James Smith may refer to:
People
Sports figures
- J. D. Smith (fullback, born 1936), American football player
- James Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1899âÂÂ1974), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club
- James Smith (boxer) (born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"
- James Smith (footballer, born 1844) (1844âÂÂ1876), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match
- James Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873âÂÂ?), Scottish footballer
- James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908âÂÂ1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
- Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1930) (1930âÂÂ2022), 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 (1859âÂÂ1931), Scottish rugby union player and referee
- James Crosbie Smith (1894âÂÂ1980), English cricketer
- James R. Smith (1904âÂÂ1986), 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) (1908âÂÂ1969), American horse trainer
- James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
- James Smith (New South Wales cricketer) (1880âÂÂ1958), Australian cricketer
- James Smith (South Australia cricketer) (born 1988), Australian cricketer
- James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792âÂÂ1796), English cricketer
- James Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (1891âÂÂ1971), New Zealand cricketer
- James Smith (sport shooter) (1931âÂÂ2021), American Olympic shooter
- Jimmy Snuka (James Wiley Smith, 1943âÂÂ2017), 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) (1826âÂÂ1881), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
- James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1838âÂÂ?), Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime actions
- James A. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1880âÂÂ1944), Medal of Honor recipient in the Boxer Rebellion
- James Smith (VC) (1871âÂÂ1946), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Argyle Smith (1831âÂÂ1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- James Alexander Smith (1881âÂÂ1968), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James C. Smith (general) (1923âÂÂ2016), U.S. Army general
- James Dunlop Smith (1858âÂÂ1921), British official in the Indian Army
- James E. Smith (general) (born 1973), U.S. Space Force general
- James Floyd Smith (1884âÂÂ1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
- James Robert Smith (RAF officer) (1891âÂÂ?), World War I flying ace
- James Thomas Smith (1908âÂÂ1990), U.S. Navy admiral
- James Smith (Texas general) (1792âÂÂ1855), general in the Revolutionary Army of Texas
- James Smith (frontiersman) (1737âÂÂ1813), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
- James Webber Smith (1778âÂÂ1853), British Royal Artillery officer
- James Webster Smith (1850âÂÂ1876), 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) (1917âÂÂ1986), Scottish anaesthetist
- James Smith (Scottish botanist) (1763âÂÂ1848), Scottish botanist
- James Smith (university principal) (1681âÂÂ1736), Scottish principal of the University of Edinburgh, 1732âÂÂ1736
- James Ernest Smith (1881âÂÂ1973), founder and first president of the National Radio Institute in Washington, D.C.
- James Smith of Jordanhill (1782âÂÂ1867), 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) (1759âÂÂ1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
- James Eric Smith (1909âÂÂ1990), British zoologist
- James George Smith (1819âÂÂ1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
- James Greig Smith (1854âÂÂ1897), Scottish surgeon and medical author
- James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-born philosopher
- J. L. B. Smith (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897âÂÂ1968), South African ichthyologist
- James Lorrain Smith (1862âÂÂ1931), Scottish pathologist
- James Morton Smith (1919âÂÂ2012), American historian
- James Perrin Smith (1864âÂÂ1931), American geologist and paleontologist
- James Monroe Smith (academic administrator) (1888âÂÂ1949), 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) (1720âÂÂ1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- James Strudwick Smith (1790âÂÂ1859), 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 (1809âÂÂ1876), American, governor of Rhode Island
- James Monroe Smith (Georgia planter) (1839âÂÂ1915), planter and state legislator in Georgia, U.S.
- James M. Smith (âÂÂ1898), New York City politician and judge
- James Smith Jr. (1851âÂÂ1927), 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. (1909âÂÂ1982), U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953âÂÂ1956, sailor and Olympic champion
- James Horace Smith (1852âÂÂ1931), mayor of Orlando
- James Peyton Smith (1925âÂÂ2006), Louisiana politician
- James Vernon Smith (1926âÂÂ1973), 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) (1930âÂÂ2020), comptroller of the currency of the United States, 1973âÂÂ1976
- 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) (1923âÂÂ2007), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- James L. Smith (Missouri politician) (1917-2000), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Canada
- James Smith (1806âÂÂ1868), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
- James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811âÂÂ1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
- James Sinclair Smith (1816âÂÂ1897), Scottish-born Canadian politician
- James Edward Smith (politician) (1831âÂÂ1892), mayor of Toronto
- James A. Smith (Canadian politician) (1911âÂÂ1993), Canadian member of parliament
- James Smith (Yukon politician) (1919âÂÂ2017), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966âÂÂ1976
- James Bidwell Smith, MLA in Saskatchewan
Australia
United Kingdom
Other countries
- James Francis Smith (1859âÂÂ1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906âÂÂ1909
- James Skivring Smith (1825âÂÂ1892), U.S.-born vice president, 1870âÂÂ1872, and interim president, 1871âÂÂ1872, of Liberia
- James Skivring Smith Jr. (1891âÂÂ1950), Liberian politician
- James Alfred Smith (1913âÂÂ1993), 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) (1800âÂÂ1865), Anglican priest in Ireland
- James Smith (vicar-apostolic of the Northern District) (1645âÂÂ1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
- James Smith (moderator) (1803âÂÂ1897), Church of Scotland minister and moderator of the General Assembly
- James Elishama Smith (1801âÂÂ1857), British journalist and religious writer
- James Allwood Smith (1806âÂÂ1882), American minister and state legislator
- James Smith (archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh) (1841âÂÂ1928), 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 (1870âÂÂ1910), 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) (1775âÂÂ1839), British humorist
- James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
- James Smith (architect, died 1731) (c. 1645âÂÂ1731), Scottish architect
- James Smith (Glasgow architect) (1808âÂÂ1863), Scottish architect and father of Madeleine Smith
- James Smith (inventor) (1789âÂÂ1850), British
- James Smith (journalist) (1820âÂÂ1910), Australian journalist
- James Smith (miner) (1827âÂÂ1897), Australian miner
- James Smith (draper) (1765âÂÂ1823), close friend of Robert Burns
- James Smith (murderer) (1936âÂÂ1962), English murderer
- James Smith (sculptor) (1775âÂÂ1815), English sculptor
- James Allan Smith (1841âÂÂ1918), dean of St David's
- James B. Smith (born 1952), dean of engineering, technology, and aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- James Burrell Smith (1822âÂÂ1897), English watercolour and landscape artist
- James Carmichael Smith (postmaster) (1852 â after 1914), postmaster in the Bahamas and Sierra Leone
- James Cooray Smith (born 1978), British writer, critic and columnist
- James E. Smith (engineer) (born 1950), computer engineer and professor at the University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison
- James Edward Smith (murderer) (1952âÂÂ1990), American murderer executed in Texas
- James J. Smith (FBI agent), American FBI agent
- James Kellum Smith (1893âÂÂ1961), American architect
- James Lawrence Smith (1889âÂÂ1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
- James Lindsay Smith (âÂÂ), American slave narrative author and minister
- James Martin Smith (1892âÂÂ1970), American civic, business, and religious leader in Arizona
- James McCune Smith (1813âÂÂ1865), American physician & activist
- James Milton Smith (1823âÂÂ1890), American soldier & politician
- James Robert Smith (author) (born 1957), American author
- James Thorne Smith (1892âÂÂ1934), American author
- James W. Smith (trade unionist) (1838–1903), American labor unionist
- James John Smith (1892âÂÂ1983), Irish applied mathematician and electrical engineer
- James Charles Smith, engineer
- James Cowan Smith (1843âÂÂ1919), British civil engineer and philanthropist
- James Reuel Smith (1852âÂÂ1935), American photographer and amateur historian
- James Smith (fitness influencer) (born 1989), England-born personal trainer and social media influencer
- James Smith, film editor, see James and Rose Smith
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