Frederick, Frederic or Fred Smith may refer to:

In literature

Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 – 10 June 1975) was a British biographer and Member of the House of Lords. He is best known for writing a biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipli ...

(1907–1975), British peer and biographer *

Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (17 April 1936 – 16 February 1985) was a British writer, historian and hereditary peer. He wrote under the pseudonym Robin Furneaux. Biography Viscount Furneaux was his courtesy title pr ...

(1936–1985), British peer and author * Frederick E. Smith (1919–2012), British author *

Frederick M. Smith Frederick Madison Smith (January 21, 1874 – March 20, 1946), generally known among his followers as "Fred M.", was an American religious leader and author and the third Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...

(1874–1946), American religious leader and author

In music

* Frederic Jacobs Smith (1882–1932), co-founder of Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son *

Fred Sledge Smith Fred Sledge Smith (May 18, 1933 – July 29, 2005), often credited as Fred Smith, was an American R&B songwriter and record producer, who worked in particular with The Olympics, Bob & Earl, Bill Cosby, and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. ...

(1933–2005), American R&B songwriter and record producer *

Fred Smith (bassist) Fred Smith (born April 10, 1948, in New York) is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Television. He was the original bassist with Angel and the Snake, which changed names to Blondie and the Banzai Babies, a ...

(born 1948), American bass guitarist best known for his work with Blondie and Television * Fred "Sonic" Smith (1948–1994), American guitarist with the MC5 *

Iain Campbell Smith Iain Campbell Smith is an Australian diplomat, singer/songwriter and comedian. He performs under the stage name Fred Smith in Australia and his full name in the United States. Early life Smith was one of two sons to Janet and Ric Smith. His fa ...

or Fred Smith, Australian folk singer/songwriter and comedian

In politics

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), known as F. E. Smith, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chan ...

(Frederick Edwin Smith, 1872–1930), British Conservative statesman; Attorney-General, Lord Chancellor *

Fred Smith (Arkansas politician) Fredrick Smith is an American politician and a former professional basketball player. A Democratic Party of Arkansas, Democrat for most of his life, Smith was briefly the highest ranking elected officeholder of the Green Party of Arkansas, Green ...

, former professional basketball player and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * Fred Smith (New Brunswick politician) (1871–1941), Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick * Fred Smith (North Carolina politician) (born 1942), American politician; North Carolina legislator and attorney * Fred J. Smith (fl. 1965), member of the 74th Illinois General Assembly * Fred L. Smith (political writer), American think-tank leader * Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928), British MP *

Frederick Smith (Australian politician) Frederick Charles Lee Smith (11 November 1883 – 25 August 1960) was an Australian trade unionist, journalist, and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1932 to 1950, representing the s ...

(1883–1960), Australian politician, government minister in Western Australia *

Frederick Smith (barrister) Sir Frederick Smith, KA, MBE, QC (6 July 1924 – 11 July 2016) was the former Attorney-General of Barbados and former Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1987-1990, President of the Court of Appeal of Grenada and assistant Attorney ...

(1924–2016), Attorney General of Barbados and Chief Justice of Turks and Caicos * Frederick Smith (lawyer) (1773–1830), Pennsylvania lawyer, state Attorney General, state Supreme Court Justice *

Frederick Chatfield Smith Frederic Chatfield Smith (11 June 1823 – 20 April 1905) was head of Smith's Bank in Nottingham and a British Conservative Party politician. Smith was the son of Samuel George Smith (1789-1863), of Goldings, Hertfordshire and his wife Eugenia C ...

(1823–1905), British Member of Parliament for North Nottinghamshire, 1868–1880 *

Frederick Cleveland Smith Frederick Cleveland Smith (July 29, 1884 – July 16, 1956) was an American physician and politician who served six terms as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio from 1939 to 1951 ...

(1884–1956), U. S. Representative from Ohio *Fred Smith, program director at Maryville Academy and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010 *Sir Frederick Smith (British Army officer, born 1790) (1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers, and Conservative MP for Chatham

In sports

Association football

Fred Smith (Port Vale footballer) Frederick C. Smith was an English footballer who played in the English Football League for Port Vale. Career Smith joined Port Vale as an amateur in November 1925, signing professional forms in January 1926. His debut came on 5 April 1926 in ...

, English football player at outside left with Port Vale in the 1920s * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1957), English football player with Stockport County, Derby County, Macclesfield and Southampton in the 1900s and 1910s *

Fred Smith (footballer, born 1898) Frederick Smith (26 November 1898 – 1971) was an English footballer who played at full back for Bury in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s. He also played non-league football for Rossendale United, Ashton National and Hurst Hurst m ...

(1898–1971), English football player with Bury *

Fred Smith (footballer, born 1901) Frederick Smith (1901 – after 1926) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. After starting his career with his hometown club Blackburn Rovers, he joined Nelson in 1924 and went on to make two appearances in the ...

(1901–?), English football centre forward *

Frederick Smith (footballer) Frederick Smith was an English footballer. He was born in Oldham, Lancashire, and played League football for Stockport County, Darlington, Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exete ...

, English football player at outside right with Stockport County, Darlington, Exeter City and Gillingham in the 1930s *

Fred Smith (footballer, born 1914) Frederick Arthur Smith (16 April 1914 – 1982) was an English footballer who played at centre forward for Bury in the 1930s. Smith joined Bury in 1936 and made a handful of appearances before joining Bradford (Park Avenue) in 1938. After a su ...

(1914–1982), English football player with Bury and Bradford * Fred Smith (footballer, born February 1926) (1926–2005), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, Hull City, Sheffield United and Millwall * Fred Smith (footballer, born May 1926) (1926–2017), English football player with Sheffield United and Grimsby * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1942) (1942-2020), English football player with Burnley and Portsmouth

Baseball

Fred Smith (1890s pitcher) Frederick Christopher Smith (May, 1865 – November 19, 1926) was a pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Toledo Maumees of the American Association in 1890. Listed at 5' 11", 156 lb., Smith pitched left handed and t ...

(1865–1926), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Fred Smith (1900s pitcher) Frederick Smith (November 24, 1878 – February 4, 1964) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season (1907) with the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team base ...

(1878–1964), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Fred Smith (infielder) (1891–1961), American Major League Baseball infielder

Cricket

* Fred Smith (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1905), English cricketer for Yorkshire * Fred Smith (cricketer, born 1885) (1885–?), English cricketer for Yorkshire *

Fred Smith (South African cricketer) Frederick William Smith (31 March 1861 – 17 April 1914) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1889 to 1896. Fred Smith was the second child and eldest son of the six children of John and Primrose Smith, who were f ...

(1861–1914), South African Test cricketer *

Frederick Smith (Somerset cricketer) Frederick Aitken Leeston Smith (10 May 1854 – 27 January 1894) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1884 and 1885. He was born at Kensington, London and died at Parkstone, Dorset. In some sources, his name ...

(1854–1894), English cricketer * Frederick Smith (Barbadian cricketer) (1837-1923), Barbadian cricketer

Others

* Fred Smith (rugby league, born c. 1885), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s for Great Britain, England, and Hunslet *

Fred Smith (rugby league, born 1935) Fred "Freddy" Smith (birth registered second quarter 1935 – 24 April 2004) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire (despite being born in Lan ...

(1935–2004), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s for Yorkshire, Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity * Fred Smith (rugby league, 1930s), rugby league centre who played in the 1930s for Wakefield Trinity *Fred Smith, skateboarder for the Z-Boys Alva team * Fred A. Smith (jockey) (died 1951), Cuban-American jockey *

Fred L. Smith (coach) Frederick Lorenzo Smith was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head coach of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1900 and at Fordham University in 1901, 1904, and from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career colleg ...

, former Illinois and Fordham football coach *

Jonathan Smith (wide receiver) Jonathan Dewayne "Fast Freddie" Smith (born November 28, 1981 in Argyle, Georgia) is a free agent wide receiver in the National Football League. Smith was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round with the 214th overall pick in the ...

(born 1981), nicknamed "Fast Freddie", American football player *

Fred Smith (snooker player) Fred Smith was a professional billiards and snooker player. Career Smith ran the "Tudor Billiards hall" in Augusta Place, Leamington Spa from 1925 to 1932 when it was sold. Smith entered the 1928 World Championship, where he lost his first mat ...

, billiards and snooker player *

Fred Smith (Australian footballer) Frederick Smith (30 August 1941 – 21 June 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). A ruckman, Smith ...

(born 1941), Australian rules footballer

In other fields

Fred A. Smith (trade unionist) Frederick Arthur Smith (23 February 1887 – 23 January 1943) was a British people, British trade unionist. Born in Poplar, London, Poplar in the East End of London, Smith completed an apprenticeship as an engineer and joined the London Unit ...

(1887–1943), British trade unionist *

Fred E. Smith Fred Eliphaz Smith (March 29, 1873 – September 29, 1918) was a United States Army officer and a posthumous recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated from the Univer ...

(1873–1918), Medal of Honor recipient *

Freddie Smith Freddie Matthew Smith (born March 19, 1988) is an American television actor. He is best known for his character Sonny Kiriakis, the first openly gay contract role on the daytime soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''. He also briefly portrayed Marco ...

(born 1988), American television actor *

Frederic H. Smith Jr. Frederic Harrison Smith Jr. (30 June 1908 – 28 May 1980) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (CINCUSAFE) from 1959 to 1961; and Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Forc ...

(1908–1980), United States Air Force general * Frederick Smith (entomologist) (1805–1879), British entomologist *

Frederick Augustus Smith Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Augustus Smith (18 November 1826 – 22 July 1887) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and ...

(1826–1887), Irish recipient of the VC *

Frederick W. Smith Frederick Wallace Smith (born August 11, 1944) is an American business magnate and investor. He is the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest transportation company. On June 1, 2022, Smith stepped down as CEO to become exe ...

(born 1944), American businessman; founder of FedEx * Frederick W. Smith (physician) (1858–1917), Health Commissioner in Syracuse, New York *

Frederic L. Smith Frederic Latta Smith (February 6, 1870 – August 6, 1954) was a pioneer of the automobile business. He was one of the founders of the Olds Motor Works in 1899 and of General Motors Corporation in 1908. He was also the president of the Associa ...

(1870–1954), American football player and automobile industry pioneer in Detroit, Michigan *

Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn (24 January 1859 – 26 January 1946), known as Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet, from 1912 to 1917, was a British manufacturer, investor and banking executive. He was an influential Liberal figure in ...

(1859–1946), British businessman *

Frederick Appleton Smith Frederick Appleton Smith (May 15, 1849 – February 4, 1922) was a brigadier general. Biography He was born in New York on May 15, 1849. He entered the United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known ...

(1849–1922), U.S. Army general *

Frederick Smith, 2nd Baron Colwyn Frederick John Vivian "Ian" Smith, 2nd Baron Colwyn (26 November 1914 – 29 May 1966) was the son of the Honourable Frederick Henry Smith, and grandson of Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn. He was educated at Malvern College. He was a stockbro ...

(1914–1966), stockbroker and British Army officer * Frederick Porter Smith (1833–1888), British medical missionary to China *

Fredrick George Smith Fredrick George Smith was a British mechanical engineer. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1872 and died in 1956. He was appointed manager of the Highland Railway's Lochgorm Works in 1903, and promoted to Assistant to the Chief Mechanical Eng ...

(1872–1956), British mechanical engineer *

Frederick Viggers Smith Frederick Viggers Smith (1912–2006) was an Australian/British psychologist. Academic career After training as a teacher, Smith completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of Sydney. He then moved to the UK where he obtained a PhD from the ...

(1912–2006), Australian/British psychologist *

Frederick Y. Smith Frederick Y. Smith (September 23, 1903 – January 18, 1991) was an American film editor. He worked in Britain at Gainsborough Pictures in the early 1930s before returning to America where he was employed by MGM for many years, editing films suc ...

(1903–1991), American film editor *

G. Frederick Smith George Frederick Smith (1891–1976) was an early American researcher and advocate of the use of perchloric acid and perchlorate salts in analytical chemistry.Tracings Quarterly, pg 1-10, 1966 He authored and co-authored many scholarly papers and t ...

(1891–1976), American chemist