# James Smith

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**James Smith** may refer to:

## People

### Sports figures

- [J. D. Smith (fullback, born 1936)](/source/J._D._Smith_(fullback,_born_1936)), American football player
- [James Smith (Australian rules footballer)](/source/James_Smith_(Australian_rules_footballer)) (1899–1974), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club
- [James Smith (boxer)](/source/James_Smith_(boxer)) (born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"
- [James Smith (footballer, born 1844)](/source/James_Smith_(footballer,_born_1844)) (1844–1876), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match
- [James Smith (footballer, born 1873)](/source/James_Smith_(footballer,_born_1873)) (1873–?), Scottish footballer
- [James Smith (footballer, born 1908)](/source/James_Smith_(footballer,_born_1908)) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
- [Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1930)](/source/Jimmy_Smith_(footballer,_born_1930)) (1930–2022), English footballer for Chelsea and Leyton Orient
- [James Smith (footballer, born 1985)](/source/James_Smith_(footballer,_born_1985)), English football player (Southport)
- [James Smith (Scottish footballer)](/source/James_Smith_(Scottish_footballer)) (fl. 1922), Scottish football player (Port Vale)
- [James Smith (sports media figure)](/source/James_Smith_(sports_media_figure)) (born 1959), American boxer and host of *In This Corner*
- [James Aikman Smith](/source/James_Aikman_Smith) (1859–1931), Scottish rugby union player and referee
- [James Crosbie Smith](/source/James_Crosbie_Smith) (1894–1980), English cricketer
- [James R. Smith](/source/James_R._Smith) (1904–1986), American water polo player and coach
- [Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963)](/source/Steve_Smith_(ice_hockey,_born_April_30,_1963)), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
- [James W. Smith (horse trainer)](/source/James_W._Smith_(horse_trainer)) (1908–1969), American horse trainer
- [James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer)](/source/James_Smith_(Leicestershire_cricketer)) (born 1977), English cricketer
- [James Smith (New South Wales cricketer)](/source/James_Smith_(New_South_Wales_cricketer)) (1880–1958), Australian cricketer
- [James Smith (South Australia cricketer)](/source/James_Smith_(South_Australia_cricketer)) (born 1988), Australian cricketer
- [James Smith (Kent cricketer)](/source/James_Smith_(Kent_cricketer)) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer
- [James Smith (New Zealand cricketer)](/source/James_Smith_(New_Zealand_cricketer)) (1891–1971), New Zealand cricketer
- [James Smith (sport shooter)](/source/James_Smith_(sport_shooter)) (1931–2021), American Olympic shooter
- [Jimmy Snuka](/source/Jimmy_Snuka) (James Wiley Smith, 1943–2017), Fijian wrestler
- [James Smith (Gaelic footballer)](/source/James_Smith_(Gaelic_footballer)) (born 1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
- [James Smith (runner)](/source/James_Smith_(runner)) (born 1913), American middle-distance runner, 1500 m runner-up at the [1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships](/source/1937_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships)
- [James Smith (American football)](/source/James_Smith_(American_football)) (born 2005), American football player

### Military personnel

- [James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864)](/source/James_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor,_1864)) (1826–1881), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
- [James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872)](/source/James_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor,_1872)) (1838–?), Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime actions
- [James A. Smith (Medal of Honor)](/source/James_A._Smith_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1880–1944), Medal of Honor recipient in the Boxer Rebellion
- [James Smith (VC)](/source/James_Smith_(VC)) (1871–1946), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- [James Argyle Smith](/source/James_Argyle_Smith) (1831–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- [James Alexander Smith](/source/James_Alexander_Smith) (1881–1968), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- [James C. Smith (general)](/source/James_C._Smith_(general)) (1923–2016), U.S. Army general
- [James Dunlop Smith](/source/James_Dunlop_Smith) (1858–1921), British official in the Indian Army
- [James E. Smith (general)](/source/James_E._Smith_(general)) (born 1973), U.S. Space Force general
- [James Floyd Smith](/source/James_Floyd_Smith) (1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
- [James Robert Smith (RAF officer)](/source/James_Robert_Smith_(RAF_officer)) (1891–?), World War I flying ace
- [James Thomas Smith](/source/James_Thomas_Smith) (1908–1990), U.S. Navy admiral
- [James Smith (Texas general)](/source/James_Smith_(Texas_general)) (1792–1855), general in the Revolutionary Army of Texas
- [James Smith (frontiersman)](/source/James_Smith_(frontiersman)) (1737–1813), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
- [James Webber Smith](/source/James_Webber_Smith) (1778–1853), British Royal Artillery officer
- [James Webster Smith](/source/James_Webster_Smith) (1850–1876), first black cadet at West Point

### Entertainers

- [James Prince](/source/James_Prince) (James Andre Smith, born 1965), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records
- James Smith, American guitarist for the band [Underoath](/source/Underoath)
- James Smith, British singer and member of [Hadouken!](/source/Hadouken!_(band))
- James Smith, British singer and member [Yard Act](/source/Yard_Act)
- James Smith (born 1999), finalist in *[Britain's Got Talent](/source/Britain's_Got_Talent_(series_8))*
- [James Smith (actor)](/source/James_Smith_(actor)) (born 1948), English actor
- James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as [P. J. Proby](/source/P._J._Proby)
- James Thomas Smith, British musician and member of The xx, better known as [Jamie xx](/source/Jamie_xx)
- [LL Cool J](/source/LL_Cool_J) (James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper

### Scientists and academics

- [James Smith (anaesthetist)](/source/James_Smith_(anaesthetist)) (1917–1986), Scottish anaesthetist
- [James Smith (Scottish botanist)](/source/James_Smith_(Scottish_botanist)) (1763–1848), Scottish botanist
- [James Smith (university principal)](/source/James_Smith_(university_principal)) (1681–1736), Scottish principal of the University of Edinburgh, 1732–1736
- [James Ernest Smith](/source/James_Ernest_Smith) (1881–1973), founder and first president of the National Radio Institute in Washington, D.C.
- [James Smith of Jordanhill](/source/James_Smith_of_Jordanhill) (1782–1867), Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic
- [James Cuthbert Smith](/source/James_Cuthbert_Smith) (born 1954), Director of Research at the Francis Crick Institute in London
- [James Edward Smith (botanist)](/source/James_Edward_Smith_(botanist)) (1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
- [James Eric Smith](/source/James_Eric_Smith) (1909–1990), British zoologist
- [James George Smith](/source/James_George_Smith) (1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
- [James Greig Smith](/source/James_Greig_Smith) (1854–1897), Scottish surgeon and medical author
- [James K. A. Smith](/source/James_K._A._Smith) (born 1970), Canadian-born philosopher
- [J. L. B. Smith](/source/J._L._B._Smith) (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897–1968), South African ichthyologist
- [James Lorrain Smith](/source/James_Lorrain_Smith) (1862–1931), Scottish pathologist
- [James Morton Smith](/source/James_Morton_Smith) (1919–2012), American historian
- [James Perrin Smith](/source/James_Perrin_Smith) (1864–1931), American geologist and paleontologist
- [James Monroe Smith (academic administrator)](/source/James_Monroe_Smith_(academic_administrator)) (1888–1949), American educator and academic administrator in Louisiana
- James M. Smith, president of [Eastern Michigan University](/source/Eastern_Michigan_University)

### Politicians, judges, and civil servants

#### United States

- [James Smith (Pennsylvania politician)](/source/James_Smith_(Pennsylvania_politician)) (1720–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- [James Strudwick Smith](/source/James_Strudwick_Smith) (1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the [James Smith First Nation](/source/James_Smith_First_Nation) in Saskatchewan
- [James W. Smith Jr.](/source/James_W._Smith_Jr.) (born 1943), American judge, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- [James Y. Smith](/source/James_Y._Smith) (1809–1876), American, governor of Rhode Island
- [James Monroe Smith (Georgia planter)](/source/James_Monroe_Smith_(Georgia_planter)) (1839–1915), planter and state legislator in Georgia, U.S.
- [James M. Smith](/source/James_M._Smith) (c. 1810–1898), New York City politician and judge
- [James Smith Jr.](/source/James_Smith_Jr.) (1851–1927), U.S. senator from New Jersey
- [James A. Smith (mayor)](/source/James_A._Smith_(mayor)), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington
- [James Smith (Kansas politician)](/source/James_Smith_(Kansas_politician)), Kansas secretary of state
- [James H. Smith Jr.](/source/James_H._Smith_Jr.) (1909–1982), U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956, sailor and Olympic champion
- [James Horace Smith](/source/James_Horace_Smith) (1852–1931), mayor of Orlando
- [James Peyton Smith](/source/James_Peyton_Smith) (1925–2006), Louisiana politician
- [James Vernon Smith](/source/James_Vernon_Smith) (1926–1973), U.S. representative from Oklahoma
- [James C. Smith (politician)](/source/James_C._Smith_(politician)) (born 1940), former Florida attorney general
- [James T. Smith Jr.](/source/James_T._Smith_Jr.) (born 1942), American, county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
- [James E. Smith (politician, born 1930)](/source/James_E._Smith_(politician,_born_1930)) (1930–2020), comptroller of the currency of the United States, 1973–1976
- [James E. Smith (Montana politician)](/source/James_E._Smith_(Montana_politician)) (born 1948)
- [James E. Smith Jr.](/source/James_E._Smith_Jr.) (born 1967), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- [James Smith (New Mexico politician)](/source/James_Smith_(New_Mexico_politician)), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- [James F. Smith (Michigan politician)](/source/James_F._Smith_(Michigan_politician)) (1923–2007), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- [James L. Smith (Missouri politician)](/source/James_L._Smith_(Missouri_politician)) (1917-2000), member of the Missouri House of Representatives

#### Canada

- [James Smith (1806–1868)](/source/James_Smith_(1806%E2%80%931868)), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
- [James Smith (Canada West politician)](/source/James_Smith_(Canada_West_politician)) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
- [James Sinclair Smith](/source/James_Sinclair_Smith) (1816–1897), Scottish-born Canadian politician
- [James Edward Smith (politician)](/source/James_Edward_Smith_(politician)) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto
- [James A. Smith (Canadian politician)](/source/James_A._Smith_(Canadian_politician)) (1911–1993), Canadian member of parliament
- [James Smith (Yukon politician)](/source/James_Smith_(Yukon_politician)) (1919–2017), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976
- [James Bidwell Smith](/source/James_Bidwell_Smith), MLA in Saskatchewan

#### Australia

- [James Smith (New South Wales politician)](/source/James_Smith_(New_South_Wales_politician)) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- [James Thorneloe Smith](/source/James_Thorneloe_Smith) (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
- [James Francis Smith (politician)](/source/James_Francis_Smith_(politician)) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician
- [James Joynton Smith](/source/James_Joynton_Smith) (1858–1943), Australian politician
- [James MacCallum Smith](/source/James_MacCallum_Smith) (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
- [James Norton Smith](/source/James_Norton_Smith) (1846–1911), Tasmanian politician
- [James Vinton Smith](/source/James_Vinton_Smith) (1897–1952), Australian politician

#### United Kingdom

- [James Smith (1587–1667)](/source/James_Smith_(1587%E2%80%931667)), alderman of the City of London
- [James Masterton-Smith](/source/James_Masterton-Smith) (1878–1938), British civil servant
- [James Parker Smith](/source/James_Parker_Smith) (1854–1929), British member of parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906

#### Other countries

- [James Francis Smith](/source/James_Francis_Smith) (1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909
- [James Skivring Smith](/source/James_Skivring_Smith) (1825–1892), U.S.-born vice president, 1870–1872, and interim president, 1871–1872, of Liberia
- [James Skivring Smith Jr.](/source/James_Skivring_Smith_Jr.) (1891–1950), Liberian politician
- [James Alfred Smith](/source/James_Alfred_Smith) (1913–1993), British diplomat, chief justice of the Bahamas

### Religious scholars and leaders

- [James Smith (archdeacon of Barnstaple)](/source/James_Smith_(archdeacon_of_Barnstaple)) (died 1667), archdeacon of Barnstaple
- [James Smith (archdeacon of Connor)](/source/James_Smith_(archdeacon_of_Connor)) (1800–1865), Anglican priest in Ireland
- [James Smith (vicar-apostolic of the Northern District)](/source/James_Smith_(vicar-apostolic_of_the_Northern_District)) (1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
- [James Smith (moderator)](/source/James_Smith_(moderator)) (1803–1897), Church of Scotland minister and moderator of the General Assembly
- [James Elishama Smith](/source/James_Elishama_Smith) (1801–1857), British journalist and religious writer
- [James Allwood Smith](/source/James_Allwood_Smith) (1806–1882), American minister and state legislator
- [James Smith (archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh)](/source/James_Smith_(archbishop_of_St_Andrews_and_Edinburgh)) (1841–1928), Roman Catholic archbishop in Scotland
- [James E. Smith (biblical scholar)](/source/James_E._Smith_(biblical_scholar)) (born 1939), American biblical scholar
- [James K. A. Smith](/source/James_K._A._Smith) (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of radical orthodoxy
- [James Tuttle Smith](/source/James_Tuttle_Smith) (1870–1910), rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Manhattan

### Other

- [James Smith (American physician)](/source/James_Smith_(American_physician)) (1771-1841), American physician and vaccine expert
- James Smith, a character in the film *[8 Mile](/source/8_Mile_(film))*
- [James Smith (writer)](/source/James_Smith_(writer)) (1775–1839), British humorist
- [James Smith (gardener)](/source/James_Smith_(gardener)) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
- [James Smith (architect, died 1731)](/source/James_Smith_(architect,_died_1731)) (c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect
- [James Smith (Glasgow architect)](/source/James_Smith_(Glasgow_architect)) (1808–1863), Scottish architect and father of Madeleine Smith
- [James Smith (inventor)](/source/James_Smith_(inventor)) (1789–1850), British
- [James Smith (journalist)](/source/James_Smith_(journalist)) (1820–1910), Australian journalist
- [James Smith (miner)](/source/James_Smith_(miner)) (1827–1897), Australian miner
- [James Smith (draper)](/source/James_Smith_(draper)) (1765–1823), close friend of Robert Burns
- [James Smith (murderer)](/source/James_Smith_(murderer)) (1936–1962), English murderer
- [James Smith (sculptor)](/source/James_Smith_(sculptor)) (1775–1815), English sculptor
- [James Allan Smith](/source/James_Allan_Smith) (1841–1918), dean of St David's
- [James B. Smith](/source/James_B._Smith) (born 1952), dean of engineering, technology, and aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- [James Burrell Smith](/source/James_Burrell_Smith) (1822–1897), English watercolour and landscape artist
- [James Carmichael Smith (postmaster)](/source/James_Carmichael_Smith_(postmaster)) (1852 – after 1914), postmaster in the Bahamas and Sierra Leone
- [James Cooray Smith](/source/James_Cooray_Smith) (born 1978), British writer, critic and columnist
- [James E. Smith (engineer)](/source/James_E._Smith_(engineer)) (born 1950), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- [James Edward Smith (murderer)](/source/James_Edward_Smith_(murderer)) (1952–1990), American murderer executed in Texas
- [James J. Smith (FBI agent)](/source/James_J._Smith_(FBI_agent)), American FBI agent
- [James Kellum Smith](/source/James_Kellum_Smith) (1893–1961), American architect
- [James Lawrence Smith](/source/James_Lawrence_Smith) (1889–1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
- [James Lindsay Smith](/source/James_Lindsay_Smith) (c. 1816–c. 1883), American slave narrative author and minister
- [James Martin Smith](/source/James_Martin_Smith) (1892–1970), American civic, business, and religious leader in Arizona
- [James McCune Smith](/source/James_McCune_Smith) (1813–1865), American physician & activist
- [James Milton Smith](/source/James_Milton_Smith) (1823–1890), American soldier & politician
- [James Robert Smith (author)](/source/James_Robert_Smith_(author)) (born 1957), American author
- James [Thorne Smith](/source/Thorne_Smith) (1892–1934), American author
- [James W. Smith (trade unionist)](/source/James_W._Smith_(trade_unionist)) (1838–1903), American labor unionist
- [James John Smith](/source/James_John_Smith) (1892–1983), Irish applied mathematician and electrical engineer
- [James Charles Smith](/source/James_Charles_Smith), engineer
- [James Cowan Smith](/source/James_Cowan_Smith) (1843–1919), British civil engineer and philanthropist
- [James Reuel Smith](/source/James_Reuel_Smith) (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian
- [James Smith (fitness influencer)](/source/James_Smith_(fitness_influencer)) (born 1989), England-born personal trainer and social media influencer
- James Smith, film editor, see [James and Rose Smith](/source/James_and_Rose_Smith)

## Other uses

- [James Smith Cree Nation](/source/James_Smith_Cree_Nation), Saskatchewan, Canada - [James Smith 100](/source/James_Smith_100), an Indian reserve
- [James Smith & Sons](/source/James_Smith_%26_Sons), an umbrella shop in London
- [Sir James Smith's School](/source/Sir_James_Smith's_School), a secondary school in Camelford, North Cornwall, England

## See also

- [Epitaph for James Smith](/source/Epitaph_for_James_Smith), a 1785 satirical Scots epitaph written by poet Robert Burns
- [Jim Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Jim_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [Jimmy Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Jimmy_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [Jamie Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Jamie_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [James Smyth (disambiguation)](/source/James_Smyth_(disambiguation))

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