James Smith

James Smith may refer to:

People

Sports figures

J. D. Smith (fullback, born 1936), American football player

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 1844) (1844–1876), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match

James Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), Scottish footballer

James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City

Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2022), English footballer for Chelsea and Leyton Orient

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 Aikman Smith (1859–1931), Scottish rugby union player and referee

James Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer

James R. Smith (1904–1986), American water polo player and coach

Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player

James W. Smith (horse trainer) (1908–1969), American horse trainer

James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer

James Smith (New South Wales cricketer) (1880–1958), Australian cricketer

James Smith (South Australia cricketer) (born 1988), Australian cricketer

James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer

James Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (1891–1971), New Zealand cricketer

James Smith (sport shooter) (1931–2021), American Olympic shooter

Jimmy Snuka (James Wiley Smith, 1943–2017), Fijian wrestler

James Smith (Gaelic footballer) (born 1999), Irish Gaelic footballer

James Smith (runner) (born 1913), American middle-distance runner, 1500 m runner-up at the 1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

James Smith (American football) (born 2005), American football player

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) (1880–1944), 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 C. Smith (general) (1923–2016), U.S. Army general

James Dunlop Smith (1858–1921), British official in the Indian Army

James E. Smith (general) (born 1973), U.S. Space Force general

James Floyd Smith (1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin

James Robert Smith (RAF officer) (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) (1737–1813), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America

James Webber Smith (1778–1853), British Royal Artillery officer

James Webster Smith (1850–1876), first black cadet at West Point

Entertainers

James Prince (James Andre Smith, born 1965), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records

James Smith, American guitarist for the band Underoath

James Smith, British singer and member of Hadouken!

James Smith, British singer and member Yard Act

James Smith (born 1999), finalist in Britain's Got Talent

James Smith (actor) (born 1948), English actor

James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P. J. Proby

James Thomas Smith, British musician and member of The xx, better known as Jamie xx

LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper

Scientists and academics

James Smith (anaesthetist) (1917–1986), Scottish anaesthetist

James Smith (Scottish botanist) (1763–1848), Scottish botanist

James Smith (university principal) (1681–1736), Scottish principal of the University of Edinburgh, 1732–1736

James Ernest Smith (1881–1973), founder and first president of the National Radio Institute in Washington, D.C.

James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic

James Cuthbert Smith (born 1954), Director of Research at the Francis Crick Institute in London

James Edward Smith (botanist) (1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London

James Eric Smith (1909–1990), British zoologist

James George Smith (1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity

James Greig Smith (1854–1897), Scottish surgeon and medical author

James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-born philosopher

J. L. B. Smith (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897–1968), South African ichthyologist

James Lorrain Smith (1862–1931), Scottish pathologist

James Morton Smith (1919–2012), American historian

James Perrin Smith (1864–1931), American geologist and paleontologist

James Monroe Smith (academic administrator) (1888–1949), American educator and academic administrator in Louisiana

James M. Smith, president of Eastern Michigan University

Politicians, judges, and civil servants

United States

James Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1720–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence

James Strudwick Smith (1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina

James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan

James W. Smith Jr. (born 1943), American judge, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

James Y. Smith (1809–1876), American, governor of Rhode Island

James Monroe Smith (Georgia planter) (1839–1915), planter and state legislator in Georgia, U.S.

James M. Smith (c. 1810–1898), New York City politician and judge

James Smith Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. senator from New Jersey

James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington

James Smith (Kansas politician), Kansas secretary of state

James H. Smith Jr. (1909–1982), U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956, sailor and Olympic champion

James Horace Smith (1852–1931), mayor of Orlando

James Peyton Smith (1925–2006), Louisiana politician

James Vernon Smith (1926–1973), U.S. representative from Oklahoma

James C. Smith (politician) (born 1940), former Florida attorney general

James T. Smith Jr. (born 1942), American, county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland

James E. Smith (politician, born 1930) (1930–2020), comptroller of the currency of the United States, 1973–1976

James E. Smith (Montana politician) (born 1948)

James E. Smith Jr. (born 1967), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

James Smith (New Mexico politician), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives

James F. Smith (Michigan politician) (1923–2007), member of the Michigan House of Representatives

James L. Smith (Missouri politician) (1917-2000), member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Canada

James Smith (1806–1868), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec

James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West

James Sinclair Smith (1816–1897), Scottish-born Canadian politician

James Edward Smith (politician) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto

James A. Smith (Canadian politician) (1911–1993), Canadian member of parliament

James Smith (Yukon politician) (1919–2017), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976

James Bidwell Smith, MLA in Saskatchewan

Australia

James Smith (New South Wales politician) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

James Thorneloe Smith (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia

James Francis Smith (politician) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician

James Joynton Smith (1858–1943), Australian politician

James MacCallum Smith (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder

James Norton Smith (1846–1911), Tasmanian politician

James Vinton Smith (1897–1952), Australian politician

United Kingdom

James Smith (1587–1667), alderman of the City of London

James Masterton-Smith (1878–1938), British civil servant

James Parker Smith (1854–1929), British member of parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906

Other countries

James Francis Smith (1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909

James Skivring Smith (1825–1892), U.S.-born vice president, 1870–1872, and interim president, 1871–1872, of Liberia

James Skivring Smith Jr. (1891–1950), Liberian politician

James Alfred Smith (1913–1993), British diplomat, chief justice of the Bahamas

Religious scholars and leaders

James Smith (archdeacon of Barnstaple) (died 1667), archdeacon of Barnstaple

James Smith (archdeacon of Connor) (1800–1865), Anglican priest in Ireland

James Smith (vicar-apostolic of the Northern District) (1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic

James Smith (moderator) (1803–1897), Church of Scotland minister and moderator of the General Assembly

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 (biblical scholar) (born 1939), American biblical scholar

James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of radical orthodoxy

James Tuttle Smith (1870–1910), rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Manhattan

Other

James Smith (American physician) (1771-1841), American physician and vaccine expert

James Smith, a character in the film 8 Mile

James Smith (writer) (1775–1839), British humorist

James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789

James Smith (architect, died 1731) (c.