James Smith

Last updated February 08, 2025

James Smith may refer to:

People

Sports figures

James Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1899–1974), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club
James Smith (boxer) (born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"
James Smith (footballer, born 1844) (1844–1876), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match
James Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), footballer
James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
James Smith (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2022), English footballer for Chelsea and Leyton Orient
James Smith (footballer, born 1985), English football player (Southport)
James Smith (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1922), Scottish football player (Port Vale)
James Smith (sports media figure) (born 1959), American boxer and host of In This Corner
James Aikman Smith (1859–1931), Scottish rugby union player and referee
James Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer
James R. Smith (1904–1986), American water polo player and coach
Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
James W. Smith (horse trainer) (1908–1969), American horse trainer
James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
James Smith (New South Wales cricketer) (1880–1958), Australian cricketer
James Smith (South Australia cricketer) (born 1988), Australian cricketer
James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer
James Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (1891–1971), New Zealand cricketer
James Smith (sport shooter) (1931–2021), American Olympic shooter
Jimmy Snuka (James Wiley Smith, 1943–2017), Fijian wrestler
James Smith (Gaelic footballer) (born 1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
James Smith (runner) (born 1913), American middle-distance runner, 1500 m runner-up at the 1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Military personnel

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

Entertainers

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

Scientists and academics

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

Politicians, judges, and civil servants

United States

James Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1720–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
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 in Saskatchewan
James W. Smith Jr. (born 1943), American judge, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
James Y. Smith (1809–1876), American, governor of Rhode Island
James Monroe Smith (Georgia planter) (1839–1915), planter and state legislator in Georgia, U.S.
James M. Smith (c. 1810–1898), New York City politician and judge
James Smith Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. senator from New Jersey
James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington
James Smith (Kansas politician), Kansas secretary of state
James H. Smith Jr. (1909–1982), U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956, sailor and Olympic champion
James Horace Smith (1852–1931), mayor of Orlando
James Peyton Smith (1925–2006), Louisiana politician
James Vernon Smith (1926–1973), U.S. representative from Oklahoma
James C. Smith (politician) (born 1940), former Florida attorney general
James T. Smith Jr. (born 1942), American, county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
James E. Smith (politician, born 1930) (1930–2020), comptroller of the currency of the United States, 1973–1976
James E. Smith (Montana politician) (born 1948)
James E. Smith Jr. (born 1967), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
James Smith (New Mexico politician), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
James F. Smith (Michigan politician) (1923–2007), member of the Michigan House of Representatives

Canada

James Smith (1806–1868), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
James Sinclair Smith (1816–1897), Scottish-born Canadian politician
James Edward Smith (politician) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto
James A. Smith (Canadian politician) (1911–1993), Canadian member of parliament
James Smith (Yukon politician) (1919–2017), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976

Australia

James Smith (New South Wales politician) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
James Thorneloe Smith (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
James Francis Smith (politician) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician
James Joynton Smith (1858–1943), Australian politician
James MacCallum Smith (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
James Norton Smith (1846–1911), Tasmanian politician
James Vinton Smith (1897–1952), Australian politician

United Kingdom

James Smith (1587–1667), alderman of the City of London
James Masterton-Smith (1878–1938), British civil servant
James Parker Smith (1854–1929), British member of parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906

Other countries

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

Religious scholars and leaders

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

Other

James Smith (American physician) (1771-1841), American physician and vaccine expert
James Smith, a character in the film 8 Mile
James Smith (writer) (1775–1839), British humorist
James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
James Smith (architect, died 1731) (c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect
James Smith (Glasgow architect) (1808–1863), Scottish architect and father of Madeleine Smith
James Smith (inventor) (1789–1850), British
James Smith (journalist) (1820–1910), Australian journalist
James Smith (miner) (1827–1897), Australian miner
James Smith (draper) (1765–1823), close friend of Robert Burns
James Smith (murderer) (1936–1962), English murderer
James Smith (sculptor) (1775–1815), English sculptor
James Allan Smith (1841–1918), dean of St David's
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 (1822–1897), English watercolour and landscape artist
James Carmichael Smith (postmaster) (1852 – after 1914), postmaster in the Bahamas and Sierra Leone
James Cooray Smith (born 1978), British writer, critic and columnist
James E. Smith (engineer), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
James Edward Smith (murderer) (1952–1990), American murderer executed in Texas
James J. Smith (FBI agent), American FBI agent
James Kellum Smith (1893–1961), American architect
James Lawrence Smith (1889–1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
James Lindsay Smith (c. 1816–c. 1883), American slave narrative author and minister
James Martin Smith (1892–1970), American civic, business, and religious leader in Arizona
James McCune Smith (1813–1865), American physician & activist
James Milton Smith (1823–1890), American soldier & politician
James Robert Smith (author) (born 1957), American author
James Thorne Smith (1892–1934), American author
James W. Smith (trade unionist) (1838–1903), American labor unionist
James John Smith (1892–1983), Irish applied mathematician and electrical engineer
James Charles Smith, engineer
James Cowan Smith (1843–1919), British civil engineer and philanthropist
James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian
James Smith (fitness influencer) (born 1989), England-born personal trainer and social media influencer
James Smith, film editor, see James and Rose Smith

Other uses

James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
- James Smith 100, an Indian reserve
James Smith & Sons, an umbrella shop in London
Sir James Smith's School, a secondary school in Camelford, North Cornwall, England

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