Michael Smith

Michael, Mick or Mike Smith may refer to:

Arts

• Michael A. Smith (photographer) (1942–2018), American photographer
• Michael E. Smith (artist) (born 1977), American sculptor
• Michael Paul Smith (1950–2018), American artist and photographer
• Michael Smith (performance artist) (born 1951), American performance artist

Entertainment

Film and television

• Michael Bailey Smith (born 1957), American film and television actor
• Mike Smith (actor) (born 1972), Canadian actor, screenwriter, comedian and musician
• Michael Smith (director), American film and television series director
• Valentine Michael Smith, chief character in Stranger in a Strange Land

Music

• Michael Joseph Smith (born 1938), American classical composer and pianist
• Michael Peter Smith (1941–2020), American songwriter and performer
• Michael S. Smith (drummer) (1946–2006), American jazz drummer
• Michael W. Smith (born 1957), American Christian singer and musician
• Michael L. Smith (born 1953), known as Michael Lovesmith, American R&B musician, producer and executive
• Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist) (born 1957), American jazz saxophonist
• Mike Smith (singer-songwriter) (born 1939), American singer-songwriter
• Mike "Smitty" Smith (1942–2001)), American drummer best known as a member of Paul Revere & the Raiders
• Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) (1943–2008), English singer-songwriter
• Mike Smith (drummer) (born 1970), American drummer for Suffocation
• Mike Smith (guitarist) (born 1973), American guitarist for Limp Bizkit
• Mike Smith (record producer), Cuban American record producer and musician
• Mike Smith (saxophonist), English saxophonist for The Ailerons
• Mike Smith (born 1947), Welsh saxophonist (Amen Corner)

Other entertainment

• M. G. Smith (Michael G. Smith, 1921–1993), Jamaican poet and social anthropologist
• Michael Smith (poet) (1942–2014), Irish poet and translator
• Michael Smith (author) (born 1946), British author and journalist
• Mikey Smith (1954–1983), Jamaican dub poet and performance artist
• Michael Marshall Smith (born 1965), English novelist and screenwriter
• Michael Smith (chef) (born 1966), American born celebrity chef residing in Canada
• Michael V. Smith, Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker
• Michael Farris Smith, American writer
• Mike Prestwood Smith, sound mixer
• Mike Smith (music executive), managing director of Columbia Records UK

Politics

• Michael Smith (diplomat) (1936–2021), American diplomat and trade negotiator
• Michael Hoke Smith (1855–1931), American politician
• Michael Smith (Irish politician) (born 1940), Irish politician
• Carl Michael Smith (born 1944), known as Mike, former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy
• Mike Smith (Louisiana politician) (born 1948), former Louisiana state senator, member of the Long family
• Michael F. Smith, member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Michael Keith Smith (1953–2010), chairman of United Kingdom pressure group, the Conservative Democratic Alliance
• Michael K. Smith (Illinois politician) (1966–2014), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Michael K. Smith (Vermont official), secretary of human services for the state of Vermont, 2006–2008
• Mike Smith (Nova Scotia politician), mayor of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Michael Adye Smith (1886–1965), Australian politician
• Michael Smith (Georgia politician) (born 1983), member of the Georgia House of Representatives
• Michael D. Smith (government), chief executive officer of AmeriCorps

Journalism

• Michael Townsend Smith (born 1935), theatre critic, music and dance critic, and playwright
• Michael Smith (newspaper reporter) (born 1952), reporter for The Sunday Times
• Mike Smith (broadcaster) (1955–2014), English television and radio presenter
• Michael Smith (Irish journalist) (born 1965), magazine editor and conservationist
• Michael Smith (writer) (born 1976), English writer and broadcaster
• Michael Smith (sports reporter) (born 1979), American sports reporter for The Boston Globe and ESPN
• Michael Smith (American journalist), American journalist for Bloomberg News

Religion

• Michael Percival Smith (1924–2013), archdeacon of Maidstone, 1979–1989
• Michael Smith (bishop) (born 1940), Catholic bishop of Meath, Ireland
• Michael G. Smith (born 1955), Episcopal bishop of North Dakota, United States

Science

• Michael Smith (chemist) (1932–2000), Canadian Nobel Prize–winning chemist
• Michael J. Smith (1945–1986), American astronaut
• Michael E. Smith (archaeologist) (born 1953), American archaeologist and Mesoamerica scholar
• Michael D. Smith (computer scientist), dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
• Michael D. Smith (economist), information technology and marketing professor
• C. Michael Smith (born 1950), clinical psychologist and scholar
• Mike Smith (archaeologist) (1955–2022), Australian archaeologist

Sports

American football

• Mike Smith (American football coach) (born 1959), former head coach of the NFL Atlanta Falcons
• Mike Smith (linebacker) (born 1981), former NFL linebacker, current coach for the NFL Minnesota Vikings
• Michael Smith (running back) (born 1988), American football running back who is currently a free agent
• Michael Smith (American football coach), American football coach in the United States
• Mike Smith (wide receiver) (born 1958), former NFL wide receiver

Association football

• Mike Smith (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2013), English defender for Derby County and Bradford City
• Mike Smith (football manager) (1937–2021), manager of Egypt and Wales national football teams and of Hull City
• Mick Smith (footballer) (born 1958), English defender who played for Wimbledon and others
• Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988), Northern Irish footballer who plays for Yeovil Town.
• Michael Smith (footballer, born 1991), English footballer who plays for Sheffield Wednesday

Baseball

• Mike Smith (1890s outfielder) (1868–1945), MLB outfielder from 1886 to 1901
• Mike Smith (1920s outfielder) (1904–1981), MLB outfielder who played in the 1926 season
• Mike Smith (pitcher, born 1961), National League pitcher from 1984 to 1989
• Mike Smith (pitcher, born 1963), American League pitcher from 1989 to 1990
• Mike Smith (infielder) (born 1969), Rotary Smith Award winner
• Mike Smith (2000s pitcher) (born 1977), MLB pitcher in the 2000s

Basketball

• Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963), former professional basketball player from the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg
• Michael Smith (basketball, born 1965), former BYU and Boston Celtics player, and former Los Angeles Clippers television and radio commentator
• Michael Smith (basketball, born 1972), former NBA player from Washington, D.C.
• Mike Smith (basketball, born 1976), professional basketball player from West Monroe, Louisiana
• Mike Smith (basketball, born 1987), professional basketball player from East Tennessee State University
• Mike Smith (basketball, born 1997), college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines

Cricket

• M. J. K. Smith (born 1933), English cricketer and rugby union player
• Michael J. Smith (cricketer) (1942–2004), cricketer who played for Middlesex CCC and England
• Mike Smith (Australian cricketer) (born 1973), Australian cricketer
• Mike Smith (Scottish cricketer) (born 1966), Scottish cricketer
• Mike Smith (cricketer, born 1967), Gloucestershire CCC and England cricketer
• Michael Smith (Oxfordshire cricketer) (1928–2018), English cricketer
• Michael Smith (South African cricketer) (born 1980), South African cricketer

Other sports

• Michael Smith (Australian footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
• Michael Smith (rugby league, born c. 1947), in the 1960s, and 1970s for Featherstone Rovers and Huddersfield
• Mike Smith (rugby league), in the 1970s, and 1980s for Great Britain and Hull Kingston Rovers
• Michael Smith (rugby league, born 1976), in the 1990s and 2000s for North Harbour, New Zealand, Canterbury Bulldogs
• Michael Smith (rugby union) (born 1998), Canadian rugby union player
• Mike Smith (rugby union) (born 1945), Scottish rugby union player
• Michael Smith (ice hockey) (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1945), general manager for Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks
• Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1982), Canadian goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers
• Michael Smith (wrestler) (born 1963), American professional wrestler
• Mike E. Smith (born 1965), American jockey
• Mike Smith (decathlete) (born 1967), Canadian decathlete
• Michael Smith (darts player) (born 1990), English darts player
• Michael Smith (canoeist), British slalom canoeist
• Mike Smith (softball), head coach of the California Baptist Lancers softball team
• Mike Smith (running coach) (born 1980), cross country and track and field coach for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
• Mike Smith (skateboarder), American skateboarder
• Mike Smith (tennis) (born 1962), American tennis player
• Michael Smith (sprinter), winner of the 2002 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

Others

• Michael Smith (judge) (1740–1809), Irish judge
• Michael Babington Smith (1901–1984), British banker, sportsman, and soldier
• Mike Sharwood Smith (born 1942), linguist
• Michael John Smith (espionage) (born 1948), British Cold War spy
• Michael A. Smith (philosopher) (born 1954), philosopher at Princeton University
• Michael S. Smith (interior designer) (born 1964), American interior designer
• Michael Acton Smith (born 1974), CEO of Mind Candy
• Michael S. Smith II, counter-terrorism advisor to members of the United States Congress
• Michael J. Smith, U.S. army sergeant, dog handler convicted for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison
• Michael Smith (police officer), police sergeant killed during the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
• Michael Smith (aviator) (born 1968), Australian aviator
• Michael Smith (natural gas industry), founder, chairman, and CEO of Freeport LNG
• Michael Daniel Smith (1991–1994), three-year-old boy murdered by his mother Susan Smith
• Michael Dewayne Smith (1982–2024), convicted murderer executed in Oklahoma
• Michael Holroyd Smith (1847–1932), British pioneer of electrical and motor car engineering

See also

• Michael Smyth (disambiguation)
• Mickey Smith (disambiguation)