Richard Smith
Richard Smith may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- RAS-1, stage name of Richard Arthur Smith, American musician
- Richard Bernhard Smith, American composer who wrote the lyrics to "Winter Wonderland"
- Richard Curson Smith, British television director and producer
- Richard H. E. Smith II, American software engineer, computer consultant and science fiction fanzine publisher
- Richard John Smith, British actor
- Richard Langham Smith, British academic, head of music at the Open University
- Richard Penn Smith, American playwright
- Richard O'Brien, stage name of Richard Timothy Smith, British-New Zealand writer and actor
- Richard Smith (American guitarist), jazz guitarist in California
- Richard Smith (artist), English painter
- Richard Smith (English guitarist), English-born fingerstyle guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee
- Rick Smith (musician), member of English dance duo Underworld
- Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, film director, BAFTA-winning writer of Trauma
- Richard Smith (silent film director), American silent film director
- Richard Zane Smith, American sculptor
Journalism
- Richard Mills Smith, American editor and journalist, Chairman of Newsweek magazine
- Richard Smith (editor), British medical doctor, former editor of the ''British Medical Journal''
Military
- Richard Smith (soldier), Canadian soldier and magistrate
- Richard Baird Smith, British engineer officer
- Richard Abel Smith, British Army officer
- Richard Smith (East India Company officer), Commander-in-Chief, India
Politics
- R. Maclin Smith, American politician from Virginia
- Richard Smith (MP for Devizes), MP for Devizes, 1402
- Richard Smith (died 1516), MP for Reading
- Richard Smith (died 1581), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Richard Smith (fl. 1584), MP for Cricklade
- Richard Smith (Canadian politician), former Liberal MPP for Nipissing, Ontario
- Richard Smith (Continental Congress), lawyer and New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress
- Richard B. Smith (New York politician), New York politician
- Richard M. Smith, legislator from Mineral Point, Wisconsin
- Richard Smith (diplomat), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Richard Joseph Smith, member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council
- Richard A. Smith (Connecticut politician), American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Ric Smith, Australian public servant
- Richard H. Smith, member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Richard "Mouse" Smith, former President of the Delaware NAACP State Conference and a close friend to Joe Biden
Science
- Richard Smith (mining engineer), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia
- Richard Smith (historical geographer), British academic, historical geographer and demographer
- Richard A. Smith (physician), African-American physician
- Richard Bowyer Smith, Australian inventor
- Richard D. Smith, American chemist, Director of Pan-omics and Proteomics Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Richard G. Smith (engineer), director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
- Richard G. Smith (geographer), British geographer
- Richard Harbert Smith, professor and researcher of aeronautical engineering
- Richard J. Smith, American dentist, anthropologist, head of graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis
- R. N. Smith, president of the British Veterinary Association
Sports
- Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973), former Wales international rugby union player
- Richard Smith (rugby league), rugby league player
- Richard Smith (footballer, born 1967), English footballer for Mansfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Richard Smith (footballer, born 1970), English footballer for Leicester City, Cambridge United and Grimsby Town
- Richard Smith (wide receiver), American football player
- Richard Smith (American football coach), former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Houston Texans
- Richard Shore Smith, American football player and coach
- Rick Smith (American football executive), general manager of the Houston Texans
- Rick Smith (ice hockey), professional hockey player
- Richard Smith (field hockey), British field hockey player
- Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1987), Cardiff Blues centre
- Richard Smith (umpire), Irish cricket umpire
- Richard Smith (Costa Rican footballer), former footballer with Alajuelense, Antigua and Carmelita
- Richard Smith (sport shooter), American sports shooter
- Richard Smith (Barbadian cricketer), Barbadian cricketer
- Richard Smith (Trinidadian cricketer), Trinidadian cricketer
- Richard Smith (South African cricketer), South African cricketer
Other
- Richard A. Smith (businessman), American business executive
- Richard Smith (businessman) managing director of Australian company Harris Scarfe
- Richard Smith (public historian), American historian focused on New England history
- Richard Gordon Smith, British traveller, sportsman and naturalist
- Dick Smith (entrepreneur), Australian businessman
- Richard Norton Smith, U.S. Presidential historian
- Richard Sharp Smith, English then American architect
- Richard Smith (merchant), English merchant in the West Indies trade
- Richard Smith (settler), one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island
- Richard Smith (bishop), English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor
- Richard Smith (book collector), English book collector
- Richard William Smith, Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Richard F. Smith, American business executive
- Richard Tilden Smith, British businessman
- Richard Patrick Smith, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad
- Sir Richard Smith, List of [High Court judges of England and Wales|High Court judge of England and Wales]