John Smith

People

Academics

• John Smith (astronomer), Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Master of Caius
• John Smith (anatomist and chemist), professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Oxford, 1767–1797
• John Smith (antiquary), Scottish antiquary and Gaelic scholar
• John Blair Smith, president of Union College, New York
• John Smith (Cambridge, 1766), vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1766 until 1767
• John Smith (professor of languages), professor of languages at Dartmouth College
• John Augustine Smith, president of the College of William and Mary, 1814–1826
• John Smith (botanist), curator of Kew Gardens
• John Smith (physician), Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane
• John Alexander Smith (physician), Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist
• J. Lawrence Smith (chemist), American doctor and chemist
• John Smith (dentist), 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 (sociologist), English sociologist
• John D. Smith, indologist at the University of Cambridge
• John H. Smith (mathematician), Boston College educator
• John E. Sharwood Smith, English professor of classics

  Arts

• John Smith (engraver), English mezzotint engraver
• John Smith (English poet), 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 (engraver), draughtsman, engraver and antiquarian
• John Smith (clockmaker), Scottish clockmaker
• John Rubens Smith, London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States
• John Smith (architect), Scottish architect
• John Smith (art historian), 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 (poet), Scottish poet
• John Berryman, originally John Allyn Smith, American poet
• John Smith (Canadian poet), Canadian poet
• John Smith (actor), American actor
• John N. Smith, Canadian film director and screenwriter
• John F. Smith (musician), British musician and trade unionist
• John Smith (English filmmaker), avant-garde filmmaker
• John Noel Smith, Irish artist
• John Warner Smith, American poet and educator
• John F. Smith (writer), American soap opera writer and producer
• John Smith (comics writer), British comics writer
• John Smith (folk musician), English contemporary folk musician and recording artist
• John Smith (comedian), British comedian, actor and performer

  Business

• John Smith (banker), 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 (brewer), Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire, UK
• John K. Smith, founder of SmithKline as in GlaxoSmithKline, the leading pharmaceutical business
• John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive), 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 (BBC executive), former chief executive officer, BBC Worldwide Ltd

  Crime

• John Smith (housebreaker), London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia
• John Smith (died 1835), 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 (murderer), 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 (surgeon), Scottish surgeon and professor of medical jurisprudence
• John Sidney Smith (legal writer), English legal writer
• John William Smith (legal writer), 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 (police officer), British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1991–1995
• John Smith (South African judge), South African judge
• Jack Smith (lawyer), American lawyer

  Military

• John Smith (banneret), Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War
• John Smith (British Army officer, born 1754), soldier in the American Revolutionary War
• John Smith (naval officer), United States Navy officer, who served during the First Barbary War and later in the War of 1812
• Frederick Smith (British Army officer, born 1790), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
• John Smith (sergeant), 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 (private), soldier in the 1st Madras Fusiliers and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
• John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1826), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1831), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1854), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Manners Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Smith (flying ace), 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 (New South Wales politician, born 1811), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• John Smith (Victoria politician), Mayor of Melbourne
• John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1821), 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 (politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
• John Henry Smith (politician), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

  Canada

• John David Smith (Upper Canada politician), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
• John Smith (hereditary chief), 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 (Manitoba politician), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba
• John Smith (Peel MPP), Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure
• John Smith (Kent MPP), member of the 1st Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1867–1871
• John W. Y. Smith, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• John Smith (Ontario MP), member of Canadian House of Commons, Lincoln electoral district
• Jack Smith (politician), 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 (Ontario politician), MPP

  United Kingdom

• John Smith alias Dyer, member of parliament for Ipswich
• John Smith (High Sheriff of Kent), MP for Aylesbury and Hythe
• John Smith (steward of Berkeley), English genealogical antiquary and politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1621–1622
• John Smith (explorer), 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 (Cavalier, born 1608), English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644
• John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer), English Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705–1708
• John Smith (English judge), Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland until 1702, then Baron of the Exchequer
• John Smith (Southampton MP), MP for Southampton from 1698 to 1700
• John Smith (Bath MP), MP for Bath
• John Smith (Wendover MP), member of Parliament for Wendover
• John Spencer Smith, British diplomat, politician, and writer
• John Smith (Deputy Governor of Anguilla), 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 (Conservative politician), 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 (Labour Party leader), leader of the British Labour Party
• John Smith (Welsh politician), Welsh politician and Labour Party member of Parliament

  United States

• John Smith (President of Rhode Island), colonial president of Rhode Island
• John Smith (Virginia burgess), Virginia colonial politician
• John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824), United States senator from Ohio
• John Smith (Virginia representative), United States representative from Virginia's 3rd Congressional District
• John Smith (New York politician, born 1752), United States senator from New York
• John Cotton Smith, eighth Governor of Connecticut
• John Smith (Vermont politician), United States representative from Vermont's 4th Congressional District
• John Speed Smith, United States representative from Kentucky
• John T. Smith (congressman), United States representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, 1843–1845
• John B. Smith (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin politician
• John Derby Smith, minister, physician, and Massachusetts state legislator
• John Armstrong Smith, United States representative from Ohio
• J. Lawrence Smith (New York politician), 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 (Texas politician), known as the 'Father of Fort Worth'
• John Y. T. Smith, three time member of Arizona Territorial Legislature
• John C. Smith (politician), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
• John Montgomery Smith, Wisconsin politician
• John B. Smith (Washington politician), 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), 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 (Mississippi politician), American state senator in Mississippi
• John Peter Smith (Montana politician), mayor of Missoula, Montana
• John M. C. Smith, United States representative from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District
• J. H. Smith (mayor), mayor of Everett, Washington and co-founder of Anchorage, Alaska
• John M. Smith (politician, born 1872), American businessman and politician
• John Smith (Maine politician), mayor of Saco, Maine
• John W. Smith (Detroit mayor), politician from Detroit
• John Lee Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• John R. Smith (agriculture commissioner), 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 (politician, born 1945), Louisiana state senator
• John Robert Smith, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
• John Smith (Washington politician), American politician of the Republican Party
• John P. Smith, general superintendent of the Long Island State Park Commission
• John Smith (miller), a founding settler of Providence Plantation

  Other countries

• John Hope Smith, governor of colonial Ghana, 1817–22
• John William Smith (politician), Republic of Texas politician and mayor of San Antonio
• J. Valentine Smith, New Zealand politician

  Religion

• John Smith (bishop of Llandaff), Welsh bishop
• John Smith (Platonist), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists
• John Smith (Unitarian), Unitarian writer
• John Smith (priest, born 1659), English editor of Bede
• John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry), Irish Anglican priest
• John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith), Presiding Patriarch and member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• "Raccoon" John Smith (Restoration Movement), early Restoration Movement leader
• John Smith (missionary), English missionary in Demerara
• John Smith (priest, born 1799), first person to transcribe the Diary of Samuel Pepys
• John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith), Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John Henry Smith, apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John Smith (moderator), moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1922
• John Taylor Smith, Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone
• John Smith (archdeacon of Llandaff), Welsh Anglican priest
• John Smith (archdeacon of Wiltshire), Anglican priest
• John M. Smith (bishop), American Roman Catholic bishop
• John H. Smith (bishop), American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, 1989–1999
• John Smith (God's Squad), Australian founder of the God's Squad motorcycle club

  Sports

American football

• John "Clipper" Smith, American football player and coach
• John L. Smith, American college football coach
• John Smith (placekicker), former New England Patriots kicker
• John Smith (running back), American football running back
• J. T. Smith (American football), former professional American football player
• JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football wide receiver
• John Smith (tackle), American football tackle

  Association football

• John Smith (sportsman, born 1855), Scottish footballer and rugby union player
• John Smith (footballer, born 1865), Scottish football inside-right born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
• Jackie Smith (footballer), English footballer for Hull City
• Jack Smith (footballer, born 1898), English international footballer born in Whitburn, County Durham
• John Smith (footballer, born 1898), Scottish international footballer for Ayr United and Middlesbrough
• John Richard Smith (footballer, born 1898), English footballer
• John Smith (footballer, born 1901), English footballer born in Eccleshill, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Ted Smith (footballer, born 1914), English football player and manager born in Grays, Essex
• John Smith (football chairman), chairman of Liverpool
• John Smith (footballer, born 1921), English footballer born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
• John Smith (footballer, born 1927), English footballer for Liverpool and Torquay United
• John Smith (footballer, born 1939), English footballer born in Shoreditch, London
• John Smith (footballer, born 1944), Welsh footballer born in Johnstown, Wrexham
• John Smith (footballer, born 1970), English football full back born in Liverpool
• John Smith (footballer, born 1971), English football striker born in Wigan, Lancashire
• John Smith (inside-left), English footballer for Port Vale 1932–33
• John Smith (1930s Gillingham footballer), English footballer who also played for Exeter City and Maidstone United

  Baseball

• John Smith (1880s first baseman), first baseman in 1882
• Phenomenal Smith, American baseball pitcher and manager
• John Smith (shortstop), shortstop, 1873–75
• John Smith (1930s first baseman), first baseman in 1931
• Ford Smith, American Negro leagues pitcher
• John G. Smith (coach), American college baseball, football and basketball coach

  Basketball

• John Smith (basketball, born 1944), American basketball player known for his American Basketball Association career
• John Smith (basketball, born 1969), American college basketball coach
• John Smith (basketball, born 1984), American basketball player best known for his college career at Winona State University

  Cricket

• John Smith (cricketer, born 1833), Lancashire and Yorkshire cricketer
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1835), English cricketer
• John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer), English cricketer, played for Derbyshire
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1843), English cricketer, played for Cambridgeshire 1863–72
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1882), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1921
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1919), New Zealand cricketer
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1924), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1950–1955
• John Smith (cricketer, born 1936), Australian cricketer
• John Smith (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer also known as Campbell Smith

  Rugby

• John Sidney Smith (rugby union), Wales rugby union international
• Johnny Smith (rugby union), New Zealand rugby player, baker, soldier, and sportsman
• J. V. Smith, English rugby player and RFU president
• John Smith (rugby union, born 1926), Irish rugby player
• John Smith (rugby league), New Zealand international

  Other sports

• John Smith (Canadian rower), Canadian rower at the 1924 Olympics
• John Suttie Smith, Scottish Olympic runner
• John Smith (Australian footballer), footballer for St Kilda
• John Smith (Zambian wrestler), Zambian freestyle wrestler at the 1964 Olympics
• John Smith (sprinter), American sprint athlete and now coach
• John Smith (racing driver, born 1952), Australian racing driver
• John Smith (Down Gaelic footballer), won the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
• John Smith (American wrestler), American wrestler, two-time Olympic gold medalist
• J. T. Smith (wrestler), American professional wrestler
• John Smith (Offaly Gaelic footballer), won the 1971 and 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
• John Smith (racing driver, born 1975), American stock car racing driver
• Johnboy Smith, British parathlete and wheelchair racer
• John Smith (South African rower), South African rower at the 2012 Olympics

  Other

• Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet, baronet
• John Kilby Smith, public servant from New England
• John Smith (vegetarian), English banker and vegetarianism activist
• John Smith (Native American), reputed to have died at the age of 137
• John Smith (abolitionist), 19th century American industrialist and abolitionist
• John Chaloner Smith, Irish civil engineer and writer on mezzotints
• John Brown Smith, American author, shorthand developer, utopianist, tax resister
• John Baptist Smith, invented and helped build a lantern system of naval signaling
• J. E. Smith, English trade union leader
• John Chabot Smith, American journalist and author
• John Douglas Smith, sound editor
• John Henry Smith (reporter), American sports journalist, active 2000s
• John Smith (Australian journalist), Australian journalist, winner of 2016 Kennedy Award
• Portrait of John Smith, a 1708 portrait painting by Godfrey Kneller

  Fictional characters

• Ranger Smith, a park ranger in Yogi Bear cartoons
• J. Wesley Smith, a character in cartoons of Burr Shafer
• John Smith (Kyon), Kyon's alias in the novels and animations of the Haruhi Suzumiya series
• John "Hannibal" Smith, a character in The A-Team
• John Smith, the human identity of Red Tornado, a fictional superhero appearing in DC Comics
• John Smith, also known as "Number Four", the protagonist of the young adult novel I Am Number Four
• John Smith, the protagonist played by Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing (1996 film)
• John Smith, the protagonist played by Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• John Smith (Doctor Who), an alias of the Doctor in Doctor Who media
• John Smith (Jericho), a character in the TV series Jericho
• Agent Smith, also known as John Smith, the main villain in The Matrix franchise
• John Smith, a Nazi SS-Obergruppenführer in the television series The [Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle], not appearing in the novel of the same name
• John Smith, the main villain played by Zachary Quinto, in the movie Hitman: Agent 47
• Johnny Smith (Dead Zone), main character in Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone and its subsequent adaptations
• John Smith, lead character of John Smith (film)