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John Smith may refer to:
- John Smith, a common placeholder name and assumed name, sometimes comical
Explorer
- John Smith (explorer) (1580–1631), helped found the Virginia Colony and became Colonial Governor of Virginia
Academics
- John Smith (anatomist and chemist) (1721–1797), professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Oxford, 1766–97
- John Blair Smith (1764–1799), president of Union College, New York
- John Smith (Cambridge, 1766), vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1766 until 1767
- John Smith (astronomer) (1711–1795), Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Master of Caius
- John Smith (lexicographer) (died 1809), professor of languages at Dartmouth College
- John Augustine Smith (1782–1865), president of the College of William and Mary, 1814–1826
- John Smith (botanist) (1798–1888), curator of Kew Gardens
- John Smith (physician) (c.1800–1879), Scottish physician specialising in treating the insane
- John Alexander Smith (physician) (1818–1883), Scottish physician, antiquarian, archaeologist and ornithologist
- J. Lawrence Smith (1818–1883), American doctor and chemist
- John Smith (dentist) (1825–1910), founder of Edinburgh's School of Dentistry
- John Campbell Smith (1828–1914), Scottish writer, advocate and Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire
- John Donnell Smith (1829–1928), biologist and taxonomist
- John McGarvie Smith (1844–1918), Australian metallurgist and bacteriologist
- John Alexander Smith (1863–1939), British Idealist philosopher
- John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), geneticist
- John Cyril Smith (1922–2003), leading authority on English criminal law
- John Derek Smith (1924–2003), Cambridge molecular biologist
- John Smith (sociologist) (1927–2002), English sociologist
- John D. Smith (born 1946), indologist at the University of Cambridge
- John H. Smith (mathematician), Boston College educator (retired 2005)
Arts
- John Smith (engraver) (1652–1742), English mezzotint engraver
- John Smith (English poet) (1662–1717), English poet and playwright
- John Christopher Smith (1712–1795), English composer
- John Warwick Smith (1749–1831), British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator
- John Stafford Smith (1750–1836), composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- John Raphael Smith (1751–1812), English mezzotint engraver and painter
- John Thomas Smith (engraver) (1766–1833), draughtsman, engraver and antiquarian
- John Smith (clockmaker) (1770–1816), Scottish clockmaker
- John Rubens Smith (1775–1849), London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States
- John Smith (architect) (1781–1852), Scottish architect
- John Smith (art historian) (1781–1855), British art dealer
- John Orrin Smith (1799–1843), English wood engraver
- John Frederick Smith (1806–1890), English novelist
- John Rowson Smith (1810–1864), American panorama painter
- John G. Smith (poet) (died 1891), Scottish poet
- John Moyr Smith (1839–1912), British artist and designer
- John Berryman (1914–1972), originally John Allyn Smith, American poet
- John Smith (Canadian poet) (born 1927), Canadian poet
- John Smith (actor) (1931–1995), American actor
- John N. Smith (born 1943), Canadian film director and screenwriter
- John Templeton Smith (born 1943), British-born American thriller novelist
- John Smith (English filmmaker) (born 1952), avant-garde filmmaker
- John Warner Smith (born 1952), American poet and educator
- John F. Smith, American soap opera writer and producer
- John Smith (comics writer) (born 1967), British comics writer
- John Smith (musician), English contemporary folk musician and recording artist
- John F. Smith (musician), (born 1950) British musician and trade unionist
Military
- John Smith (banneret) (1616–1644), Englishman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War
- John Smith (British Army officer, born 1754) (1754–1837), soldier in the American Revolutionary War
- John Smith (naval officer) (1780–1815), United States Navy officer, who served during the First Barbary War and later in the War of 1812
- John Mark Frederick Smith (1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
- John Smith (sergeant) (1814–1864), soldier in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
- John E. Smith (1816–1897), Swiss emigrant, Union general during the Civil War
- 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) (1826–1907), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1831) (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1854) (1854–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Manners Smith (1864–1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Smith (flying ace) (1914–1972), United States Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
Politicians
Australia
- John Smith (Victoria politician) (John Thomas Smith, 1816–1879), Mayor of Melbourne
- John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1811) (1811–1895), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- 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 (1841–1882), pastoralist and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Wellington)
- John Gordon Smith (politician) (1863–1921), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
- John Henry Smith (politician) (1881–1953), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
Canada
- John David Smith (1786–1849), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
- John Smith, 1800s Cree Chief and Treaty Six signatory; founder of the Muskoday First Nation in Saskatchewan
- John Shuter Smith (c. 1813–1871), lawyer and political figure in Canada West
- John Smith (Kent MPP), member of the 1st Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1867–1871
- John Smith (Manitoba politician) (1817–1889), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba
- John Smith (Peel MPP) (1831–1909), Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure
- John Smith (Ontario MP) (1894–1977), member of Canadian House of Commons, Lincoln electoral district
- John Eachern Smith (1901–1967), Canadian politician and newspaper editor
- John James Smith (1912–1987), member of Canadian House of Commons, Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan electoral district
- John Donald Smith (1919–1997), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- John Roxborough Smith (born 1938), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
United Kingdom
- John Smith (High Sheriff of Kent) (1557–1608), MP for Aylesbury and Hythe
- John Smith (antiquarian, born 1567) (1567–1640), English genealogical antiquary and politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1621–1622
- John Smith (Cavalier, born 1608) (1608–1657), English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644
- John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) (1655/56–1723), English Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705–1708
- John Smith (judge) (1657–1726), Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland until 1702, then Baron of the Exchequer
- John Smith (Bath MP) (1727–1775), MP for Bath
- John Smith (Deputy Governor of Anguilla) (died 1776), Deputy Governor of Anguilla
- John Smith (Wendover MP) (1767–1842), member of Parliament for Wendover
- John Hilary Smith (born 1928), colonial governor and administrator
- John Spencer Smith (1769–1845), British diplomat, politician and writer
- John Benjamin Smith (1796–1879), British Liberal MP for Stirling Burghs 1847–1852 and Stockport 1852–1874
- John Abel Smith (1802–1871), British Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst
- John Smith (Conservative politician) (1923–2007), MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, founded the Landmark Trust
- John Smith, Baron Kirkhill (born 1930), life peer in the House of Lords
- John Smith (Labour Party leader) (1938–1994), leader of the British Labour Party
- John Smith (Welsh politician) (born 1951), Welsh politician and Labour Party member of Parliament
United States
- J. Clay Smith Jr. (1942–2018), American lawyer and educator
- J. Gregory Smith (1818–1891), 28th Governor of Vermont
- J. H. Smith (mayor) (1858–1956), mayor of Everett, Washington and co-founder of Anchorage, Alaska
- J. Hyatt Smith (1824–1886), United States representative from New York's 3rd Congressional District
- J. Joseph Smith (1904–1980), United States representative from Connecticut and Federal judge
- John Smith (President of Rhode Island) (died 1663), colonial president (governor) of Rhode Island
- John Smith (New York politician, born 1752) (1752–1816), United States senator from New York
- John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824) (c. 1735–1824), United States senator from Ohio
- John Smith (Vermont) (1789–1858), United States representative from Vermont's 4th Congressional District
- John Smith (Virginia burgess) (1620–63), Virginia colonial politician
- John Smith (Virginia representative) (1750–1836), United States representative from Virginia's 3rd Congressional District
- John Smith (Washington politician) (born 1973), American politician of the Republican Party
- John Ambler Smith (1847–1892), United States representative from Virginia
- John Armstrong Smith (1814–1892), United States representative from Ohio
- John Arthur Smith (born 1942), Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate
- John B. Smith (Washington politician) (1837–1917), Canadian-born American politician in the state of Washington
- John B. Smith (Wisconsin politician) (1811–1879), Wisconsin politician
- John Butler Smith (1838–1914), 52nd Governor of New Hampshire
- John C. Smith (politician) (1832–1910), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- John Cotton Smith (1765–1845), eighth Governor of Connecticut
- John Derby Smith (1812–1884), minister, physician, and Massachusetts state legislator
- John E. Smith (New York) (1843–1907), New York politician
- John Hugh Smith (1819–1870), three-time mayor of Nashville, Tennessee between 1845 and 1865
- John Lee Smith (1894–1963), Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- John Lyman Smith (1828–1898), member of the 2nd Utah Territorial Legislature
- John M. Smith (politician, born 1872) (1872–1947), American businessman and politician
- John M. C. Smith (1853–1923), United States representative from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District
- John Montgomery Smith (1834–1903), Wisconsin politician
- John Peter Smith (1848–?), mayor of Missoula, Montana
- John Quincy Smith (1824–1901), United States representative from Ohio's 3rd Congressional District
- John R. Smith (agriculture commissioner) (fl. 1898–1899), North Carolina politician
- John R. Smith (politician, born 1945), Louisiana state senator
- John Robert Smith, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
- John Speed Smith (1792–1854), United States representative from Kentucky
- John T. Smith (congressman) (1801–1864), United States representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, 1843–1845
- John W. Smith (Detroit mayor) (1882–1942), politician from Detroit
- John Walter Smith (1845–1925), 44th Governor of Maryland
- John William Smith (politician) (1792–1845), Texas political figure and mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- John Y. T. Smith (1831–1903), three time member of Arizona Territorial Legislature
Other countries
- John Hope Smith (c. 1787–1831), Governor of colonial Ghana, 1817–22
- J. Valentine Smith (1824–1895), New Zealand politician with the full name John Valentine Smith
Religion
- John Smith (Bishop of Llandaff) (died 1479), Welsh bishop
- John Smith (Platonist) (1618–1652), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists
- John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry) (died 1680), Irish Anglican priest
- John Smith (Unitarian) (fl. 1648–1727), Unitarian writer
- John Smith (priest, born 1659) (1659–1715), English editor of Bede
- 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) (1784–1868), early Restoration Movement leader
- John Smith (missionary) (1790–1824), English missionary in Demerara
- John Smith (Anglican priest) (1799–1870), first person to transcribe the Diary of Samuel Pepys
- John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith) (1832–1911), Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- John Henry Smith (1848–1911), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- John Taylor Smith (1860–1938), Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
- John Smith (Archdeacon of Wiltshire) (1933–2000), Anglican priest
- John M. Smith (bishop) (1935–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop
- John H. Smith (bishop) (1939–2012), American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, 1989–1999
- John Smith (God's Squad) (died 2019), Australian founder of the God's Squad motorcycle club
Sports
Cricket
- John Smith (Sheffield cricketer), English cricketer
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1833) (1833–1909), Lancashire and Yorkshire cricketer
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1834) (1834–?), Nottinghamshire and All-England Eleven cricketer
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1835) (1835–1889), English cricketer
- John Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) (1841–1898), English cricketer, played for Derbyshire
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1843) (1843–1873), English cricketer, played for Cambridgeshire 1863–72
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–1959), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1921
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–1991), English cricketer, played for Leicestershire 1950–1955
- John Smith (cricketer, born 1936) (born 1936), Australian cricketer
- John Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer also known as Campbell Smith
Association football
- John Smith (footballer, born 1855) (1855–1934), Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s
- John Smith (footballer, born 1865) (1865–1911), Scottish footballer who played as a striker
- John Smith (footballer, born 1898) (1898–?), Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Middlesbrough, Scotland)
- John Smith (footballer, born 1901), English footballer for Bradford City and Blackburn Rovers
- John Smith (footballer, born 1921) (1921–?), English footballer
- John Smith (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2000), English footballer (Liverpool)
- John Smith (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1988), West Ham United
- John Smith (footballer, born 1944), Welsh footballer (Wrexham)
- John Smith (footballer, born 1970), football full back (Tranmere Rovers)
- John Smith (footballer, born 1971), retired English football striker
- John Smith (1930s footballer), footballer of the 1930s for (Gillingham)
- John Wilson Smith (1920–1995), chairman of Liverpool (1973–90)
- John Smith (inside-left), English footballer 1932–33
- Ted Smith (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1989), English football player and manager (birth name John Edward Smith)
Baseball
- John Smith (baseball player, born 1906) (1906–1982), first baseman in 1931
- John Smith (baseball player, born 1858) (1858–1899), first baseman in 1882
- John Smith (shortstop), shortstop, 1873–75
- John G. Smith (coach) (1924–1998), American college baseball, football and basketball coach
- John Francis Smith or Gammon (1864–1952), American baseball pitcher and manager, known as "Phenomenal"
Basketball
- John Smith (basketball, born 1944), former American basketball player known for his American Basketball Association career
- John Smith (basketball, born 1984), former American basketball player best known for his college career at Winona State University
Rugby
- John Smith (rugby league), New Zealand international
- John Sidney Smith (rugby union) (1860–?), Wales rugby union international
- Johnny Smith (rugby union) (1922–1974), New Zealand rugby player, baker, soldier, and sportsman
American football
- John "Clipper" Smith (1904–1973), American football player and coach
- John L. Smith (born 1948), American college football coach
- John Smith (American football) (born 1949), former New England Patriots kicker
- J. T. Smith (American football) (John Thomas Smith, born 1955), former professional American football player
- John Smith (running back) (born 1954), former American football running back
- JuJu Smith-Schuster (John Smith-Schuster, born 1996), American football wide receiver
Other sports
- John Smith (sprinter) (born 1950), former American sprint athlete and now coach
- John Smith (Australian footballer) (born 1933), footballer for St Kilda
- John Smith (Canadian rower) (1899–1973), Canadian rower at the 1924 Olympics
- John Smith (South African rower) (born 1990), South African rower at the 2012 Olympics
- John Smith (wrestler) (born 1965), American wrestler, two-time Olympic gold medalist
- J.T. Smith (wrestler) (born 1967), American professional wrestler
Criminals
- John Smith (housebreaker) (1661–after 1727), London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia
- John Smith (murderer) (born 1951), American convicted murderer who killed his first and second wives
- John Eldon Smith (1930–1983), convicted of the murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins
Businessmen
- John Smith (brewer) (1824–1879), Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire, UK
- John F. Smith Jr. (born 1938), former chairman and chief executive officer, General Motors
- John J. Smith (1820–1906), African American abolitionist, Underground Railroad contributor and politician
- John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive) (1889–1950), German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical executive and Major League Baseball team owner
- John Smith (executive) (born 1957), former chief executive officer, BBC Worldwide Ltd
- John Russell Smith (1810–1894), English bookseller and bibliographer
Others
- John Smith (Chippewa Indian) (died 1922), reputed to have died at the age of 137
- John Smith (died 1835) (1795–1835), one of the last two Englishmen who were hanged for sodomy in 1835
- Sir John Smith (police officer) (born 1938), British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1991–1995
- Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet (1744–1807), baronet
- John Brown Smith (1837–?), American author, shorthand developer, utopianist, tax resister
- John Chabot Smith (1915–2002), American journalist and author
- John Chaloner Smith (1827–1895), Irish civil engineer and writer on mezzotints
- John Douglas Smith (born 1966), sound editor
- John Baptist Smith (1843–1923), invented and helped build a lantern system of naval signaling
- John K. Smith (died 1845), founder of SmithKline as in GlaxoSmithKline, the leading pharmaceutical business
- John Kilby Smith (1752–1842), public servant from New England
- John Sidney Smith (1804–1871), legal writer
- John Gordon Smith (surgeon) (1792–1833), Scottish surgeon and professor of medical jurisprudence
- John Kelday Smith (1834–1889), Scottish bellhanger and songwriter
- John Pye-Smith (1774–1851), Congregational theologian and tutor
- John Smalman Smith, (1847-1914) British judge in the Colony of Lagos
- John William Smith (legal writer) (1809–1845), English barrister and legal writer
- John Henry Smith (reporter), American sports journalist
- John Lewis Smith Jr. (1912–1992), United States federal judge
- J. E. Smith (born c. 1862-1863- died 1912), English trade union leader
Characters
- Ranger Smith (John Francis Smith), a park ranger in Yogi Bear cartoons
- J. Wesley Smith, a character in cartoons of Burr Shafer (1899–1965)
- John Smith (Kyon), Kyon's alias in the novels and animations of the Haruhi Suzumiya series
- John "Hannibal" Smith, a character in The A-Team
- John Smith, the human identity of 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
- John Smith, the protagonist played by Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing (1996 film)
- John Smith, the protagonist played by Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- John Smith (Doctor Who), an alias of the Doctor in Doctor Who media.
- John Smith (Jericho), a character in the TV series Jericho
- 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, not appearing in the novel of the same name.
- John Smith, the main villain played by Zachary Quinto, in the movie Hitman: Agent 47
- Johnny Smith (Dead Zone), main character Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone and its subsequent adaptations
See also
- Joe Bloggs
- John Doe
- Sir John Smith (disambiguation)
- John Smyth (disambiguation)
- John Smythe (disambiguation)
- Johnny Smith (disambiguation)
- Jack Smith (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Smith (disambiguation)
- Jan Smit (disambiguation)
- John Smit (born 1978), South African rugby player
- Juan Smith (born 1981), South African rugby player
- John Smith's Brewery, a brewery founded in 1758 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England
- John Smith & Son, Glasgow-based bookseller
- Ode to J. Smith, the Travis album written about John Smith, the unknown everyday man
- Johann Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Smith of Derby Group, group of clockmaking companies including John Smith & Sons
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