Robert Smith

Robert Smith or Bob Smith, or similar, may refer to:

Business[]

• Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist
• Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist
• Robert Hall Smith (1888–1960), president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958
• Robert H. Smith (philanthropist) (1928–2009), American builder and developer
• Robert P. Smith (philanthropist) (1940–2019), financial pioneer, philanthropist and author
• Robert F. Smith (investor) (born 1962), founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners

Entertainment[]

Acting[]

• Robert Wilton Smith (1881–1957), known as Robb Wilton, English comedian and comic actor
• Robert Smith (American actor) (1912–2001), American actor
• Robert Grant Smith (1914–2001), actor after whom the R.G. Smith Award is named
• Robert O. Smith (1942–2010), American voice actor
• Robert Smith (Canadian actor) (1966–2020), Canadian actor and voice actor

Music[]

• Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), Scottish composer, known for his collection Scotish [sic] Minstrel, a selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland ancient and modern
• Robert Bache Smith (1875–1951), American librettist and lyricist
• Robert Curtis Smith (1930–2010), Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) (1936–2013), lead singer of the (Detroit) Spinners
• Robert Weston Smith (1938–1995), known as Wolfman Jack, American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice
• Bob Smith (1942–1991), founder, singer, keyboards and drums for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
• Robert Dean Smith (born 1956), American operatic tenor
• Robert W. Smith (musician) (born 1958), American composer
• Robert Smith (musician) (born 1959), lead singer and guitarist of The Cure
• Robert L. Smith (recording engineer) (born 1965), recording engineer and record producer in New York City
• Rob Smith (Irish musician) (born 1982), Irish singer and songwriter
• Rob Smith (British musician), contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer
• Rob Sonic, American rapper and record producer

Writing[]

• Robert Paul Smith (1915–1977), American writer
• Robert W. Smith (writer) (1926–2011), American martial artist and historian
• Robert Kimmel Smith (1930–2020), American children's author
• Bob Smith (born 1941), American author (Hamlet's Dresser)
• Robert Rowland Smith (born 1965), British lecturer and writer on philosophy, literature, and psychoanalysis
• Rob Magnuson Smith, British-American novelist, short story writer, and university lecturer

Other entertainment[]

• Buffalo Bob Smith (1917–1998), host of TV show Howdy Doody
• Bob Smith (comics) (born 1951), American comic book inker
• Bob Smith (comedian) (1958–2018), American comedian and author
• Normal Bob Smith (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist
• Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970), American humorist, who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye
• Bob Smith (Atari), video game programmer
• Bob Smith (Wordsmith), host of the television show Wordsmith

Military[]

• Robert Smith (Medal of Honor) (1847–1930), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert Smith (Australian Army officer) (1881–1928), Australian wool merchant and army officer
• Robert H. Smith (naval officer) (1898–1943), submariner in the United States Navy
• Robert T. Smith (1918–1995), American World War II flying ace

Politics[]

Australia[]

• Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), politician in colonial Victoria and Agent-General for Victoria (Australia)
• Robert Burdett Smith (1837–1895), solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales
• Robert Harrison Smith (1848–1911), member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Bob Rowland Smith (1925–2012), National member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Bob Smith (Australian politician) (born 1948), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Canada[]

• Robert Smith (Ontario politician) (1819–1900), Canadian Member of Parliament for Peel, Ontario
• Robert Smith (judge) (1858–1942), Canadian Member of Parliament for Stormont, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Robert Smith (Newfoundland politician) (1879–1972), Newfoundland politician and merchant
• Robert Smith (British Columbia politician), Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia, 1871–1878
• Robert Black Smith (1872–1931), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Robert Knowlton Smith (1887–1973), Canadian Member of Parliament, 1925–1935
• Robert Melville Smith (1887–1950), deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario, 1934–1943
• Robert Smith, political party secretary who was convicted (c. 1985) for promoting hatred in activities of the Nationalist Party of Canada

United Kingdom[]

• , Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe
• in 1420 and 1421, MP for Derby
• Robert Smith (MP for Devizes) (fl. 1414–1421), English politician
• Robert Smith (fl. 1545), MP for Carlisle
• Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752–1838), MP for Nottingham 1779–1796
• Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer and Member of Parliament
• Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800–1873), known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician
• Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet (1880–1957), Scottish Unionist politician, MP 1924–1945
• Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 1958), Liberal Democrat politician from Scotland, MP 1997–2005

United States[]

• Robert Smith (Cabinet member) (1757–1842), Secretary of State and of the Navy
• Robert Barnwell Smith (1800–1876), known as Robert Barnwell Rhett, U.S. Senator and Representative from South Carolina
• Robert Smith (Illinois politician) (1802–1867), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Robert Hardy Smith (1813–1878), Alabama politician
• Robert Burns Smith (1854–1908), governor of Montana
• Robert Lloyd Smith (1861–1942), educator, businessman, and politician in the Texas Legislature
• Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1956–1958
• Robert Freeman Smith (1931–2020), U.S. Representative from Oregon
• Robert L. Smith (politician) (born 1931), Republican politician from Idaho
• Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician) (born 1941), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
• Bob Smith (New Jersey politician) (born 1947), New Jersey state senator
• Robert J. Smith II (born 1963), New Jersey state legislator

Religion[]

• Robert Smith (bishop) (1732–1801), the first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina
• Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury
• Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899), lay leader in the Holiness movement and the Higher Life movement
• Robert H. Smith (theologian) (1932–2006), Lutheran clergyman, theologian, author and lecturer
• Robert Smith (priest) (1932–2010), American Catholic priest, author, and educator

Science[]

• Robert William Smith (surgeon) (1807–1873), Irish surgeon and pathologist
• Robert Angus Smith (1817–1884), Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain
• Robert Murdoch Smith (1835–1900), Scottish engineer, archaeologist and diplomat
• Robert Smith (surgeon) (1840–1885), Sierra Leonean medical doctor
• Bob Smith (doctor) (1879–1950), founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Robert Allan Smith (1909–1980), Scottish physicist
• Robert Smith (aerospace engineer), American business executive and aerospace engineer

Sports[]

American football[]

• Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1925) (1925–2002), American football defensive back
• Bob Smith (fullback) (1929–2005), American football fullback
• Bob Smith (halfback) (born 1933), American football halfback
• Bobby Smith (safety) (born 1938), American football defensive back
• Bob Smith (American football coach) (born 1940), college football coach
• Bobby Smith (running back) (born 1942), American football running back
• Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1945), American football defensive back
• Rob Smith (American football, born 1957), college football coach
• Rob Smith (Canadian football) (born 1958), Canadian football offensive lineman
• Robert Smith (defensive end) (born 1962), gridiron football defensive end
• Robert Smith (running back) (born 1972), American football running back
• Rob Smith (American football, born 1984), American football player
• Robert Smith (safety) (born 1992), American football safety

Association football[]

• Robert Smith (footballer, born 1848) (1848–1914), Scottish international footballer
• Robert Smith (Darwen footballer), English footballer for Darwen in the 1890s
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1870), played one game for Stoke City F.C.
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1900s), Scottish footballer
• Robert Smith (footballer, born 1912), English football player and manager of Ajax Amsterdam
• Bob Smith (footballer) (born 1923), English professional footballer
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2010), English footballer for Tottenham Hotspur
• Bobby Smith (Irish footballer) (1922–1992), football player for Bohemians
• Bobby Smith (Canadian soccer) (born 1940), Canadian soccer player
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2019), English footballer for Barnsley F.C. and Chelmsford City F.C.
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer and manager
• Rob Smith (footballer, born 1950), English footballer
• Bobby Smith (American soccer) (born 1951), American soccer player
• Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1953) (1953–2010), Scottish footballer for Hibernian and Leicester City
• Rob Smith (soccer) (born 1973), American soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australian rules football[]

• Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1877) (1877–1939), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
• Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1906) (1906–1987), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
• Rob Smith (Australian footballer) (1951–2013), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

Baseball[]

• Bob Smith (catcher) (born 1907), Negro league baseball player
• Bob Smith (infielder) (born 1974), infielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1890) (1890–1965), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the White Sox, 1913–1915
• Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) (1895–1987), MLB pitcher for the Braves, Cubs, and Reds, 1923–1937
• Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1928) (1928–2003), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cubs, and Indians, 1958–1959
• Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1931) (1931–2013), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, and Tigers, 1955–1959
• Bobby Smith (baseball) (1934–2015), MLB outfielder, 1957–1965
• Robert Smith (baseball) (1936–2021), International Baseball Federation president; instrumental in baseball becoming an Olympic sport
• Rob Smith (baseball), American college baseball coach

Basketball[]

• Bobby Smith (basketball) (1937–2020), American basketball player
• Bingo Smith (born 1946), American basketball player
• Robert Smith (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball player, NBA

Cricket[]

• Robert Smith (Australian cricketer) (1868–1927), Australian cricketer; played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1890
• Robert Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) (1848–1899), English cricketer; played first class cricket for Derbyshire 1871–84, captain 1876–83
• Robert Smith (South African cricketer) (1923–2001), South African cricketer
• Robert Smith (Wellington cricketer) (born 1946), New Zealand cricketer
• Robert Smith (Otago cricketer) (born 1974), Australian cricketer who played in New Zealand
• Robert Smith (Cumberland cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer, played for Cumberland in 2001

Other sports[]

• Robert Smith (boxer) (1908–?), South African Olympic boxer
• Bob Smith (rower) (1909–1993), New Zealand rower
• Bob Smith (1912–1994), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
• Robert Smith (canoeist) (1929–2001), Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s
• Bob Smith (ice hockey) (born 1946), Canadian minor pro hockey player
• Bobby Smith (ice hockey) (born 1958), all-star NHL hockey player
• Rob Smith (field hockey) (born 1961), Canadian field hockey Olympian
• Robert Smith (equestrian) (born 1961), British Olympic equestrian
• Robert Smith (bowler) (born 1974), American professional bowler
• Bobby Smith (javelin thrower) (born 1982), American javelin thrower
• Rob Smith (racing driver) (born 1992), British racing driver
• Robby Smith (born 1987), American Greco-Roman wrestler
• in 1973 Star World Championships
• Robert Smith (sport shooter), English sport shooter
• Robert Augustus Smith (1869–1942), American racehorse trainer

Others[]

• Robert Smith (mathematician) (1689–1768), English mathematician and music theorist
• Robert Smith (architect) (1722–1777), American architect
• Robert Cross Smith (1795–1832), English astrologer
• Robert Smith (trade unionist) (1862–1934), general secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers
• Robert William Smith (politician) (1871–1958), New Zealand politician
• Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (1887–1959), British governor of North Borneo
• Robert Emmet Smith (1914–1988), American art director
• Robert L. Smith (judge) (1918–1999), Nebraska Supreme Court judge
• Robert Smith (professor) (1919–2009), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria
• Robert Solwin Smith (1924–2013), American ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire
• Robert J. Smith (anthropologist) (1927–2016), Cornell University anthropologist, president of Association for Asian Studies
• Robert P. Smith (ambassador) (1929–2012), American diplomat
• Robert H. T. Smith (born 1935), president of the University of British Columbia
• Robert Ellis Smith (1940–2018), American attorney and author
• Robert S. Smith (born 1944), New York State Court of Appeals associate judge
• Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), governor of the BBC
• Robert Bruce Smith IV (1945–2014), American music and history expert
• Robert C. Smith (political scientist) (born 1947), political science professor at San Francisco State University
• Robert J. A. Smith (born 1951), chairman of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London
• Robert W. Smith (chess player) (born 1956), New Zealand chess FIDE Master
• Robert Smith (journalist) (born 1967), correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR)
• Bobby Smith (activist) (born 1982), political and fathers' rights activist
• Robert W. Smith (historian), scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta
• Rob Smith (journalist), BBC South East TV presenter

See also[]

• Robert Smyth (disambiguation)
• Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland business school
• Robert Smit (died 1977), murdered South African politician
• Roberts-Smith (disambiguation)

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