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Francis Smith

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ1441730 ↗
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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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