John Smith
John Smith is commonly regarded as the most common personal name in
England and in some other
English-speaking countries. For this reason there are a number of famous people of that name including:
- John Smith of Jamestown an American colonial pioneer
- John Smith (American football player), a former placekicker with the New England Patriots
- John Smith (brewer), founder of the Tadcaster brewery in North Yorkshire
- John Smith (dentist), founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
- John Smith (missionary), English missionary in the West Indies
- John Smith (Ohio Senator), U.S. Senator from Ohio
- John Smith (UK politician) at one time, leader of the UK Labour Party
- John Smith (Welsh politician), a Welsh MP for the Labour Party
- John Smith (BBC), the Director of Finance, Property and Business Affairs of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
- John Armstrong Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio
- John B. Smith, former Governor of New Hampshire
- John Bayard Smith, signer of the American Articles of Confederation from Pennsylvania
- John Christopher Smith, 18th century composer
- John Cotton Smith, former Governor of Connecticut
- John Cyril Smith, leading authority on English Criminal Law
- John Gordon Smith, one of the founders of the first distillery in Scotland
- John Maynard Smith a geneticist (note his surname is Maynard Smith, not Smith.)
- John Orrin Smith, 19th century woodcutter
- John Quincy Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio
- John Speed Smith, former Representative from Kentucky to the United States Congress
- John Stafford Smith, composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- John T. Smith, former Representative from Pennsylvania to the United States Congress
- John Walter Smith, former Governor of Maryland
See also
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