John Smith

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Contents 1 Politicians 2 Cultural figures 3 Academic figures 4 Sports figures 5 Religious figures 6 Miscellaneous figures 7 Fictional characters 8 See also 9 References

The name John Smith often is regarded as the archetype of a common personal name in most English-speaking countries. In the United States and the UK "John" has been one of the most common first names,^[1] and "Smith" is the most common surname in each.^[2] It is a recurrent pseudonym, placeholder name, or metasyntactic name in those countries. In this fashion it is similar to the name "John Doe" in the U.S. and "Joe Bloggs" in the UK.

This page lists notable people named John Smith, including fictional characters.

[edit] Politicians

• John Roxborough Smith, Progressive Conservative politician in Ontario, Canada
• John Smith (Ontario MP) (1894-1977), Scottish-born Canadian politician
• John Smith (Ontario MPP), English-born politician in Ontario, Canada
• John Smith (c. 1655-1723), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons
• John Smith (UK politician) (1938–1994), QC, Labour party politician, Scottish
• John Smith (Welsh politician), British Labour Party politician
• John Smith (US politician) (1789-1858), American politician
• Sir John Smith (Conservative politician) (1923–2007), British banker and Member of Parliament

[edit] Cultural figures

(listed alphabetically by key word)

• John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), artist: mezzotint engraver and painter, English
• John Smith (Laramie actor) (1931-1995), American actor ("Laramie")
• John Smith (Emergency actor), actor (Emergency!)
• John Smith (BBC executive) (born 1957), BBC director of finance, property and business affairs
• John Smith (clockmaker) (1770-1814)
• John Smith (comics), comics writer, British
• John Smith of Jamestown (1580-1631), explorer
• John Smith (filmmaker) (born 1952), filmmaker, avant-garde, London-based
• John Smith (guitarist) Folk guitar player from Devon. ( www.myspace.com/johnacousticsmith )
• John Stafford Smith (1750-1836), music: composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Reverend John Smith, a Cambridge student who discovered and transcribed Samuel Pepys' diaries.

[edit] Academic figures

• John D. Smith, indologist at the University of Cambridge
• John F. Smith (nuclear physicist), University of Paisley, 2006-present
• John Smith (mathematician), mathematician at the University of Oxford, 1766-1797
• John Smith (dentist) (1825-1910), founder of the Edinburgh school of Dentistry
• John Cyril Smith (1922-2003), leading authority on English Criminal Law
• John Lawrence Smith (1818-83), American doctor and chemist. Past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

[edit] Sports figures

(Listed alphabetically by sport)

• John L. Smith,former head football coach at Michigan State
• John Smith (baseball player)
• John Smith (footballer)
• John T. Smith, American professional wrestler
• John Smith (wrestler) (born 1965)
• John Smith (American football), former New England Patriots kicker

[edit] Religious figures

(Listed alphabetically by denomination)

• John Smith (1832-1911), Mormon, a nephew of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• John Smith (1781-1854), Mormon Presiding Patriarch and an uncle of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• John Smith (Platonist) (1618-52), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists
• John Smith (missionary) (1790-1824), English missionary in the West Indies

[edit] Miscellaneous figures

(listed alphabetically by descriptive word)

• John F. Smith, Jr. (born 1939), General Motors former Chairman and CEO
• John Smith (brewer) (died 1879), Tadcaster brewery founder in North Yorkshire
• John Smith of Jamestown (1580-1631), Jamestown colony leader
• John Smith (Medal of Honor recipient, 1880) (born 1854), United States Navy sailor
• John Smith (VC) (c. 1814-????), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient

[edit] Fictional characters

• John ("Johnny") Smith, the protagonist in Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone
• John "Hannibal" Smith, the main character in the series The A-Team
• John Smith, the name given to Brad Pitt's character in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• John Smith, an alias of the DC Comics superhero Red Tornado
• John Smith, an alias of Bruce Wayne in Batman: The Animated Series
• John Smith, the father of one of Veronica Mars' classmates in the third episode, "Meet John Smith"
• John Smith, a minor character in My-HiME
• John Smith, the leading character Kyon's alter ego in Suzumiya Haruhi (series)
• Dr. John Smith, a regular alias of The Doctor in Doctor Who
• John "Not-A-Vampire-At-All" Smith, really named Count Vargo St. Gruet von Vilinus, the President of the Ankh-Morpork Mission of the Überwald League of Temperance, appears in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Thud!.

[edit] See also

• John Smyth
• Johnny Smith
• John Maynard Smith (1920-2004), a geneticist, whose complete surname is "Maynard Smith", not "Smith"
• John Smit (born 1978), South African rugby player
• Juan Smith (born 1981), South African rugby player
• John Smith's Brewery
• List of people by name: Smith, J-M#Smith, Je-Ju

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=john
2. ^ http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=smith