James Smith

James Smith is believed to be the most common name in the United States. Specifically, it may refer to:

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 1848) (1848–?), played in first official international football match
• James Smith (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), 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 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 Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer
• James R. Smith (born 1959), American water polo player and coach
• James Stephen Smith (born 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
• James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
• James Smith (Australian cricketer) (born 1988), Australian cricketer
• James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer
• James Smith (sailor) (1909–1982), American sailor and Olympic champion
• James Smith (sport shooter) (born 1931), American Olympic shooter

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–?), 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 Floyd Smith (1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
• James Robert Smith (aviator) (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) (1737–1812/14), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America

Entertainers

• James Smith, British singer and member of Hadouken!
• James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P.J. Proby
• James Prince (James Andre Smith), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records
• LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper
• James Smith (actor), English actor
• James Smith (born 1982), American guitarist for the band Underoath
• James Smith (born 1982), English drummer for the band Season's End
• James Smith (born 1999), Finalist in Britain's Got Talent (series 8)

Scientists and academics

• James Smith (anaesthetist) (1917–1986), Scottish anaesthetist
• James Smith (educator), Scottish principal of Edinburgh University, 1732–1736
• James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic
• [(Janes Smith )]Victorian Microscope maker
• James Edward Smith (1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
• James George Smith (1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
• James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-born Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College
• James Monroe Smith (1888–1949), President of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939
• J.L.B. Smith (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897–1968), South African ichthyologist

Politicians, judges, and civil servants

• James Smith (fl.1597), Member of Parliament for Arundel and Midhurst
• James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan
• James Smith (1806–68), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
• James Smith (Canadian politician), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976
• James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
• James Smith (delegate) (1719–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
• James Smith (New Mexico politician), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• James Smith (New South Wales politician) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• James Smith, Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
• James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington.
• James A. Smith (politician) (1911–1993), Canadian Member of Parliament
• James C. Smith (born 1941), former Florida Attorney General
• James D. Smith (Bahamas), Chief Justice of the Bahamas, 1978–1980
• James E. Smith (politician), Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, 1973–1976
• James E. Smith, Jr., member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• James Edward Smith (Toronto) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto
• James Francis Smith (1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909
• James Francis Smith (politician) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician
• James H. Smith, Jr. (1909–1982), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956
• James Joynton Smith (1858–1943), Australian politician
• James M. Smith (died 1898), New York City politician and judge
• James MacCallum Smith (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
• James Masterton-Smith (1878–1938), British civil servant
• James Parker Smith (1854–1929), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906
• James Peyton Smith (1925–2006), Louisiana politician
• James Sinclair Smith (1816–?), Scottish-born Canadian politician
• James Skivring Smith (1825–1884?), U.S.-born Vice President, 1870–1872, and interim President, 1871–1872, of Liberia
• James Smith (Kansas politician), (born c. 1836), Kansas Secretary of State
• James Strudwick Smith (1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• James T. Smith, Jr. (born 1942), American, County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
• James Thorneloe Smith (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
• James Vernon Smith (1926–1973), US Representative from Oklahoma
• James Vinton Smith (1897–1952), Australian politician
• James W. Smith, Jr., American, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
• James Y. Smith (1809–1876), American, former Governor of Rhode Island

Religious scholars and leaders

• James Smith (priest) (died 1667), Archdeacon of Barnstaple
• James Smith (Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District) (1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
• 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 (Bible scholar)
• James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of Radical Orthodoxy

Other

• James Smith, character in 8 Mile (film)
• James Smith (writer) (1775–1839), British humorist
• James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
• James Smith (architect) (c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect
• James Smith (inventor) (1789–1850), British
• James Smith (journalist) (1820–1910), Australian journalist
• James Smith (miner) (1827–1897), Australian miner
• James Smith (murderer) (1936–1962), English murderer
• James Smith (pioneer) (1737–1812), American colonel and writer of a captivity narrative
• James Allan Smith (1841–1918), fifth Dean of St David's
• James B. Smith (born 1952), United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
• James E. Smith (engineer), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• James J. Smith, American law enforcement officer
• James Kellum Smith (1893–1961), American architect
• James Lawrence Smith (died 1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
• 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, horse trainer
• James Smith (1587–1667) Alderman of the City of London

See also

• Epitaph for James Smith, a 1785 satirical Scots epitaph written by poet Robert Burns
• Jim Smith (disambiguation)
• Jimmy Smith (disambiguation)
• Jamie Smith (disambiguation)
• James Smyth (disambiguation)