John Smith

People

Academics

• John Smith , Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Master of Caius
• John Smith , professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Oxford, 1767–1797
• John Smith , Scottish antiquary and Gaelic scholar
• John Blair Smith, president of Union College, New York
• John Smith, vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1766 until 1767
• John Smith , professor of languages at Dartmouth College
• John Augustine Smith, president of the College of William and Mary, 1814–1826
• John Smith , curator of Kew Gardens
• John Smith , Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane
• John Alexander Smith , Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist
• J. Lawrence Smith , American doctor and chemist
• John Smith , founder of Edinburgh's School of Dentistry
• John Campbell Smith, Scottish writer, advocate and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire
• John Donnell Smith, biologist and taxonomist
• John McGarvie Smith, Australian metallurgist and bacteriologist
• John Bernhardt Smith, American entomologist
• John Alexander Smith, British Idealist philosopher
• John Merlin Powis Smith, English-born, American orientalist and biblical scholar
• John Edwin Smith, American philosopher
• John Cyril Smith, leading authority on English criminal law
• John Derek Smith, Cambridge molecular biologist
• John Smith , English sociologist
• John D. Smith, indologist at the University of Cambridge
• John H. Smith, Boston College educator
• John E. Sharwood Smith, English professor of classics

  Arts

• John Smith , English mezzotint engraver
• John Smith , English poet and playwright
• John Christopher Smith, English composer
• John Warwick Smith, British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator
• John Stafford Smith, composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• John Raphael Smith, English mezzotint engraver and painter
• John Thomas Smith , draughtsman, engraver and antiquarian
• John Smith , Scottish clockmaker
• John Rubens Smith, London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States
• John Smith , Scottish architect
• John Smith , British art dealer
• John Orrin Smith, English wood engraver
• John Frederick Smith, English novelist
• John Rowson Smith, American panorama painter
• John Kelday Smith, Scottish bellhanger and songwriter
• John Moyr Smith, British artist and designer
• John Smith Murdoch, Scottish architect
• John G. Smith , Scottish poet
• John Berryman, originally John Allyn Smith, American poet
• John Smith , Canadian poet
• John Smith , American actor
• John N. Smith, Canadian film director and screenwriter
• John F. Smith , British musician and trade unionist
• John Smith , avant-garde filmmaker
• John Noel Smith, Irish artist
• John Warner Smith, American poet and educator
• John F. Smith, American soap opera writer and producer
• John Smith , British comics writer
• John Smith, English contemporary folk musician and recording artist
• John Smith, British comedian, actor and performer

  Business

• John Smith , Scottish banker and philanthropist, working in England
• John Russell Smith, English bookseller and bibliographer
• John J. Smith, African-American abolitionist, Underground Railroad contributor and politician
• John Smith , Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire, UK
• John K. Smith, founder of SmithKline as in GlaxoSmithKline, the leading pharmaceutical business
• John L. Smith , German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical executive and Major League Baseball team owner
• John F. Smith Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer, General Motors
• John Smith , former chief executive officer, BBC Worldwide Ltd

  Crime

• John Smith , London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia
• John Smith , one of the last two Englishmen who were hanged for sodomy in 1835
• John Eldon Smith, convicted of the murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins
• John Smith , American convicted murderer who killed his first and second wives
• John Fludder Smith, Known as the Pimp of Durham

  Law

• John Witherspoon Smith, American lawyer
• John Gordon Smith , Scottish surgeon and professor of medical jurisprudence
• John Sidney Smith , English legal writer
• John William Smith , English barrister and legal writer
• John Smalman Smith, British judge in the Colony of Lagos
• John Lewis Smith Jr., United States federal judge
• John Smith , British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1991–1995
• John Smith , South African judge
• Jack Smith , American lawyer

  Military

• John Smith , Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War
• John Smith , soldier in the American Revolutionary War
• John Smith , United States Navy officer, who served during the First Barbary War and later in the War of 1812
• Frederick Smith , British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
• John Smith , soldier in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
• John E. Smith, Swiss emigrant, Union general during the Civil War
• John Smith , soldier in the 1st Madras Fusiliers and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
• John Smith , American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Smith , American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Smith , United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Manners Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Smith , United States Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Malcolm Smith, American combat pilot and United States Navy fighter ace

  Politicians

Australia

• John Smith , pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• John Smith , Mayor of Melbourne
• John Smith , Scottish/Australian professor and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• John Samuel Smith, pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• John Gordon Smith , member of the Queensland Legislative Council
• John Henry Smith , member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

  Canada

• John David Smith , businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
• John Smith, 1800s Cree Chief and Treaty Six signatory; founder of the Muskoday First Nation in Saskatchewan
• John Shuter Smith, lawyer and political figure in Canada West
• John Smith , English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba
• John Smith , Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure
• John Smith, member of the 1st Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1867–1871
• John W. Y. Smith, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• John Smith , member of Canadian House of Commons, Lincoln electoral district
• Jack Smith , Canadian politician and newspaper editor
• John James Smith, member of Canadian House of Commons, Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan electoral district
• John Donald Smith, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• John Roxburgh Smith, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• John David Smith, MPP

  United Kingdom

• John Smith alias Dyer, member of parliament for Ipswich
• John Smith , MP for Aylesbury and Hythe
• John Smith , English genealogical antiquary and politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1621–1622
• John Smith , helped found the Virginia Colony and became Colonial Governor of Virginia
• Sir John Smith of Grothill, 17th-century Scottish landowner, merchant and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
• John Smith , English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644
• John Smith , English Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705–1708
• John Smith , Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland until 1702, then Baron of the Exchequer
• John Smith, MP for Southampton from 1698 to 1700
• John Smith , MP for Bath
• John Smith , member of Parliament for Wendover
• John Spencer Smith, British diplomat, politician, and writer
• John Smith , Deputy Governor of Anguilla
• John Benjamin Smith, British Liberal MP for Stirling Burghs 1847–1852 and Stockport 1852–1874
• John Abel Smith, British Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst
• John Smith , MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, founded the Landmark Trust*John Hilary Smith, colonial governor and administrator
• John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, life peer in the House of Lords
• John Smith , leader of the British Labour Party
• John Smith , Welsh politician and Labour Party member of Parliament

  United States

• John Smith , colonial president of Rhode Island
• John Smith , Virginia colonial politician
• John Smith , United States senator from Ohio
• John Smith , United States representative from Virginia's 3rd Congressional District
• John Smith , United States senator from New York
• John Cotton Smith, eighth Governor of Connecticut
• John Smith , United States representative from Vermont's 4th Congressional District
• John Speed Smith, United States representative from Kentucky
• John T. Smith , United States representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, 1843–1845
• John B. Smith , Wisconsin politician
• John Derby Smith, minister, physician, and Massachusetts state legislator
• John Armstrong Smith, United States representative from Ohio
• J. Lawrence Smith , New York lawyer, assemblyman, district attorney, county judge
• J. Gregory Smith, governor of Vermont
• John Hugh Smith, three-time mayor of Nashville, Tennessee between 1845 and 1865
• J. Hyatt Smith, United States representative from New York's 3rd Congressional District
• John Quincy Smith, United States representative from Ohio's 3rd Congressional District
• John Lyman Smith, member of the 2nd Utah Territorial Legislature
• John Peter Smith , known as the 'Father of Fort Worth'
• John Y. T. Smith, three time member of Arizona Territorial Legislature
• John C. Smith , Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
• John Montgomery Smith, Wisconsin politician
• John B. Smith , Canadian-born American politician in the state of Washington
• John Butler Smith, 52nd Governor of New Hampshire
• John B. D. Smith, American politician from Virginia
• John E. Smith , New York politician
• John Day Smith Minnesota politician, lawyer, and judge
• John Walter Smith, 44th Governor of Maryland
• John Ambler Smith, United States representative from Virginia
• John A. Smith , American state senator in Mississippi
• John Peter Smith , mayor of Missoula, Montana
• John M. C. Smith, United States representative from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District
• J. H. Smith , mayor of Everett, Washington and co-founder of Anchorage, Alaska
• John M. Smith , American businessman and politician
• John Smith , mayor of Saco, Maine
• John W. Smith , politician from Detroit
• John Lee Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• John R. Smith , North Carolina politician
• J. Joseph Smith, United States representative from Connecticut and Federal judge
• J. Clay Smith Jr., American lawyer and educator
• John Arthur Smith, Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate
• John R. Smith, Louisiana state senator
• John Robert Smith, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
• John Smith , American politician of the Republican Party
• John P. Smith, general superintendent of the Long Island State Park Commission
• John Smith, a founding settler of Providence Plantation