Francis Smith
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Francis Smith may refer to:
Government and politics
Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), member of parliament (MP) for Truro and Stafford
Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 1701), English peer
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806–1876), US representative from Maine
Francis Smith (Australian politician) (1819–1909), premier of Tasmania
Frank Smith (British politician) (1854–1940), MP for Nuneaton, 1929–1931
Francis Henry Smith (1868–1936), Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand
Francis Smith (Missouri politician) (1905–1984), American politician from Missouri
Francis R. Smith (1911–1982), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
Military
Francis Smith (British Army officer) (1723–1791), British officer during the American Revolutionary War
Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890), first superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
Francis Smith (RAAF officer) (1896–1961), Australian World War I flying ace
F. Neale Smith (1930–2020), rear admiral in the United States Navy
Business
Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874), British inventor of the screw propeller
Francis Shubael Smith (1819–1887), American publisher
Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931), American borax magnate
Sports and entertainment
Frank Smith (rugby union) (Francis Bede Smith; 1886–1954), Australian rugby union player
Fran Smith Jr. (born 1952), bass guitarist for The Hooters
Francie Larrieu Smith (born 1952), American track and field athlete
Science and academia
Francis Graham-Smith (1923–2025), British astronomer
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer
Francis P. Smith (Duquesne University) (1907–1990), American Catholic priest and university president
Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), English architect
Francis Smith (explorer), captain of an exploration vessel, during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746
Others
Francis Wilford-Smith (1927–2009), British cartoonist, graphic artist, and producer and archivist of blues music
Francis Smith (priest) (fl.
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