List of people with surname Smith

Smith is one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Smith.

People known primarily as having the surname Smith[]

Common combinations of given name and surname Smith[]

Less ambiguous notable individuals[]

A[]

• A. Hyatt Smith (1814–1892), American politician
• Abby Hadassah Smith (1797–1879), American suffragist
• Abigail Smith (fl. 1990s–2010s), New Zealand academic
• Abram D. Smith (1811–1865), American jurist
• Ahmaad Smith (born 1983), American football player
• Akili Smith (born 1975), Canadian and American football player
• Albert Hugh Smith (1903–1967), English philologist
• Aldon Smith (born 1989), American football player
• Ali Smith (born 1962), Scottish novelist and writer
• Ambrose Smith (died 1584) English textile merchant and landowner
• Anna Nicole Smith (1967–2007), American model and television personality
• Anno Smith (1915–1990), Dutch ceramist, painter and sculptor
• Argile Smith (born 1955), clergyman and interim university president
• Árón Smith (born 1989), Irish racing driver
• Ashbel Smith (1805–1886), father of the University of Texas, politician, doctor
• August E. Smith (1879–1969), American politician and educator
• Augustus Ledyard Smith (1901–1985), American archaeologist

B[]

• Bella Smith (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Bessie Smith (1894–1937), American blues singer
• Braden Smith (born 1996), American football player
• Brandt Smith (born 1959), Arkansas state legislator
• Bubba Smith (1945–2011), American football player and actor

C[]

• C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948), English cricketer and actor
• Cal Smith (1932–2013), American country singer
• Caleb Blood Smith (1808–1864), American journalist and politician who served in Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet during the American Civil War
• Charitie Lees Smith (1741–1823), Irish hymnwriter, religious writer
• Chloe Smith (born 1982), Conservative Party politician
• Chloe Smith (musician) (born c. 1983/1984), American lead singer of the musical group Rising Appalachia
• Christen Smith (1785–1816), Norwegian naturalist, whose name is sometimes spelled Christian Smith or Chretien Smith
• Connie Smith (born 1941), American musician
• Conrad Smith (born 1981), New Zealand rugby player
• Cordwainer Smith (pen name; 1913–1966), American science fiction author
• Cotesworth P. Smith (1807–1862), Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

D[]

• Dalton Smith (born 1997), British boxer
• D'Ante Smith (born 1998), American football player
• Delazon Smith (1816–1860), American politician
• Delbert K. Smith (1862–1905), American politician
• Delia Smith (born 1941), British television cook
• DeMaurice Smith (born 1964), American lawyer and labor official
• Dena A. Smith (1899–1968), American politician
• Derron Smith (born 1992), American football player
• De'Veon Smith (born 1994), American football player
• Devon Smith (born 1981), Grenadian cricketer
• DeVonta Smith (born 1998), American football player
• Dewey Smith (1972–2009), American aquanaut
• Digby Smith (born 1935), British military historian
• Dinitia Smith (born 1945), American author and filmmaker
• D'Joun Smith (born 1992), American football player
• Dodie Smith (1896–1990), English novelist and playwright
• Donta Smith (born 1983), professional basketball player, 2014 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Dudley Smith (1926–2016), British politician
• Dwayne Smith (born 1983), Barbadian cricketer

E[]

• Eben Smith (1832–1906), American businessman
• Edmund Kirby Smith (1824–1893), American general
• E. E. Smith (1890–1965), American science fiction author
• Egerton Smith (1774–1841), British publisher
• Elerson Smith (born 1998), American football player
• Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771–1798), American physician and man of letters
• Elliott Smith (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter
• Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate
• Emmitt Smith (born 1969), American football player
• Erik Smith (1931–2004), German-born British record producer, pianist and harpsichordist
• Erwin Frink Smith (1854–1927), American bacteriologist
• Estelle Turrell Smith (1854–after 1896), American social reformer
• Eva Munson Smith (1843–1915), American composer, poet, author

G[]

• Garth Smith (born 1955), bassist
• Garth Smith (musician, born 1960), LDS musician
• Geno Smith (born 1990), American football player
• Germany Smith (1863–1927), 19th-century American baseball player
• Gerrit Smith (1797–1874), philanthropist, abolitionist, U.S. Representative from New York
• Gertrude Smith (1894–1985), American classicist
• Giles Alexander Smith (1829–1876), Union general in the American Civil War
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), Australian artist
• Graeme Smith (born 1981), South African cricketer
• Granger Smith (born 1979), American country music singer
• Gretchen Smith (fl. 2010s), New York City Ballet dancer
• Griffin Smith (1885–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court

H[]

• Hart F. Smith (born 1962), American mathematician
• Herman L. Smith (1892–1950), American mathematician
• Harvest Smith (born 1963), American basketball player
• Hayden Smith (born 1985), Australian player of American football
• Haydon Smith (1901–1948), English cricketer
• Hobart Muir Smith (1912–2013), US-American herpetologist
• Hoke L. Smith (1931–2004), American university president
• Honor Smith (1908–1995), English neurologist
• Hooley Smith (1903–1963), Canadian ice hockey player

I[]

• Irv Smith Jr. (born 1998), American football player
• Irving Smith (RAF officer) (1917–2000), New Zealand flying ace
• Ito Smith (born 1995), American football player
• Ivor Smith (born 1931), Australian rules footballer

J[]

• Jaclyn Smith (born 1945), American actress
• Jacqui Smith (born 1962), British politician
• Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971), American actress
• Jaden Smith (born 1998), American actor, son of actor Will Smith
• Jaleen Smith (born 1994), American basketball player
• Jalen Smith (born 2000), American basketball player
• Jamill Smith (born 1991), American football player
• Jason Martin-Smith (1972–2001), English murder victim
• Jasper Smith (born 1965), English entrepreneur
• Jasper K. Smith (1905–1992), American politician
• Jaylen Smith (born 1997), American football player
• Jaylon Smith (born 1995), American football player
• Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), American frontiersman, explorer, cartographer and writer
• J'Mar Smith (born 1996), American football player
• Jonnu Smith (born 1995), American football player
• Joy Smith (born 1947), Canadian House of Commons member
• J. R. Smith (born 1985), American basketball player
• Justice Smith (born 1995), American film and television actor

K[]

• Kaden Smith (born 1997), American football player
• Karin Smith (born 1955), American javelin thrower
• Katie Smith (born 1974), American basketball player
• Keely Smith (1928–2017), American singer
• Kerr Smith (born 1972), American actor
• Klondike Smith (1887–1959), English baseball player
• Kurtwood Smith (born 1943), American actor

L[]

• L. J. Smith (born 1980), Philadelphia Eagles football player
• Lane Smith (1936–2005), American actor
• Larkin I. Smith (1944–1989), Mississippi politician
• Lars Olsson Smith (1836–1913), Swedish distiller and politician
• Laurids Smith (1754–1794), Danish clergyman, philosopher and early animal rights writer
• Laverne Smith (born 1954), US American football player
• Lawrie Smith (born 1956), British sailor
• Lenzelle Smith Jr. (born 1991), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Leslee Smith (born 1990), British Virgin Islands basketball player
• Loren A. Smith (born 1944), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
• Lovie Smith (born 1958), American professional football coach
• Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith (1892–1985), American entrepreneur, chef, and inventor
• Lucky Blue Smith (born 1998), American model and musician
• Luella Dowd Smith (1847–1941), American poet, author
• Lura Eugenie Brown Smith (1864–?), American journalist, newspaper editor, author

M[]

• M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931), United States Secretary of the Interior
• Mabel Smith (1924–1972), American R&B singer better known as Big Maybelle
• Macdonald Smith (1892–1949), Scottish–American professional golfer
• Madeleine Smith (1835–1928), Scottish socialite and murder suspect
• Madeline Smith (born 1949), English actress
• Maisie Smith (born 2001), English actress and singer
• Margo Smith (born 1942), American country music singer
• Marguerite L. Smith (1894–1985), New York assemblywoman 1920–1921
• Marilynn Smith (1929–2019), American golfer
• Marva Smith (fl. 1970s–2010s), Manitoba judge
• May Aimée Smith (1886-1962), English painter
• Mayo Smith (1915–1977), American baseball player and manager
• Mervyn Ashmore Smith (1904–1994), Australian artist
• Mili Smith (born 1998), Scottish curler
• Miriam Smith (born 1958), swimmer

N[]

• Nana Smith (born 1971), American tennis player
• Nellie von Gerichten Smith (1871–1952), American composer
• Niki Smith, American author and cartoonist
• Noland Smith (born 1943), American football player
• Nora Archibald Smith (1859–1934), American children's book author

O[]

• Omar Smith (born 1977), American football player
• Orland Smith (1825–1903), American Civil War general
• Orlando Smith (born 1944), Virgin Islands politician
• Ozzie Smith (born 1954), American baseball player

P[]

• Paris Smith (fl. 2010s), American actress
• Paula Smith (born 1957), American tennis player
• Penny Smith (born 1958), English television presenter and newsreader
• Percey F. Smith (1867–1956), American mathematician
• Peyton Alex Smith (born 1994), American actor and rapper
• Phyllida Crowley Smith (born 1968), English ballerina, theatre actress and choreographer
• Phyllis Smith (born 1951), American actress and casting associate

R[]

• Rachel Smith (born 1985), Miss USA 2007
• Regan Smith (born 1983), American Stock Car Racing Driver
• Renée Felice Smith (born 1985), American actress
• Rhona Smith (fl. 2010s–2020s), British legal academic and UN special rapporteur
• Roquan Smith (born 1997), American football player
• Eleanor Rosalynn Smith (see Rosalynn Carter; born 1927), the First Lady to Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States of America
• Rosetta Smith (1770–1775—ca. 1825), Afro-Trinidadian slave trader and entrepreneur
• Ryan Rowland-Smith (born 1983), Australian baseball player

S[]

• Saivion Smith (born 1997), American football player
• Sammi Smith (1943–2005), American country music singer
• Sammie Smith (born 1967), American football player
• Sanford W. Smith (1869–1929), New York politician
• Saxton Smith (1802–1890), New York politician
• Sekou Smith (1972–2021), American sportswriter
• Shepard Smith (born 1964), American news anchor
• Sheridan Smith (born 1981), English actress
• Shi Smith (born 1998), American football player
• Sinclair Smith, (1899-1938), American astronomer
• Skyrocket Smith (1868–1916), American baseball player
• Soapy Smith (1860–1898), alias of Jefferson Randolph Smith, infamous 19th century American confidence man.
• Sonny Smith (born 1936), American college basketball coach
• Sonny Smith (musician) (born 1972), American musician and playwright
• Sonya Smith (born 1972), Hispanic and Latino American telenovela actress
• St. Clair Smith (1889–1988), Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
• Stefan Smith (born 1989), Antiguan footballer
• Stow Smith (1864–1963), in full Quinton Stow Smith, South Australian stockbroker philanthropist
• Stuff Smith (1909–1967), American jazz violinist
• Sutton Smith (born 1996), American football player
• S. Talbot Smith (1861–1948), South Australian lawyer and journalist

T[]

• T. Alford-Smith (1864–1936), British geographer
• Tiger Smith (1886–1979), English cricketer
• Tina Smith (born 1958), American politician
• Tommie Smith (born 1944), American athlete and football player
• Torrey Smith (born 1989), American football player
• Tremon Smith (born 1996), American football player
• Tre'Quan Smith (born 1996), American football player
• Troy Smith (born 1984), American football player
• Tubby Smith (born 1951), American college basketball coach
• Truett Smith (1924–2000), American football player

V[]

• Verdell Smith (born 1963), American professional boxer
• Verdelle Smith (fl. 1960s), American pop singer
• Viola Smith (1912–2020), American musician and drummer
• Vyncint Smith (born 1996), American football player

W[]

• Watson Smith (1897–1993), American archaeologist
• Willow Smith (born 2000), American entertainer, daughter of actor Will Smith
• Wilson Smith (1897–1965), British virologist
• Winifred Smith (1858–1925), English botanist and educationist
• Worthington Curtis Smith (1823–1894), American politician
• Worthington George Smith (1835–1917), English mycologist and archaeologist
• Wycliffe Smith (born 1948), Prime Minister of Sint Maarten

Y[]

• Yeardley Smith (born 1964), French-born American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer

Z[]

• Za'Darius Smith (born 1992), American football player
• Zadie Smith (born 1975), English writer
• Zhaire Smith (born 1999), American basketball player

Notable individuals with unknown first names[]

• Smith (baseball), baseball player
• Smith (Surrey cricketer, 1822), English first-class cricketer who was active in the 1820s
• Smith (Cambridge University cricketer, 1820s), English first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University who was active in the 1820s
• Smith (Cambridge University cricketer, 1830s), English first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University who was active in the 1830s

People with the surname Smith better known by other names[]

• Clifford Smith (born 1971) (Method Man)
• James Todd Smith (born 1968) (LL Cool J)
• Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr. (born 1972) (Busta Rhymes)
• Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr. (born 1979) (Ne-yo)
• Jonathan Smith (born 1971) (Lil Jon)
• Kim Smith (born 1960) (Kim Wilde)
• Tyson Smith (born 1983) (Kenny Omega)
• Sterling Richard Smith (fl. 1970s–2010s) (Jandek)
• Timothy Jude Smith (born 1982) (Timmy Trumpet)
• Delia Dueñas Smith (1966-1985) (Pepsi Paloma)

By title[]

• Admiral Smith (disambiguation)
• Attorney General Smith (disambiguation)
• Captain Smith (disambiguation)
• Doctor Smith (disambiguation)
• General Smith (disambiguation)
• Governor Smith (disambiguation)
• Judge Smith (disambiguation)
• Justice Smith (disambiguation)
• Mayor Smith (disambiguation)
• President Smith (disambiguation)
• Representative Smith (disambiguation)
• Reverend Smith (disambiguation)
• Senator Smith (disambiguation)
• Sgt. Smith (disambiguation)

Fictional Smiths[]

• Adam Smith, title character of the "Adam" episode of the British TV show Torchwood
• Agent Smith in The Matrix
• Agent Smith in the Flatline mission of Hitman: Blood Money
• Burl "Gopher" Smith, Yeoman Purser of the Pacific Princess, in The Love Boat
• Dudley Smith, LAPD officer in the L.A. Quartet novels by James Ellroy, and the film L.A. Confidential
• Eddie Smith, in Pack Up Your Troubles
• Eva Smith, in An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
• Fritz Smith, in Five Nights at Freddy's 2
• Gary Smith, from the 2006 video game Bully
• Gus Smith, in The Birth of a Nation
• Homer Smith, in the novel, The Lilies of the Field
• Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Jimmy Smith Jnr. in 8 Mile (film)
• Captain John Smith in Disney's 1995 animated film Pocahontas
• Jonathan Smith, the main character in the series Highway to Heaven
• Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, the main character in the series The A-Team
• Leonard Smith, a character in the American sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show
• Margaret Smith, in Regular Show
• Morty Smith, titular character of Rick and Morty
• Mr. Smith in Call of the Wild
• Mr. Smith in (Hey Arnold!)
• The otherwise unnamed Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV series)
• David Smith and Ann Smith Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film)
• John Smith and Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
• Psmith in several humorous stories by P. G. Wodehouse
• Roger Smith in The Big O (Japanese Anime)
• Smith & Smith, sketch comedy series on Canadian television
• Shannon Smith, a character played by Stephanie Kaur in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
• Snuffy Smith, character in newspaper comic strip
• Stan Smith (American Dad!) and family, from American Dad!
  • Francine Smith, Hayley Smith (American Dad!), Steve Smith (American Dad!)
• Tabitha Smith, a Marvel Comics character
• Valentine Michael Smith, the main character in Stranger in a Strange Land
• Walter Smith, a character in the Nintendo video game Ninja Gaiden
• Winston Smith from Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Wesson Smith is the alias of Ramon Lecumberi in the series Tayong Dalawa
• Several characters in the Doctor Who universe:
  • Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
  • Mickey Smith
  • Sarah Jane Smith
  • Sky Smith
  • The Doctor himself also often goes by the alias of "John Smith"
• Doctor Zachary Smith in Lost in Space
• All player-controlled characters in the video game Killer7

See also[]

• Smiths of Glastonbury
• Smith Family (disambiguation)
• Smith Family (disambiguation)