James Smith
James Smith may refer to:
People
Sports figures
- J. D. Smith (fullback, born 1936), American football player
- James Smith (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club
- James Smith (boxer), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"
- James Smith (footballer, born 1844), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match
- James Smith (footballer, born 1873), Scottish footballer
- James Smith (footballer, born 1908), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
- Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1930), English footballer for Chelsea and Leyton Orient
- James Smith (footballer, born 1985), English football player
- James Smith (Scottish footballer), Scottish football player
- James Smith (sports media figure), American boxer and host of In This Corner
- James Aikman Smith, Scottish rugby union player and referee
- James Crosbie Smith, English cricketer
- James R. Smith, American water polo player and coach
- Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
- James W. Smith (horse trainer), American horse trainer
- James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer), English cricketer
- James Smith (New South Wales cricketer), Australian cricketer
- James Smith (South Australia cricketer), Australian cricketer
- James Smith (Kent cricketer), English cricketer
- James Smith (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- James Smith (sport shooter), American Olympic shooter
- Jimmy Snuka, Fijian wrestler
- James Smith (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
- James Smith (runner), American middle-distance runner, 1500 m runner-up at the 1937 USA [Outdoor Track and Field Championships]
- James Smith (American football), American football player
Military personnel
- James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
- James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872), Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime actions
- James A. Smith (Medal of Honor), Medal of Honor recipient in the Boxer Rebellion
- James Smith (VC), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Argyle Smith, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- James Alexander Smith, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James C. Smith (general), U.S. Army general
- James Dunlop Smith, British official in the Indian Army
- James E. Smith (general), U.S. Space Force general
- James Floyd Smith, American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
- James Robert Smith (RAF officer), World War I flying ace
- James Thomas Smith, U.S. Navy admiral
- James Smith (Texas general), general in the Revolutionary Army of Texas
- James Smith (frontiersman), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
- James Webber Smith, British Royal Artillery officer
- James Webster Smith, first black cadet at West Point
Entertainers
- James Prince, American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records
- James Smith, American guitarist for the band Underoath
- James Smith, British singer and member of Hadouken!
- James Smith, British singer and member Yard Act
- James Smith, finalist in Britain's Got Talent
- James Smith (actor), English actor
- James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P. J. Proby
- James Thomas Smith, British musician and member of The xx, better known as Jamie xx
- LL Cool J, American rapper
Scientists and academics
- James Smith (anaesthetist), Scottish anaesthetist
- James Smith (Scottish botanist), Scottish botanist
- James Smith (university principal), Scottish principal of the University of Edinburgh, 1732–1736
- James Ernest Smith, founder and first president of the National Radio Institute in Washington, D.C.
- James Smith of Jordanhill, Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic
- James Cuthbert Smith, Director of Research at the Francis Crick Institute in London
- James Edward Smith (botanist), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
- James Eric Smith, British zoologist
- James George Smith, American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
- James Greig Smith, Scottish surgeon and medical author
- James K. A. Smith, Canadian-born philosopher
- J. L. B. Smith, South African ichthyologist
- James Lorrain Smith, Scottish pathologist
- James Morton Smith, American historian
- James Perrin Smith, American geologist and paleontologist
- James Monroe Smith (academic administrator), American educator and academic administrator in Louisiana
- James M. Smith, president of Eastern Michigan University
Politicians, judges, and civil servants
United States
- James Smith (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- James Strudwick Smith, U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan
- James W. Smith Jr., American judge, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- James Y. Smith, American, governor of Rhode Island
- James Monroe Smith (Georgia planter), planter and state legislator in Georgia, U.S.
- James M. Smith, New York City politician and judge
- James Smith Jr., U.S. senator from New Jersey
- James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington
- James Smith (Kansas politician), Kansas secretary of state
- James H. Smith Jr., U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy, 1953–1956, sailor and Olympic champion
- James Horace Smith, mayor of Orlando
- James Peyton Smith, Louisiana politician
- James Vernon Smith, U.S. representative from Oklahoma
- James C. Smith (politician), former Florida attorney general
- James T. Smith Jr., American, county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
- James E. Smith (politician, born 1930), comptroller of the currency of the United States, 1973–1976
- James E. Smith (Montana politician)
- James E. Smith Jr., member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- James Smith (New Mexico politician), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- James F. Smith (Michigan politician), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- James L. Smith (Missouri politician), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Canada
- James Smith (1806–1868), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
- James Smith (Canada West politician), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
- James Sinclair Smith, Scottish-born Canadian politician
- James Edward Smith (politician), mayor of Toronto
- James A. Smith (Canadian politician), Canadian member of parliament
- James Smith (Yukon politician), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976
Australia
- James Smith (New South Wales politician), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- James Thorneloe Smith, engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
- James Francis Smith (politician), New South Wales politician
- James Joynton Smith, Australian politician
- James MacCallum Smith, Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
- James Norton Smith, Tasmanian politician
- James Vinton Smith, Australian politician
United Kingdom
- James Smith (1587–1667), alderman of the City of London
- James Masterton-Smith, British civil servant
- James Parker Smith, British member of parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906
Other countries
- James Francis Smith, U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909
- James Skivring Smith, U.S.-born vice president, 1870–1872, and interim president, 1871–1872, of Liberia
- James Skivring Smith Jr., Liberian politician
- James Alfred Smith, British diplomat, chief justice of the Bahamas
Religious scholars and leaders
- James Smith (archdeacon of Barnstaple), archdeacon of Barnstaple
- James Smith (archdeacon of Connor), Anglican priest in Ireland
- James Smith (vicar-apostolic of the Northern District), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
- James Smith (moderator), Church of Scotland minister and moderator of the General Assembly
- James Elishama Smith, British journalist and religious writer
- James Allwood Smith, American minister and state legislator
- James Smith (archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh), Roman Catholic archbishop in Scotland
- James E. Smith (biblical scholar), American biblical scholar
- James K. A. Smith, Canadian-American proponent of radical orthodoxy
- James Tuttle Smith, rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Manhattan
Other
- James Smith (American physician), American physician and vaccine expert
- James Smith, a character in the film 8 Mile
- James Smith (writer), British humorist
- James Smith (gardener), gardener who journeyed to New Holland in 1789
- James Smith (architect, died 1731), Scottish architect
- James Smith (Glasgow architect), Scottish architect and father of Madeleine Smith
- James Smith (inventor), British
- James Smith (journalist), Australian journalist
- James Smith (miner), Australian miner
- James Smith (draper), close friend of Robert Burns
- James Smith (murderer), English murderer
- James Smith (sculptor), English sculptor
- James Allan Smith, dean of St David's
- James B. Smith, dean of engineering, technology, and aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- James Burrell Smith, English watercolour and landscape artist
- James Carmichael Smith (postmaster), postmaster in the Bahamas and Sierra Leone
- James Cooray Smith, British writer, critic and columnist
- James E. Smith (engineer), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- James Edward Smith (murderer), American murderer executed in Texas
- James J. Smith (FBI agent), American FBI agent
- James Kellum Smith, American architect
- James Lawrence Smith, co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
- James Lindsay Smith, American slave narrative author and minister
- James Martin Smith, American civic, business, and religious leader in Arizona
- James McCune Smith, American physician & activist
- James Milton Smith, American soldier & politician
- James Robert Smith (author), American author
- James Thorne Smith, American author
- James W. Smith (trade unionist), American labor unionist
- James John Smith, Irish applied mathematician and electrical engineer
- James Charles Smith, engineer
- James Cowan Smith, British civil engineer and philanthropist
- James Reuel Smith, American photographer and amateur historian
- James Smith (fitness influencer), England-born personal trainer and social media influencer
- James Smith, film editor, see James and Rose Smith
Other uses
- James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
- * James Smith 100, an Indian reserve
- James Smith & Sons, an umbrella shop in London
- Sir James Smith's School, a secondary school in Camelford, North Cornwall, England