Smith (Canadian politician) William Henry Smith, (1826 – February 1, 1890) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1874 as a Conservative member. Background He was ...

(1826–1890), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *

William Smith (Canadian politician) William Smith, (November 16, 1847 – January 22, 1931) was a Canadian politician. Born in Columbus, Canada West, the son of William Smith and Elizabeth Laing, Smith received his early education in the public schools of Columbus after which he ...

(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) William Duncan Smith (January 4, 1899 – April 1, 1977) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of Br ...

(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) William Joseph Smith (1910 – August 4, 1965) was politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the ...

(1910–1965), politician in Newfoundland *

J. William Smith J. William Smith (October 31, 1868 – August 8, 1937) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Conservative party representing Kings County from 1925 to 1935. References

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, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

New Zealand

William Mein Smith William Mein Smith (also known as Kapene Mete; 1798 – 3 January 1869) was a key figure in the settlement of Wellington, New Zealand. As the Surveyor General for Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company at Port Nichols ...

(1798–1869), key actor in the early settlement of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington * William Cowper Smith (1843–1911), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand

United Kingdom

William Goldsmith alias Smith William Goldsmith alias Smith (by 1475 – 1517), of Gloucester, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the ...

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

William Smith (died 1591) William Smith (died 1591), of Wells, Somerset, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it ...

, 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) Sir William Smith (1568–1620), of Blackfriars and The Strand, London and Whadborough, Leicestershire; later of Hammersmith, Middlesex and Lower Cumberloe Green, Hertfordshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliame ...

(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) William Smith (1721–1803) was an English civil servant who held the post of Treasurer of the Ordnance throughout the French Revolutionary Wars. Origins Christened on 3 May 1721Kirby, Thomas F. Winchester Scholars: A List of the Wardens, Fello ...

(1721–1803), of Chichester, UK, Treasurer of the Ordnance *

William Smith (abolitionist) William Smith (22 September 1756 – 31 May 1835) was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament (MP) for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to ...

(1756–1835), grandfather of Florence Nightingale, dissenter and British MP *

William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie (1787–1871) was a 19th-century Scottish sugar trader who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1822 to 1824. Life He was born on 12 January 1787 on Dunlop Street in Glasgow. He was second son of Archibald S ...

(1787–1871), Lord Provost of Glasgow *

, MP and Cabinet Minister (First Lord of the Admiralty, War Secretary) *

William Masters Smith William Masters Smith (20 March 1802 – 24 December 1861) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kent from 1852 to 1857. He married Frances Elphinstone, daughter of Sir Howard Elphinstone, 1st B ...

(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 William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (25 July 1903 – 31 March 1948), was a British peer and descendant of the founders of stationery group W H Smith. Early life and career Lord Hambleden was the 2nd child and eldest son of Frederick ...

(1903–1948), British peer *

William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden William Herbert "Harry" Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (2 April 1930 – 2 August 2012) was a British peer and descendant of the founders of the stationery group W H Smith. Life and family Smith was the son of William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambl ...

(1930–2012), British peer *

William Smith (loyalist) William Smith (sometimes erroneously spelt Smyth) (26 January 1954William Smith, ''Inside Man, Loyalists of Long Kesh – The Untold Story'', 2014, p. 19 – 8 June 2016) was a Northern Irish loyalist, paramilitary, and politician. He had been in ...

(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) William Smith (ca. 1762June 26, 1840) was an American politician from the state of South Carolina. He served two terms as a Senator in the United States Senate, the first from 1816 to 1823 and the second from 1826 to 1831. During his life Smith wa ...

(1762–1840), U.S. senator from South Carolina (1815–1830) *

(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) William Alexander Smith (January 9, 1828 – May 16, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state, state of North Carolina. Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina and attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural p ...

(1828–1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873–1874) *

William Burns Smith William Burns Smith (November 11, 1844 – November 23, 1917) was an American politician. He was the 74th Mayor of Philadelphia, serving from 1884 to 1887. He was a member of the Republican Party. Life Smith was born in Glasgow on November 11, ...

(1844–1917), mayor of Philadelphia *

William C. Smith Jr. William Colonel Smith Jr. (born February 6, 1982) is an American politician who currently represents District 20 in the Maryland State Senate. He previously served as a delegate representing District 20, which includes large portions of Silver ...

(born 1982), Maryland State legislator *

William E. Smith (politician) William E. Smith (June 18, 1824February 13, 1883) was an American merchant and politician who served as the 14th Governor of Wisconsin, the 5th State Treasurer of Wisconsin, and the 21st Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He also served ...

(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 William Ernest "Ernie" Smith served one term as mayor of Murray, Utah from 1946-1947. He preferred to be known as Ernest or Ernie to differentiate between him and his father. Ernest was son of local businessman William Smith who owned the Murra ...

(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 City, New York, the son of Dr. Joseph J. Smith. Smith graduated from ...

(1901–1950), member of the New York State Assembly (1926–1933) *

William French Smith William French Smith II (August 26, 1917 – October 29, 1990) was an American lawyer and the 74th United States Attorney General. After attaining his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1942, Smith went on to join the law firm of Gibson, Du ...

(1917–1990), U.S. Attorney General (1981–1985) *

William Grover Smith William Grover Smith (April 27, 1857 – November 3, 1921) was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1889 to 1891 under Job Adams Cooper. He became the speaker of the General Assembly in January 1899. He was a tram A t ...

(1857–1921), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1889–1891 *

William H. Smith (Connecticut politician) William H. Smith (June 11, 1842 – February 19, 1915) was List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut, Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1882 to 1885. He was the son of William Duff Smith and Susan E. Smith of Norwalk. He was for ...

(1842–1915), warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut *

William Henry Smith (American politician) William Henry Smith (December 1, 1833 – July 27, 1896) was a newspaper editor, Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State 1865–1868, consolidated and managed the Associated Press, and was a compiler and editor of several histo ...

(1833–1896), newspaper editor and politician, Ohio Secretary of State 1865–1868 *

William Hugh Smith William Hugh Smith (April 26, 1826 – January 1, 1899) was an American planter and politician, the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. He was the first Republican elected as governor in the state, serving from 1868 to 1870 during t ...

(1826–1899), Governor of Alabama (1868–1870) *

William Jay Smith (Tennessee politician) William Jay Smith (September 24, 1823 – November 29, 1913) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Biography Smith was born in Birmingham, England on S ...

(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 William Loughton Smith (1758December 19, 1812) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1797, during which time ...

(1758–1812), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1789–1798) * William Lyman Smith (1878–1964), telephone businessman who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly and two in the Wisconsin State Senate * William M. Smith, 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 (1859–1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1903–1906) * William R. Smith (Mormon) (1826–1894), member of the Utah Territory House of Representatives *

William Robert Smith William Robert Smith (August 18, 1863 – August 16, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from Texas from 1903 to 1917. He also served as a United States district judge of ...

(1863–1924), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1903–1916) *

William Rudolph Smith William Rudolph Smith (August 31, 1787August 22, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, pioneer, and historian from Pennsylvania who served as the 5th Attorney General of Wisconsin and the first President of the Wisconsin Historical Society. ...

(1787–1868), politician in the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin * William Russell Smith (1815–1896), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (1851–1856) *

William Stephens Smith William Stephens Smith (November 8, 1755 – June 10, 1816) was a United States representative from New York. He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy A ...

(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 (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, Scotland in 1852. He was the initial person in charge of implementing the Scenery Preser ...

(1852–1942), New Zealand gardener, naturalist and conservationist *

William Smith (shearer) William "Deucem" Smith (1896–1947) was an Australian sheep shearer. His character and skill with the shears earned him a reputation as the greatest shearer of the first half of the twentieth century. Life Deucem was born of the Muruwari Abo ...

(1896–1947), perhaps the most skilled sheep-shearer in the first half of the 20th century *

William Smith (mariner) William Smith (c. 1790–1847) was an English captain born in Blyth, Northumberland, who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica. His discovery was the first ever made south of 60° south ...

(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) (1816–1895), Ghanaian civil servant *

William Crawford Smith William Crawford Smith (November 26, 1837 – February 5, 1899) was an American architect who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and in the United States Army during the Philippine–American War. He designed ma ...

(1837–1899), American architect *

William R. Smith (physician) William 'Will' R. Smith (born 1973), is an emergency physician and wilderness medicine consultant who lectures about integrating combat medicine into wilderness rescues around the world. He started Wilderness & Emergency Medicine Consulting, a ...

(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 Instit ...

(1850–1932), British public health expert * William Tyler Smith (1815–1873), English obstetrician, medical writer and journalist * William Wragg Smith (1808–1875), American planter, lawyer, naturalist, translator and poet