# John Smith

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For the film, see [John Smith (film)](/source/John_Smith_(film)).

**John Smith** is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a [placeholder name](/source/Placeholder_name) and [pseudonym](/source/Pseudonym), and is sometimes used in the United States and the United Kingdom as a [term for an average person](/source/List_of_terms_referring_to_an_average_person).

Notable people with the name include:

## People

- *In chronological order*

### Academics

- [John Smith (astronomer)](/source/John_Smith_(astronomer)) (1711–1795), Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Master of Caius
- [John Smith (anatomist and chemist)](/source/John_Smith_(anatomist_and_chemist)) (1721–1797), professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Oxford, 1767–1797
- [John Smith (antiquary)](/source/John_Smith_(antiquary)) (1747–1807), Scottish antiquary and Gaelic scholar
- [John Blair Smith](/source/John_Blair_Smith) (1764–1799), president of Union College, New York
- [John Smith (professor of languages)](/source/John_Smith_(professor_of_languages)) (1752–1809), professor of languages at Dartmouth College
- [John Augustine Smith](/source/John_Augustine_Smith) (1782–1865), president of the College of William and Mary, 1814–1826
- [John Smith (botanist)](/source/John_Smith_(botanist)) (1798–1888), curator of Kew Gardens
- [J. Lawrence Smith (chemist)](/source/J._Lawrence_Smith_(chemist)) (1818–1883), American doctor and chemist
- [John Smith (dentist)](/source/John_Smith_(dentist)) (1825–1910), founder of Edinburgh's School of Dentistry
- [John Campbell Smith](/source/John_Campbell_Smith) (1828–1914), Scottish writer, advocate and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire
- [John Donnell Smith](/source/John_Donnell_Smith) (1829–1928), biologist and taxonomist
- [John McGarvie Smith](/source/John_McGarvie_Smith) (1844–1918), Australian metallurgist and bacteriologist
- [John Bernhardt Smith](/source/John_Bernhardt_Smith) (1858–1912), American entomologist
- [John Alexander Smith](/source/John_Alexander_Smith) (1863–1939), British Idealist philosopher
- [John Merlin Powis Smith](/source/John_Merlin_Powis_Smith) (1866–1932), English-born, American orientalist and biblical scholar
- [John E. Sharwood Smith](/source/John_E._Sharwood_Smith) (1919–2007), English professor of classics
- [John Edwin Smith](/source/John_Edwin_Smith) (1921–2009), American philosopher
- [John Cyril Smith](/source/John_Cyril_Smith) (1922–2003), leading authority on English criminal law
- [John Derek Smith](/source/John_Derek_Smith) (1924–2003), Cambridge molecular biologist
- [John Smith (sociologist)](/source/John_Smith_(sociologist)) (1927–2002), English sociologist
- [John D. Smith](/source/John_D._Smith) (born 1946), indologist at the University of Cambridge
- [John H. Smith (mathematician)](/source/John_H._Smith_(mathematician)), Boston College educator (retired 2005)

### Arts

- [John Smith (engraver)](/source/John_Smith_(engraver)) (1652–1742), English mezzotint engraver
- [John Smith (English poet)](/source/John_Smith_(English_poet)) (1662–1717), English poet and playwright
- [John Christopher Smith](/source/John_Christopher_Smith) (1712–1795), English composer
- [John Warwick Smith](/source/John_Warwick_Smith) (1749–1831), British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator
- [John Stafford Smith](/source/John_Stafford_Smith) (1750–1836), composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- [John Raphael Smith](/source/John_Raphael_Smith) (1751–1812), English mezzotint engraver and painter
- [John Thomas Smith (engraver)](/source/John_Thomas_Smith_(engraver)) (1766–1833), draughtsman, engraver and antiquarian
- [John Rubens Smith](/source/John_Rubens_Smith) (1775–1849), London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States
- [John Smith (art historian)](/source/John_Smith_(art_historian)) (1781–1855), British art dealer
- [John Orrin Smith](/source/John_Orrin_Smith) (1799–1843), English wood engraver
- [John Frederick Smith](/source/John_Frederick_Smith) (1806–1890), English novelist
- [John Rowson Smith](/source/John_Rowson_Smith) (1810–1864), American panorama painter
- [John Kelday Smith](/source/John_Kelday_Smith) (1834–1889), Scottish bellhanger and songwriter
- [John Moyr Smith](/source/John_Moyr_Smith) (1839–1912), British architect, artist and designer
- [John G. Smith (poet)](/source/John_G._Smith_(poet)) (died 1891), Scottish poet
- [John Berryman](/source/John_Berryman) (1914–1972), originally John Allyn Smith, American poet
- [John Smith (Canadian poet)](/source/John_Smith_(Canadian_poet)) (1927–2018), Canadian poet
- [John Smith (actor)](/source/John_Smith_(actor)) (1931–1995), American actor
- [John N. Smith](/source/John_N._Smith) (born 1943), Canadian film director and screenwriter
- [John F. Smith (musician)](/source/John_F._Smith_(musician)) (born 1950), British musician and trade unionist
- [John Smith (English filmmaker)](/source/John_Smith_(English_filmmaker)) (born 1952), avant-garde filmmaker
- [John Noel Smith](/source/John_Noel_Smith) (born 1952), Irish artist
- [John Warner Smith](/source/John_Warner_Smith) (born 1952), American poet and educator
- [John F. Smith (writer)](/source/John_F._Smith_(writer)), American soap opera writer and producer
- [John Douglas Smith](/source/John_Douglas_Smith) (born 1966), Canadian sound editor
- [John Smith (comics writer)](/source/John_Smith_(comics_writer)) (born 1967), British comics writer
- [John Smith (folk musician)](/source/John_Smith_(folk_musician)), English contemporary folk musician and recording artist
- [John Smith (comedian)](/source/John_Smith_(comedian)), British comedian, actor and performer

### Business

- [John Smith (vegetarian)](/source/John_Smith_(vegetarian)) (c. 1795–1870), English banker and vegetarianism activist
- [John Smith (banker)](/source/John_Smith_(banker)) (1797–1866), Scottish banker and philanthropist, working in England
- [John Russell Smith](/source/John_Russell_Smith) (1810–1894), English bookseller and bibliographer
- [John J. Smith](/source/John_J._Smith) (1820–1906), African-American abolitionist, Underground Railroad contributor and politician
- [John Smith (brewer)](/source/John_Smith_(brewer)) (1824–1879), Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire, UK
- [John K. Smith](/source/John_K._Smith) (1805–1845), American pharmacist and businessman, founder of the company which would later become SmithKline, a major pharmaceutical company
- [John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive)](/source/John_L._Smith_(pharmaceutical_executive)) (1889–1950), German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical executive and Major League Baseball team owner
- [John F. Smith Jr.](/source/John_F._Smith_Jr.) (born 1938), former chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors
- [John Smith (BBC executive)](/source/John_Smith_(BBC_executive)) (born 1957), former chief executive officer of BBC Worldwide Ltd

### Crime

- [John Smith (housebreaker)](/source/John_Smith_(housebreaker)) (1661–after 1727), London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia
- [John Smith (died 1835)](/source/John_Smith_(died_1835)) (1795–1835), one of the last two Englishmen who were hanged for sodomy in 1835
- [John Eldon Smith](/source/John_Eldon_Smith) (1930–1983), convicted of the murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins
- [John Smith (murderer)](/source/John_Smith_(murderer)) (born 1951), American convicted murderer

### Law

- [John Witherspoon Smith](/source/John_Witherspoon_Smith) (1778–1829), American lawyer
- [John Sidney Smith (legal writer)](/source/John_Sidney_Smith_(legal_writer)) (1804–1871), English legal writer
- [John William Smith (legal writer)](/source/John_William_Smith_(legal_writer)) (1809–1845), English barrister and legal writer
- [John Smalman Smith](/source/John_Smalman_Smith), (1847–1914), British judge in the Colony of Lagos
- [John Lewis Smith Jr.](/source/John_Lewis_Smith_Jr.) (1912–1992), United States federal judge
- [John Smith (police officer)](/source/John_Smith_(police_officer)) (born 1938), British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1991–1995
- [John Smith (South African judge)](/source/John_Smith_(South_African_judge)) (born 1958), South African judge
- [Jack Smith (lawyer)](/source/Jack_Smith_(lawyer)) (born 1969), American lawyer

### Medicine

- [John Gordon Smith (surgeon)](/source/John_Gordon_Smith_(surgeon)) (1792–1833), Scottish surgeon and professor of medical jurisprudence
- [John Smith (physician)](/source/John_Smith_(physician)) (c. 1800–1879), Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane
- [John Alexander Smith (physician)](/source/John_Alexander_Smith_(physician)) (1818–1883), Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist

### Military

- [John Smith (banneret)](/source/John_Smith_(banneret)) (1616–1644), Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War
- [John Kilby Smith](/source/John_Kilby_Smith) (1752–1842), Continental Army brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War
- [John Smith (British Army officer, born 1754)](/source/John_Smith_(British_Army_officer,_born_1754)) (1754–1837), British artillery officer in the American Revolutionary War, later promoted to major-general
- [John Smith (United States Navy officer)](/source/John_Smith_(United_States_Navy_officer)) (1780–1815), United States Navy captain
- [Frederick Smith (British Army officer, born 1790)](/source/Frederick_Smith_(British_Army_officer,_born_1790)) (John Mark Frederick Smith, 1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
- [John Smith (sergeant)](/source/John_Smith_(sergeant)) (1814–1864), soldier in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
- [John E. Smith (general)](/source/John_E._Smith_(general)) (1816–1897), Swiss emigrant, Union general during the Civil War
- [John Smith (private)](/source/John_Smith_(private)) (1822–1866), soldier in the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
- [John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1826)](/source/John_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor,_born_1826)) (1826–1907), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- [John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1831)](/source/John_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor,_born_1831)) (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- [John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1854)](/source/John_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor,_born_1854)) (1854–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- [John Manners Smith](/source/John_Manners_Smith) (1864–1920), British Indian Army lieutenant awarded the Victoria Cross, later promoted to lieutenant-colonel
- John Smith, the *nom de guerre* adopted by [Gopal Mukund Huddar](/source/Gopal_Mukund_Huddar) (1902–1981) during the Spanish Civil War
- [John Smith (flying ace)](/source/John_Smith_(flying_ace)) (1914–1972), United States Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
- [John Malcolm Smith](/source/John_Malcolm_Smith) (1922–1981), United States Navy flying ace in World War II

### Politics

#### Australia

- [John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1811)](/source/John_Smith_(New_South_Wales_politician,_born_1811)) (1811–1895), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- [John Smith (Victoria politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Victoria_politician)) (1816–1879), mayor of Melbourne
- [John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1821)](/source/John_Smith_(New_South_Wales_politician,_born_1821)) (1821–1885), Scottish/Australian professor and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- [John Samuel Smith](/source/John_Samuel_Smith) (1841–1882), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Wellington)
- [John Gordon Smith (politician)](/source/John_Gordon_Smith_(politician)) (1863–1921), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
- [John Henry Smith (politician)](/source/John_Henry_Smith_(politician)) (1881–1953), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

#### Canada

- [John David Smith (Upper Canada politician)](/source/John_David_Smith_(Upper_Canada_politician)) (1786–1849), businessman and politician in Upper Canada
- [John Shuter Smith](/source/John_Shuter_Smith) (c. 1813–1871), lawyer and politician in Canada West
- [John Smith (Manitoba politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Manitoba_politician)) (1817–1889), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba
- [John Smith (Peel MPP)](/source/John_Smith_(Peel_MPP)) (1831–1909), Scottish-born Ontario businessman and politician
- [John Smith (Kent MPP)](/source/John_Smith_(Kent_MPP)), member of the 1st Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1867–1871
- [John W. Y. Smith](/source/John_W._Y._Smith) (1869–1936), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
- [John Smith (Ontario MP)](/source/John_Smith_(Ontario_MP)) (1894–1977), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- [Jack Smith (politician)](/source/Jack_Smith_(politician)) (John Eachern Smith, 1901–1967), Canadian politician and newspaper editor
- [John James Smith](/source/John_James_Smith) (1912–1987), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- [John Donald Smith](/source/John_Donald_Smith) (1919–1997), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- [John Roxburgh Smith](/source/John_Roxburgh_Smith) (1938–2018), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- [John David Smith (Ontario politician)](/source/John_David_Smith_(Ontario_politician)), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1975

#### United Kingdom

- [John Smith alias Dyer](/source/John_Smith_alias_Dyer) (1498/99–1571), member of parliament (MP) for Ipswich
- [John Smith (High Sheriff of Kent)](/source/John_Smith_(High_Sheriff_of_Kent)) (1557–1608), MP for Aylesbury and Hythe
- [John Smith (steward of Berkeley)](/source/John_Smith_(steward_of_Berkeley)) (1567–1640), English genealogical antiquary and politician
- [John Smith (explorer)](/source/John_Smith_(explorer)) (1580–1631), helped found the Virginia Colony and became Colonial Governor of Virginia
- Sir [John Smith of Grothill](/source/John_Smith_of_Grothill) (c. 1600–c. 1675), Scottish landowner, merchant and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- [John Smith (Cavalier, born 1608)](/source/John_Smith_(Cavalier,_born_1608)) (1608–1657), English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644
- [John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)](/source/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)) (1655/56–1723), English Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705–1708
- [John Smith (English judge)](/source/John_Smith_(English_judge)) (1657–1726), Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland until 1702, then Baron of the Exchequer
- [John Smith (Southampton MP)](/source/John_Smith_(Southampton_MP)), MP for Southampton from 1698 to 1700
- [John Smith (Bath MP)](/source/John_Smith_(Bath_MP)) (1727–1775), MP for Bath
- [John Smith (Wendover MP)](/source/John_Smith_(Wendover_MP)) (1767–1842), member of Parliament for Wendover
- [John Spencer Smith](/source/John_Spencer_Smith) (1769–1845), British diplomat, politician, and writer
- [John Smith (Deputy Governor of Anguilla)](/source/John_Smith_(Deputy_Governor_of_Anguilla)) (died 1776), Deputy Governor of Anguilla
- [John Benjamin Smith](/source/John_Benjamin_Smith) (1796–1879), British Liberal MP for Stirling Burghs 1847–1852 and Stockport 1852–1874
- [John Abel Smith](/source/John_Abel_Smith) (1802–1871), British Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst
- [John Smith (Conservative politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Conservative_politician)) (1923–2007), MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, founded the Landmark Trust*[John Hilary Smith](/source/John_Hilary_Smith) (born 1928), colonial governor and administrator
- [John Smith, Baron Kirkhill](/source/John_Smith,_Baron_Kirkhill) (1930–2023), life peer in the House of Lords
- [John Smith (Labour Party leader)](/source/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)) (1938–1994), leader of the British Labour Party
- [John Smith (Welsh politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Welsh_politician)) (born 1951), Welsh politician and Labour Party member of Parliament

#### United States

- [John Smith (President of Rhode Island)](/source/John_Smith_(President_of_Rhode_Island)) (died 1663), colonial president (governor) of Rhode Island
- [John Smith (Virginia burgess)](/source/John_Smith_(Virginia_burgess)) (1620–1663), Virginia colonial politician
- [John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824)](/source/John_Smith_(Ohio_politician,_died_1824)) (c. 1735–1824), United States senator from Ohio
- [John Smith (Virginia representative)](/source/John_Smith_(Virginia_representative)) (1750–1836), United States representative from Virginia's 3rd Congressional District
- [John Smith (New York politician, born 1752)](/source/John_Smith_(New_York_politician,_born_1752)) (1752–1816), United States senator from New York
- [John Cotton Smith](/source/John_Cotton_Smith) (1765–1845), eighth Governor of Connecticut
- [John Smith (Vermont politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Vermont_politician)) (1789–1858), United States representative from Vermont's 4th Congressional District
- [John Speed Smith](/source/John_Speed_Smith) (1792–1854), United States representative from Kentucky
- [John T. Smith (congressman)](/source/John_T._Smith_(congressman)) (1801–1864), United States representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, 1843–1845
- [John B. Smith (Wisconsin politician)](/source/John_B._Smith_(Wisconsin_politician)) (1811–1879), Wisconsin politician
- [John Derby Smith](/source/John_Derby_Smith) (1812–1884), minister, physician, and Massachusetts state legislator
- [John Armstrong Smith](/source/John_Armstrong_Smith) (1814–1892), United States representative from Ohio
- [J. Lawrence Smith (New York politician)](/source/J._Lawrence_Smith_(New_York_politician)) (1816–1889), New York lawyer, assemblyman, district attorney, county judge
- [J. Gregory Smith](/source/J._Gregory_Smith) (1818–1891), governor of Vermont
- [John Hugh Smith](/source/John_Hugh_Smith) (1819–1870), three-time mayor of Nashville, Tennessee between 1845 and 1865
- [J. Hyatt Smith](/source/J._Hyatt_Smith) (1824–1886), United States representative from New York's 3rd Congressional District
- [John Quincy Smith](/source/John_Quincy_Smith) (1824–1901), United States representative from Ohio's 3rd Congressional District
- [John Lyman Smith](/source/John_Lyman_Smith) (1828–1898), member of the 2nd Utah Territorial Legislature
- [John Peter Smith (Texas politician)](/source/John_Peter_Smith_(Texas_politician)) (1831–1901), known as the 'Father of Fort Worth'
- [John Y. T. Smith](/source/John_Y._T._Smith) (1831–1903), three-time member of Arizona Territorial Legislature
- [John C. Smith (politician)](/source/John_C._Smith_(politician)) (1832–1910), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- [John Montgomery Smith](/source/John_Montgomery_Smith) (1834–1903), Wisconsin politician
- [John B. Smith (Washington politician)](/source/John_B._Smith_(Washington_politician)) (1837–1917), Canadian-born American politician
- [John Butler Smith](/source/John_Butler_Smith) (1838–1914), 52nd governor of New Hampshire
- [John B. D. Smith](/source/John_B._D._Smith) (died 1839), American politician
- [John E. Smith (New York politician)](/source/John_E._Smith_(New_York_politician)) (1843–1907), New York politician
- [John Day Smith](/source/John_Day_Smith) (1845–1933), Minnesota politician, lawyer, and judge
- [John Walter Smith](/source/John_Walter_Smith) (1845–1925), 44th governor of Maryland
- [John Ambler Smith](/source/John_Ambler_Smith) (1847–1892), United States representative from Virginia
- [John A. Smith (Mississippi politician)](/source/John_A._Smith_(Mississippi_politician)) (1847–?), American state senator in Mississippi
- [John Peter Smith (Montana politician)](/source/John_Peter_Smith_(Montana_politician)) (1848–?), mayor of Missoula, Montana
- [John M. C. Smith](/source/John_M._C._Smith) (1853–1923), United States representative from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District
- [J. H. Smith (mayor)](/source/J._H._Smith_(mayor)) (1858–1956), mayor of Everett, Washington and co-founder of Anchorage, Alaska
- [John M. Smith (politician, born 1872)](/source/John_M._Smith_(politician,_born_1872)) (1872–1947), American businessman and politician
- [John Smith (Maine politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Maine_politician)) (1874–1936), mayor of Saco, Maine
- [John W. Smith (Detroit mayor)](/source/John_W._Smith_(Detroit_mayor)) (1882–1942), politician from Detroit
- [John Lee Smith](/source/John_Lee_Smith) (1894–1963), Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- [John R. Smith (agriculture commissioner)](/source/John_R._Smith_(agriculture_commissioner)) (fl. 1898–1899), North Carolina politician
- [J. Joseph Smith](/source/J._Joseph_Smith) (1904–1980), United States representative from Connecticut and Federal judge
- [J. Clay Smith Jr.](/source/J._Clay_Smith_Jr.) (1942–2018), American lawyer and educator
- [John Arthur Smith](/source/John_Arthur_Smith) (1941–2024), Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate
- [John R. Smith (politician, born 1945)](/source/John_R._Smith_(politician,_born_1945)), Louisiana state senator
- [John Robert Smith](/source/John_Robert_Smith), mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
- [John Smith (Washington politician)](/source/John_Smith_(Washington_politician)) (born 1973), American politician

#### Other countries

- [John Hope Smith](/source/John_Hope_Smith) (c. 1787–1831), governor of colonial Ghana, 1817–22
- [John William Smith (politician)](/source/John_William_Smith_(politician)) (1792–1845), Republic of Texas politician and mayor of San Antonio
- [J. Valentine Smith](/source/J._Valentine_Smith) (John Valentine Smith, 1824–1895), New Zealand politician

### Religion

- [John Smith (bishop of Llandaff)](/source/John_Smith_(bishop_of_Llandaff)) (died 1479), Welsh bishop
- [John Smith (Platonist)](/source/John_Smith_(Platonist)) (1618–1652), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists
- [John Smith (Unitarian)](/source/John_Smith_(Unitarian)) (fl. 1648–1727), Unitarian writer
- [John Smith (priest, born 1659)](/source/John_Smith_(priest,_born_1659)) (1659–1715), English editor of Bede
- [John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry)](/source/John_Smith_(bishop_of_Killala_and_Achonry)) (died 1680), Irish Anglican priest
- [John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)](/source/John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)) (1781–1854), Presiding Patriarch and member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- [John Smith (Restoration Movement)](/source/John_Smith_(Restoration_Movement)) (1784–1868), early Restoration Movement leader
- [John Smith (missionary)](/source/John_Smith_(missionary)) (1790–1824), English missionary in Demerara
- [John Smith (priest, born 1799)](/source/John_Smith_(priest,_born_1799)) (1799–1870), first person to transcribe the Diary of Samuel Pepys
- [John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)](/source/John_Smith_(nephew_of_Joseph_Smith)) (1832–1911), Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- [John Henry Smith](/source/John_Henry_Smith) (1848–1911), apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- [John Smith (moderator)](/source/John_Smith_(moderator)) (1854–1927), moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1922
- [John Taylor Smith](/source/John_Taylor_Smith) (1860–1938), Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone
- [John Smith (archdeacon of Llandaff)](/source/John_Smith_(archdeacon_of_Llandaff)), Welsh Anglican priest
- [John Smith (archdeacon of Wiltshire)](/source/John_Smith_(archdeacon_of_Wiltshire)) (1933–2000), Anglican priest
- [John M. Smith (bishop)](/source/John_M._Smith_(bishop)) (1935–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop
- [John H. Smith (bishop)](/source/John_H._Smith_(bishop)) (1939–2012), American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, 1989–1999
- [John Smith (God's Squad)](/source/John_Smith_(God's_Squad)) (died 2019), Australian founder of the God's Squad motorcycle club

### Sports

#### American football

- [Clipper Smith (American football, born 1904)](/source/Clipper_Smith_(American_football,_born_1904)) (1904–1973), American football player and coach
- [John Smith (tackle)](/source/John_Smith_(tackle)), American football tackle in 1945
- [John L. Smith](/source/John_L._Smith) (born 1948), American college football coach
- [John Smith (placekicker)](/source/John_Smith_(placekicker)) (born 1949), former New England Patriots kicker
- [John Smith (running back)](/source/John_Smith_(running_back)) (born 1954), American football running back
- [J. T. Smith (American football)](/source/J._T._Smith_(American_football)) (John Thomas Smith, born 1955), former professional American football player
- [JuJu Smith-Schuster](/source/JuJu_Smith-Schuster) (born 1996 as John Smith), American football wide receiver
- [L. J. Smith](/source/L._J._Smith) (born 1980), American football player

#### Association football

- [John Smith (sportsman, born 1855)](/source/John_Smith_(sportsman,_born_1855)) (1855–1934), Scottish footballer and rugby union player
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1865)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1865)) (1865–1911), Scottish football inside-right born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- [Jackie Smith (footballer)](/source/Jackie_Smith_(footballer)) (born John Smith, 1886–1916), English footballer for Hull City
- [Jack Smith (footballer, born 1898)](/source/Jack_Smith_(footballer,_born_1898)) (born John William Smith, 1898–1977), English international footballer born in Whitburn, County Durham
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1898)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1898)) (1898–?), Scottish international footballer for Ayr United and Middlesbrough
- [John Richard Smith (footballer, born 1898)](/source/John_Richard_Smith_(footballer,_born_1898)) (1898–1986), English footballer
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1901)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1901)), English footballer born in Eccleshill, West Riding of Yorkshire
- [Ted Smith (footballer, born 1914)](/source/Ted_Smith_(footballer,_born_1914)) (born John Edward Smith, 1914–1989), English football player and manager born in Grays, Essex
- [John Smith (football chairman)](/source/John_Smith_(football_chairman)) (1920–1995), chairman of Liverpool (1973–90)
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1921)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1921)) (1921–?), English footballer born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1927)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1927)) (1927–2000), English footballer for Liverpool and Torquay United
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1939)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1939)) (1939–1988), English footballer born in Shoreditch, London
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1944)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1944)), Welsh footballer born in Johnstown, Wrexham
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1970)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1970)), English football full back born in Liverpool
- [John Smith (footballer, born 1971)](/source/John_Smith_(footballer,_born_1971)), English football striker born in Wigan, Lancashire
- [John Smith (inside-left)](/source/John_Smith_(inside-left)), English footballer for Port Vale 1932–33
- [John Smith (1930s Gillingham footballer)](/source/John_Smith_(1930s_Gillingham_footballer)), English footballer who also played for Exeter City and Maidstone United

#### Baseball

- [John Smith (1880s first baseman)](/source/John_Smith_(1880s_first_baseman)) (1858–1899), first baseman in 1882
- [Phenomenal Smith](/source/Phenomenal_Smith) (John Francis Smith, 1864–1952), American baseball pitcher and manager
- [John Smith (shortstop)](/source/John_Smith_(shortstop)), shortstop, 1873–75
- [John Smith (1930s first baseman)](/source/John_Smith_(1930s_first_baseman)) (1906–1982), first baseman in 1931
- [Ford Smith](/source/Ford_Smith) (born John Ford Smith, 1919–1983), American Negro leagues pitcher
- [John G. Smith (coach)](/source/John_G._Smith_(coach)) (1924–1998), American college baseball, football and basketball coach

#### Basketball

- [John Smith (basketball, born 1944)](/source/John_Smith_(basketball,_born_1944)), American basketball player known for his American Basketball Association career
- [John Smith (basketball, born 1969)](/source/John_Smith_(basketball,_born_1969)), American college basketball coach
- [John Smith (basketball, born 1984)](/source/John_Smith_(basketball,_born_1984)), American basketball player best known for his college career at Winona State University

#### Cricket

- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1833)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1833)) (1833–1909), Lancashire and Yorkshire cricketer
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1835)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1835)) (1835–1889), English cricketer
- [John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)](/source/John_Smith_(Derbyshire_cricketer)) (1841–1898), English cricketer, played for Derbyshire
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1843)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1843)) (1843–1873), English cricketer, played for Cambridgeshire 1863–72
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1882)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1882)) (1882–1959), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1921
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1919)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1919)) (1919–1999), New Zealand cricketer
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1924)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1924)) (1924–1991), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1950–1955
- [John Smith (cricketer, born 1936)](/source/John_Smith_(cricketer,_born_1936)) (1936–2020), Australian cricketer
- [John Smith (New Zealand cricketer)](/source/John_Smith_(New_Zealand_cricketer)) (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer also known as Campbell Smith

#### Rugby

- [John Sidney Smith (rugby union)](/source/John_Sidney_Smith_(rugby_union)) (1860–?), Wales rugby union international
- [Johnny Smith (rugby union)](/source/Johnny_Smith_(rugby_union)) (1922–1974), New Zealand rugby player, baker, soldier, and sportsman
- [J. V. Smith](/source/J._V._Smith) (John Vincent Smith, 1926–2021), English rugby player and RFU president
- [John Smith (rugby union, born 1926)](/source/John_Smith_(rugby_union,_born_1926)) (1926–2006), Irish rugby player
- [John Smith (rugby league)](/source/John_Smith_(rugby_league)) (), New Zealand international

#### Other sports

- [John Smith (Canadian rower)](/source/John_Smith_(Canadian_rower)) (1899–1973), Canadian rower at the 1924 Olympics
- [John Suttie Smith](/source/John_Suttie_Smith) (1905–1975), Scottish Olympic runner
- [John Smith (Australian footballer)](/source/John_Smith_(Australian_footballer)) (born 1933), footballer for St Kilda
- [John Smith (Zambian wrestler)](/source/John_Smith_(Zambian_wrestler)) (born 1942), Zambian freestyle wrestler at the 1964 Olympics
- [John Smith (sprinter)](/source/John_Smith_(sprinter)) (born 1950), American sprint athlete and now coach
- [John Smith (racing driver, born 1952)](/source/John_Smith_(racing_driver,_born_1952)), Australian racing driver
- [John Smith (Down Gaelic footballer)](/source/John_Smith_(Down_Gaelic_footballer)), won the [1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final](/source/1961_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final)
- [John Smith (American wrestler)](/source/John_Smith_(American_wrestler)) (born 1965), American wrestler, two-time Olympic gold medalist
- [J. T. Smith (wrestler)](/source/J._T._Smith_(wrestler)) (born 1967), American professional wrestler
- [John Smith (Offaly Gaelic footballer)](/source/John_Smith_(Offaly_Gaelic_footballer)), won the [1971](/source/1971_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final) and [1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals](/source/1972_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final)
- [John Smith (racing driver, born 1975)](/source/John_Smith_(racing_driver,_born_1975)), American stock car racing driver
- [Johnboy Smith](/source/Johnboy_Smith) (John Charles Smith, born 1989), British parathlete and wheelchair racer
- [John Smith (South African rower)](/source/John_Smith_(South_African_rower)) (born 1990), South African rower at the 2012 Olympics

### Other

- [John Smith (settler)](/source/John_Smith_(settler)) (c. 1595–c. 1649), founding settler of Providence Plantation (later Rhode Island)
- [Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Smith,_1st_Baronet) (1744–1807), antiquarian of London and of the Royal Society, High Sheriff of Dorset
- [John Smith (clockmaker)](/source/John_Smith_(clockmaker)) (1770–1816), Scottish clockmaker
- [John Smith (architect)](/source/John_Smith_(architect)) (1781–1852), Scottish architect
- [John Smith (Native American)](/source/John_Smith_(Native_American)) (1785–1922), reputed to have died at the age of 137
- [John Smith (abolitionist)](/source/John_Smith_(abolitionist)) (1797–1886), American industrialist and abolitionist
- John Smith (1813–1886), clockmaker, founder of [Smith of Derby Group](/source/Smith_of_Derby_Group)
- [John Chaloner Smith](/source/John_Chaloner_Smith) (1827–1895), Irish civil engineer and writer on mezzotints
- [John Smith (hereditary chief)](/source/John_Smith_(hereditary_chief)) (c. 1836–1924), 1800s Cree Chief and Treaty Six signatory in Saskatchewan
- [John Brown Smith](/source/John_Brown_Smith) (1837–1917), American author, shorthand developer, utopianist, tax resister
- [John Baptist Smith](/source/John_Baptist_Smith) (1843–1923), invented and helped build a lantern system of naval signaling
- [John Smith Murdoch](/source/John_Smith_Murdoch) (1862–1945), Scottish architect
- [J. E. Smith](/source/J._E._Smith) (c. 1862/1863–1912), English trade union leader
- [John Chabot Smith](/source/John_Chabot_Smith) (1915–2002), American journalist and author
- [John Henry Smith (reporter)](/source/John_Henry_Smith_(reporter)), American sports journalist, active 2000s
- [John Smith (Australian journalist)](/source/John_Smith_(Australian_journalist)), Australian journalist, winner of the 2016 Kennedy Award

## Fictional characters

- [Ranger Smith](/source/Ranger_Smith) (John Francis Smith), a park ranger in *Yogi Bear* cartoons
- [J. Wesley Smith](/source/J._Wesley_Smith), in cartoons by Burr Shafer (1899–1965)
- [John Smith (Kyon)](/source/John_Smith_(Kyon)), Kyon's alias in the novels and animations of the Haruhi Suzumiya series
- [John "Hannibal" Smith](/source/John_%22Hannibal%22_Smith), in *The A-Team*
- John Smith, the human identity of [Red Tornado](/source/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](/source/I_Am_Number_Four)*
- John Smith, the protagonist in the film *[Last Man Standing](/source/Last_Man_Standing_(1996_film))*, played by Bruce Willis
- John Smith, a protagonist in the film *[Mr. & Mrs. Smith](/source/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(2005_film))*, played by Brad Pitt
- [John Smith (*Doctor Who*)](/source/John_Smith_(Doctor_Who)), an alias of the Doctor in *Doctor Who* media
- [John Smith (*Jericho*)](/source/John_Smith_(Jericho)), a character in the TV series *Jericho*
- [Agent Smith](/source/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](/source/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series))*
- John Smith, the main villain in the movie *[Hitman: Agent 47](/source/Hitman:_Agent_47)*, played by Zachary Quinto
- [Johnny Smith (*Dead Zone*)](/source/Johnny_Smith_(Dead_Zone)), main character in Stephen King's novel *The Dead Zone* and its subsequent adaptations
- John Smith, lead character of the film [*John Smith* (film)](/source/John_Smith_(film))

## See also

- [Joe Bloggs](/source/Joe_Bloggs)
- [John Doe](/source/John_Doe)
- [Sir John Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Sir_John_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [John Smyth (disambiguation)](/source/John_Smyth_(disambiguation))
- [John Smythe (disambiguation)](/source/John_Smythe_(disambiguation))
- [Johnny Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Johnny_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [Jack Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [Jonathan Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Jonathan_Smith_(disambiguation))
- [Jan Smit (disambiguation)](/source/Jan_Smit_(disambiguation))
- [John Smit](/source/John_Smit) (born 1978), South African rugby player
- [Juan Smith](/source/Juan_Smith) (born 1981), South African rugby player
- [John Smith Field](/source/John_Smith_Field), baseball venue in Sacramento, CA, United States
- [John Smith House (disambiguation)](/source/John_Smith_House_(disambiguation)), multiple locations
- [John Smith's Brewery](/source/John_Smith's_Brewery), a brewery founded in 1758 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England
- [John Smith & Son](/source/John_Smith_%26_Son), Glasgow-based bookseller
- *[Ode to J. Smith](/source/Ode_to_J._Smith)*, the Travis album written about John Smith, the unknown everyday man
- [Johann Schmidt (disambiguation)](/source/Johann_Schmidt_(disambiguation))
- [Smith of Derby Group](/source/Smith_of_Derby_Group), group of clockmaking companies including John Smith & Sons

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