# Robert Smith

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**Robert**, **Bob** or **Bobby Smith**, or variants thereof, may refer to:

## Business

- [Robert MacKay Smith](/source/Robert_MacKay_Smith) (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes
- [Robert Barr Smith](/source/Robert_Barr_Smith) (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist
- [Robert Hall Smith](/source/Robert_Hall_Smith) (1888–1960), American railroad executive, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958
- [Robert H. Smith (philanthropist)](/source/Robert_H._Smith_(philanthropist)) (1928–2009), American builder and developer who developed much of the Crystal City, Virginia neighborhood just south of Washington, D.C.
- [Robert P. Smith (philanthropist)](/source/Robert_P._Smith_(philanthropist)) (1940–2019), American financial pioneer, philanthropist and author
- [Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin](/source/Robert_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Kelvin) (born 1944), British businessman, governor of the BBC
- [Robert F. Smith (investor)](/source/Robert_F._Smith_(investor)) (born 1962), American businessman and investor; founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners

## Entertainment

### Acting

- Robert Wilton Smith (1881–1957), known as [Robb Wilton](/source/Robb_Wilton), English comedian and comic actor
- [Robert Smith (American actor)](/source/Robert_Smith_(American_actor)) (1912–2001), American actor
- Robert Grant Smith (1914–2001), American aeronautical engineer and actor after whom the [R.G. Smith Award](/source/R.G._Smith_Award) is named
- [Robert O. Smith](/source/Robert_O._Smith) (1942–2010), American voice actor
- [Robert Smith (Canadian actor)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Canadian_actor)) (1966–2020), Canadian actor and voice actor

### Music

- [Robert Archibald Smith](/source/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](/source/Robert_Bache_Smith) (1875–1951), American librettist and lyricist
- [Robert Curtis Smith](/source/Robert_Curtis_Smith) (1930–2010), American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- [Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(rhythm_and_blues_singer)) (1936–2013), American musician, lead singer of the (Detroit) Spinners
- Robert Weston Smith (1938–1995), known as [Wolfman Jack](/source/Wolfman_Jack), American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice
- Bob Smith (1942–1991), founder, singer, keyboardist and drummer for [Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys](/source/Cat_Mother_%26_the_All_Night_Newsboys)
- [Robert Dean Smith](/source/Robert_Dean_Smith) (born 1956), American operatic tenor
- [Robert W. Smith (musician)](/source/Robert_W._Smith_(musician)) (1958–2023), American composer, arranger and teacher
- [Robert Smith (musician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(musician)) (born 1959), English musician, lead singer and guitarist of The Cure
- [Robert L. Smith (sound engineer)](/source/Robert_L._Smith_(sound_engineer)) (born 1965), American recording engineer and record producer in New York City
- [Rob Smith (Irish musician)](/source/Rob_Smith_(Irish_musician)) (born 1982), Irish singer-songwriter and DJ
- [Rob Smith (British musician)](/source/Rob_Smith_(British_musician)), English contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer
- [Rob Sonic](/source/Rob_Sonic), American rapper and record producer

### Writing

- [Robert Paul Smith](/source/Robert_Paul_Smith) (1915–1977), American author
- [Robert W. Smith (writer)](/source/Robert_W._Smith_(writer)) (1926–2011), American martial artist and historian
- [Robert Kimmel Smith](/source/Robert_Kimmel_Smith) (1930–2020), American novelist and children's author
- Bob Smith (born 1941), American author who wrote the memoir *[Hamlet's Dresser](/source/Hamlet's_Dresser)*
- [Rob Magnuson Smith](/source/Rob_Magnuson_Smith), British-American novelist, short story writer, and university lecturer

### Stage name

- Robert Emil Schmidt (1917–1998), nicknamed [Buffalo Bob Smith](/source/Buffalo_Bob_Smith), American host of TV show *Howdy Doody*
- [Bob and Roberta Smith](/source/Bob_and_Roberta_Smith), pseudonym for British artist Patrick Brill (born 1963)

### Other entertainment

- [Robert Emmet Smith](/source/Robert_Emmet_Smith) (1914–1988), American film art director and production designer
- [Bob Smith (comics)](/source/Bob_Smith_(comics)) (born 1951), American comic book inker
- [Bob Smith (comedian)](/source/Bob_Smith_(comedian)) (1958–2018), American comedian and author
- [Normal Bob Smith](/source/Normal_Bob_Smith) (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist
- [Robert Farrell Smith](/source/Robert_Farrell_Smith) (born 1970), American humorist who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye
- [Bob Smith (Atari)](/source/Bob_Smith_(Atari)), American video game developer and producer
- Bob Kupa'a Smith (1928–2020), American host of the television show [*Wordsmith*](/source/Wordsmith_(TV_series))

## History

- [Robert Smith (professor)](/source/Robert_Smith_(professor)) (1919–2009), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria
- [Robert Bruce Smith IV](/source/Robert_Bruce_Smith_IV) (1945–2014), American music and history expert
- Robert J. A. Smith (born 1951), vice-president of the [Richmond Local History Society](/source/Richmond_Local_History_Society) in Richmond, London
- [Robert W. Smith (historian)](/source/Robert_W._Smith_(historian)), scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta
- [Robert Chester Smith](/source/Robert_Chester_Smith) (1912–1975), American art historian

## Journalism

- [Robert Smith (journalist, born 1940)](/source/Robert_Smith_(journalist,_born_1940)), journalist for *The New York Times*
- [Robert Smith (journalist, born 1967)](/source/Robert_Smith_(journalist,_born_1967)), correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR)
- [Rob Smith (journalist)](/source/Rob_Smith_(journalist)), BBC South East TV presenter

## Law

- [Robert Percy Smith](/source/Robert_Percy_Smith) (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
- [Robert L. Smith (judge)](/source/Robert_L._Smith_(judge)) (1918–1999), Nebraska Supreme Court judge
- [Robert Ellis Smith](/source/Robert_Ellis_Smith) (1940–2018), American attorney and author
- [Robert S. Smith](/source/Robert_S._Smith) (born 1944), New York State Court of Appeals associate judge

## Military

- Robert A. Smith (1814–1879), birth name of British soldier and churchwarden [Robert Smith-Dorrien](/source/Robert_Smith-Dorrien)
- [Robert Smith (Medal of Honor)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1847–1930), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- [Robert Smith (Australian Army officer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Australian_Army_officer)) (1881–1928), Australian wool merchant and army officer
- [Robert H. Smith (naval officer)](/source/USS_Robert_H._Smith#Namesake) (1898–1943), United States Navy submariner for whom the destroyer/minelayer USS *Robert H. Smith* was named
- [Robert T. Smith](/source/Robert_T._Smith) (1918–1995), American World War II flying ace
- [Robert G. Smith (colonel)](/source/Robert_G._Smith_(colonel)) (1854–1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War

## Politics and government

### Australia

- [Robert Murray Smith](/source/Robert_Murray_Smith) (1831–1921), politician in colonial Victoria and agent-general for Victoria (Australia)
- [Robert Burdett Smith](/source/Robert_Burdett_Smith) (1837–1895), solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales
- [Robert Harrison Smith](/source/Robert_Harrison_Smith) (1848–1911), member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- [Bob Rowland Smith](/source/Bob_Rowland_Smith) (1925–2012), National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- [Bob Smith (Australian politician)](/source/Bob_Smith_(Australian_politician)) (born 1948), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council

### Canada

- [Robert Smith (Ontario politician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Ontario_politician)) (1819–1900), Canadian member of parliament for Peel, Ontario
- [Robert Smith (Canadian judge)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Canadian_judge)) (1858–1942), Canadian member of parliament for Stormont, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- [Robert Smith (Newfoundland politician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Newfoundland_politician)) (1879–1972), Newfoundland politician and merchant
- [Robert Smith (British Columbia politician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(British_Columbia_politician)), Irish-born member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1871–1878)
- [Robert Black Smith](/source/Robert_Black_Smith) (1872–1931), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 1917–1925
- [Robert Knowlton Smith](/source/Robert_Knowlton_Smith) (1887–1973), Canadian member of parliament for Cumberland 1925–1935
- [Robert Melville Smith](/source/Robert_Melville_Smith) (1887–1950), deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario 1934–1943

### New Zealand

- [Robert William Smith (politician)](/source/Robert_William_Smith_(politician)) (1871–1958), member of parliament

### United Kingdom

- [Robert Smith (MP for Wycombe)](/source/Robert_Smith_(MP_for_Wycombe)), member of parliament (MP) for [Wycombe](/source/Wycombe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1318 to 1322
- [Robert Smith (MP for Derby)](/source/Robert_Smith_(MP_for_Derby)), MP for [Derby](/source/Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1420 and 1421
- [Robert Smith (MP for Devizes)](/source/Robert_Smith_(MP_for_Devizes)) (fl. 1414–1421), MP for Devizes
- [Robert Smith (fl. 1545)](/source/Robert_Smith_(fl._1545)), MP for Carlisle
- [Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington](/source/Robert_Smith,_1st_Baron_Carrington) (1752–1838), MP for Nottingham
- [Robert Percy Smith](/source/Robert_Percy_Smith) (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
- [Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden](/source/Robert_Vernon,_1st_Baron_Lyveden) (1800–1873), known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician and MP
- [Robert Smith (trade unionist)](/source/Robert_Smith_(trade_unionist)) (1862–1934), general secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers and British Labour Party politician
- [Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Robert_Smith,_1st_Baronet) (1880–1957), Scottish Unionist politician and MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central
- [Robert Smith (colonial administrator)](/source/Robert_Smith_(colonial_administrator)) (1887–1959), British governor of North Borneo
- [Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_Robert_Smith,_3rd_Baronet) (born 1958), Liberal Democrat politician and MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- [Bobby Smith (activist)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(activist)) (born 1982), British political and fathers' rights activist

### United States

- [Robert Smith (American cabinet member)](/source/Robert_Smith_(American_cabinet_member)) (1757–1842), secretary of state and of the Navy
- Robert Barnwell Smith (1800–1876), known as [Robert Barnwell Rhett](/source/Robert_Barnwell_Rhett), U.S. senator and representative from South Carolina
- [Robert Smith (Illinois politician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Illinois_politician)) (1802–1867), U.S. representative from Illinois
- [Robert Hardy Smith](/source/Robert_Hardy_Smith) (1813–1878), Alabama politician and officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- [Robert Burns Smith](/source/Robert_Burns_Smith) (1854–1908), governor of Montana
- [Robert Lloyd Smith](/source/Robert_Lloyd_Smith) (1861–1942), educator, businessman, and politician in the Texas Legislature
- [Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor)](/source/Robert_B._Smith_(Virginia_mayor)), mayor of Newport News, Virginia 1956–1958
- [Robert Solwin Smith](/source/Robert_Solwin_Smith) (1924–2013), American ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire
- [Robert P. Smith (ambassador)](/source/Robert_P._Smith_(ambassador)) (1929–2012), American diplomat
- [Bob Smith (Oregon politician)](/source/Bob_Smith_(Oregon_politician)) (1931–2020), U.S. representative from Oregon
- [Robert L. Smith (politician)](/source/Robert_L._Smith_(politician)) (1931–2024), Republican politician from Idaho
- [Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)](/source/Bob_Smith_(New_Hampshire_politician)) (born 1941), U.S. senator from New Hampshire
- [Bob Smith (New Jersey politician)](/source/Bob_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician)) (born 1947), New Jersey state senator
- [Robert C. Smith (political scientist)](/source/Robert_C._Smith_(political_scientist)) (1947–2023), political science professor at San Francisco State University
- [Robert J. Smith II](/source/Robert_J._Smith_II) (born 1963), American attorney and New Jersey state legislator

## Religion

- [Robert Smith (bishop)](/source/Robert_Smith_(bishop)) (1732–1801), English-born American clergyman, planter and prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina
- [Robert Payne Smith](/source/Robert_Payne_Smith) (1818–1895), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury
- [Robert Pearsall Smith](/source/Robert_Pearsall_Smith) (1827–1899), lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom
- [Robert H. Smith (theologian)](/source/Robert_H._Smith_(theologian)) (1932–2006), American Lutheran clergyman, theologian, author and lecturer
- [Robert Smith (priest)](/source/Robert_Smith_(priest)) (1932–2010), American Catholic priest, author, and educator
- [Robert P. Smith (pastor)](/source/Robert_P._Smith_(pastor)) (1863–1945), American educator, pastor, and writer

## Science, engineering and medicine

- [Robert William Smith (surgeon)](/source/Robert_William_Smith_(surgeon)) (1807–1873), Irish surgeon and pathologist
- [Robert Angus Smith](/source/Robert_Angus_Smith) (1817–1884), Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain
- [Robert Murdoch Smith](/source/Robert_Murdoch_Smith) (1835–1900), Scottish engineer, archaeologist and diplomat
- [Robert Smith (surgeon)](/source/Robert_Smith_(surgeon)) (1840–1885), Sierra Leonean medical doctor and the first African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- [Bob Smith (doctor)](/source/Bob_Smith_(doctor)) (1879–1950), American physician and surgeon who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous
- [Robert Allan Smith](/source/Robert_Allan_Smith) (1909–1980), Scottish physicist
- [Robert J. Smith (anthropologist)](/source/Robert_J._Smith_(anthropologist)) (1927–2016), Cornell University anthropologist
- [Robert H. T. Smith](/source/Robert_H._T._Smith) (born 1935), Australian-Canadian professor of geography
- [Robert L. Smith (academic)](/source/Robert_L._Smith_(academic)), American engineer, academic and author
- [Robert Smith (aerospace engineer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(aerospace_engineer)), American business executive and aerospace engineer

## Sports

### Association football

- [Robert Smith (footballer, born 1848)](/source/Robert_Smith_(footballer,_born_1848)) (1848–1914), Scottish international footballer born in Aberdeen
- [Robert Smith (Darwen footballer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Darwen_footballer)), English footballer for Darwen in the 1890s
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1870)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1870)), English footballer born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1900s)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1900s)), Scottish footballer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife
- [Robert Smith (footballer, born 1912)](/source/Robert_Smith_(footballer,_born_1912)), English football player and manager born in Atherton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester)
- [Bob Smith (footballer)](/source/Bob_Smith_(footballer)) (1923-?), English professional footballer born in Walkden, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester)
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1933)) (1933–2010), English footballer born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire
- [Bobby Smith (Irish footballer)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(Irish_footballer)) (1922–1992), Irish football player
- [Bobby Smith (Canadian soccer)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(Canadian_soccer)) (born 1940), Canadian soccer player
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1941)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1941)) (1941–2019), English footballer born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1944)), English footballer and manager born in Prestbury, Cheshire
- [Rob Smith (footballer, born 1950)](/source/Rob_Smith_(footballer,_born_1950)), English footballer born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
- [Bobby Smith (American soccer)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(American_soccer)) (born 1951), American soccer player born in Trenton, New Jersey
- [Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1953)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1953)) (1953–2010), Scottish footballer born in Dalkeith, Midlothian
- [Rob Smith (soccer)](/source/Rob_Smith_(soccer)) (born 1973), American soccer player born in Wilmington, Delaware

### Australian rules football

- [Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1877)](/source/Bob_Smith_(Australian_footballer,_born_1877)) (1877–1939), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- [Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1906)](/source/Bob_Smith_(Australian_footballer,_born_1906)) (1906–1987), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
- [Rob Smith (Australian footballer)](/source/Rob_Smith_(Australian_footballer)) (1951–2013), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

### Gridiron football

- [Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1925)](/source/Bob_Smith_(defensive_back,_born_1925)) (1925–2002), American football defensive back
- [Bob Smith (fullback)](/source/Bob_Smith_(fullback)) (1929–2005), American football fullback
- [Bob Smith (halfback)](/source/Bob_Smith_(halfback)) (1933–2014), American football halfback
- [Bobby Smith (defensive back)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(defensive_back)) (born 1938), American football defensive back
- [Bob Smith (American football coach)](/source/Bob_Smith_(American_football_coach)) (born 1940), college football coach
- [Bobby Smith (running back)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(running_back)) (born 1942), American football running back
- [Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1945)](/source/Bob_Smith_(defensive_back,_born_1945)), American football defensive back
- [Rob Smith (American football, born 1957)](/source/Rob_Smith_(American_football,_born_1957)), college football coach
- [Rob Smith (Canadian football)](/source/Rob_Smith_(Canadian_football)) (born 1958), Canadian football offensive lineman
- [Robert Smith (defensive end)](/source/Robert_Smith_(defensive_end)) (born 1962), American football defensive end
- [Robert Smith (running back)](/source/Robert_Smith_(running_back)) (born 1972), American football running back and sprinter
- [Rob Smith (American football, born 1984)](/source/Rob_Smith_(American_football,_born_1984)), American football player
- [Robert Smith (safety)](/source/Robert_Smith_(safety)) (born 1992), American football safety
- [Robbie Smith (Canadian football)](/source/Robbie_Smith_(Canadian_football)) (born 1997), Canadian football defensive lineman

### Baseball

- [Bob Smith (catcher)](/source/Bob_Smith_(catcher)) (1907–unknown), Negro league baseball player
- [Bob Smith (infielder)](/source/Bob_Smith_(infielder)) (born 1974), infielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- [Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1890)](/source/Bob_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1890)) (1890–1965), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the White Sox, 1913–1915
- [Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895)](/source/Bob_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1895)) (1895–1987), MLB pitcher for the Braves, Cubs, and Reds, 1923–1937
- [Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1928)](/source/Bob_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1928)) (1928–2003), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cubs, and Indians, 1958–1959
- [Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1931)](/source/Bob_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1931)) (1931–2013), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, and Tigers, 1955–1959
- [Bobby Smith (baseball)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(baseball)) (1934–2015), MLB outfielder, 1957–1965
- [Robert Smith (baseball)](/source/Robert_Smith_(baseball)) (1936–2021), International Baseball Federation president; instrumental in baseball becoming an Olympic sport
- [Rob Smith (baseball)](/source/Rob_Smith_(baseball)), American college baseball coach

### Basketball

- [Bobby Smith (basketball)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(basketball)) (1937–2020), American basketball player
- [Bingo Smith](/source/Bingo_Smith) (1946–2023), American basketball player
- [Robert Smith (basketball)](/source/Robert_Smith_(basketball)) (born 1955), American basketball player, NBA

### Cricket

- [Robert Smith (Australian cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Australian_cricketer)) (1868–1927), Australian cricketer; played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1890
- [Robert Smith (Derbyshire cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Derbyshire_cricketer)) (1848–1899), English cricketer; played first class cricket for Derbyshire 1871–84, captain 1876–83
- [Robert Smith (South African cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(South_African_cricketer)) (1923–2001), South African cricketer
- [Robert Smith (Wellington cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Wellington_cricketer)) (1946–2024), New Zealand cricketer
- [Robert Smith (Otago cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Otago_cricketer)) (born 1974), Australian cricketer who played in New Zealand
- [Robert Smith (Cumberland cricketer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Cumberland_cricketer)) (born 1982), English cricketer; played for Cumberland in 2001

### Equestrian sports

- [Robert Augustus Smith](/source/Robert_Augustus_Smith) (1869–1942), American racehorse trainer
- [Robert Smith (equestrian)](/source/Robert_Smith_(equestrian)) (born 1961), British Olympic equestrian

### Hockey

- [Bob Smith (ice hockey)](/source/Bob_Smith_(ice_hockey)) (born 1946), Canadian minor pro hockey player
- [Bobby Smith (ice hockey)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(ice_hockey)) (born 1958), all-star NHL hockey player
- [Rob Smith (field hockey)](/source/Rob_Smith_(field_hockey)) (born 1961), Canadian field hockey Olympian
- [Robbie Smith (field hockey)](/source/Robbie_Smith_(field_hockey)), British field hockey player

### Martial arts

- [Robert Smith (boxer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(boxer)) (1908–?), South African Olympic boxer
- [Robby Smith](/source/Robby_Smith) (born 1987), American Greco-Roman wrestler

### Water sports

- [Bob Smith (rower)](/source/Bob_Smith_(rower)) (1909–1993), New Zealand rower
- [Robert Smith (canoeist)](/source/Robert_Smith_(canoeist)) (1929–2001), Canadian sprint canoer
- [Robert J. Smith (sailor)](/source/Robert_J._Smith_(sailor)), in the [1973 Star World Championships](/source/1973_Star_World_Championships)

### Other sports

- [Bob Smith (coach)](/source/Bob_Smith_(coach)) (1912–1994), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- [Robert Smith (bowler)](/source/Robert_Smith_(bowler)) (born 1974), American professional ten-pin bowler
- [Bobby Smith (javelin thrower)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(javelin_thrower)) (born 1982), American javelin thrower
- [Rob Smith (racing driver)](/source/Rob_Smith_(racing_driver)) (born 1992), British racing driver
- [Robbie Smith (rugby union)](/source/Robbie_Smith_(rugby_union)) (born 1998), Scottish rugby union player
- [Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1870)](/source/Robert_Smith_(rugby_union,_born_1870)) (1870–1904), Irish rugby union player
- [Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1907)](/source/Robert_Smith_(rugby_union,_born_1907)) (1907–1958), Scottish rugby union player
- [Robert Smith (sport shooter)](/source/Robert_Smith_(sport_shooter)), English sport shooter
- [Bobby Smith (pole vaulter)](/source/Bobby_Smith_(pole_vaulter)), winner of the 1949 and 1950 [NCAA DI outdoor pole vault](/source/NCAA_Division_I_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) championship
- [Robert Smith (sprinter)](/source/Robert_Smith_(sprinter)) (born 1972), American NCAA champion sprinter and football player
- [Bob Smith (sprinter)](/source/Bob_Smith_(sprinter)), American sprinter, 1948 200 m All-American for the [Notre Dame Fighting Irish track and field](/source/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_track_and_field) team
- [Bob Smith (sprinter, born 1921)](/source/Bob_Smith_(sprinter,_born_1921)), American sprinter, 1942 and 1943 All-American for the [Washington Huskies track and field](/source/Washington_Huskies_track_and_field) team

## Other

- [Robert Smith (Oxford)](/source/Robert_Smith_(Oxford)), 15th-century Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
- [Robert Smith (mathematician)](/source/Robert_Smith_(mathematician)) (1689–1768), English mathematician and music theorist
- [Robert Smith (architect)](/source/Robert_Smith_(architect)) (1722–1777), American architect
- [Robert Cross Smith](/source/Robert_Cross_Smith) (1795–1832), English astrologer
- [Robert Benjamin Smith](/source/1966_Rose-Mar_College_of_Beauty_shooting#Perpetrator) (1948–2024), American mass murderer
- Robert J. Smith, an Australian-Canadian mathematician who later changed their name to [Stacey Smith?](/source/Stacey_Smith%3F)
- [Robert W. Smith (chess player)](/source/Robert_W._Smith_(chess_player)) (born 1956), New Zealand chess FIDE Master
- [Robert Rowland Smith](/source/Robert_Rowland_Smith) (born 1965), British lecturer, writer on various subjects such as philosophy, politics, psychology and art
- [Robert Smith (murderer)](/source/Robert_Smith_(murderer)) (1849–1868), the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland

## See also

- [Robert Smyth (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_Smyth_(disambiguation))
- [Robert H. Smith School of Business](/source/Robert_H._Smith_School_of_Business), University of Maryland business school
- [Robert Smit](/source/Robert_Smit) (died 1977), murdered South African politician
- [Roberts-Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Roberts-Smith_(disambiguation))

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