William Smith

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Contents 1 People 1.1 Judges 1.2 Musicians 1.3 Military people 1.4 Politicians 1.4.1 American politicians 1.5 Sports people 1.6 Religious figures 1.7 Scientists, technicians, and engineers 1.8 Poets 1.9 Other people 1.10 Fictional characters 2 Non-persons 3 See also

William Smith may refer to:

• William Smith College, in Geneva, New York

[edit] People

[edit] Judges

• William E. Smith (judge), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
• William Smith (chief justice) (1728–1793), historian, Chief Justice of the Province of New York, and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec and later Lower Canada
• William Smith (judge), father of John Smith, Doctor Thomas Smith, Joshua Hett Smith, and Chief Justice William Smith
• William Francis Smith (1904-1968), American judge

[edit] Musicians

• William Smith (composer) (1603–1645), English composer from the city of Durham
• William O. Smith, a.k.a. Bill Smith (Jazz musician), folk jazz clarinetist and Professor of Music at the University of Washington since 1966
• Willie Smith (alto saxophonist), jazz alto saxophonist
• Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (born 1936), blues drummer and singer
• Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), jazz pianist

[edit] Military people

• William Smith (Medal of Honor) (1838–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army
• William “Extra Billy” Smith (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general
• William Farrar Smith, Union Army general
• William H. Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Osborne Smith (1833–1887), first Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police
• William S. Smith (1755–1816) Revolutionary War Colonel of the Continental Army, leader of a filibuster expedition to Venezuela, first United States Marshall of New York, and United States Congressman.
• William Sooy Smith, American Civil War General
• Sir William Sidney Smith (1764–1840), usually known as Sidney Smith, British admiral
• William F. Smith, piloted the US Army Air Corps B-25 Billy Mitchell Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building
• William D. Smith, United States Navy admiral
• William W. Smith, United States Navy admiral during World War II
• William Y. Smith, United States Air Force general

[edit] Politicians

• Amor De Cosmos (1825–1897), born William Alexander Smith, Premier of British Columbia
• Bill Smith (Alberta politician) (born 1935), Canadian politician
• William Smith (abolitionist) (1756–1835), dissenter and British M.P. whose constituencies included Camelford, Sudbury, and Norwich
• William Forgan Smith (1887–1953), Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, 1932–1942
• William Laird Smith, Australian representative for Denison, 1910–1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920–1921
• William Smith (Canadian politician) (1847–1931), Canadian politician
• William Mein Smith (1799–1869), key actor in the early settlement of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.

[edit] American politicians

• William Smith (congressman), U.S.A. representative from Virginia (1821–1827)
• William Smith (Maryland) (1728–1814), U.S.A. representative from Maryland (1789–1791)
• William Smith (South Carolina representative) (1751–1837), U.S.A. representative from South Carolina (1797–1798)
• William Smith (South Carolina senator) (1762–1840), U.S.A. senator from South Carolina (1815–1830)
• William Alden Smith (1859–1932), U.S.A. representative (1895–1906) and senator (1905–1918) from Michigan
• William Alexander Smith (1828–1888), U.S.A. representative from North Carolina (1873–1874)
• William E. Smith (1824–1883), Governor of Wisconsin (1878–1882)
• William "Extra Billy" Smith (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general
• William Ephraim Smith (1829–1890), Confederate (1863–1865) and United States (1875–1881) representative from Georgia
• William French Smith (1917–1990), U.S.A. Attorney General (1981–1985)
• William Hugh Smith (1826–1899), Governor of Alabama (1868–1870)
• William Jay Smith (Tennessee politician) (1823–1913), U.S representative from Tennessee
• William Loughton Smith (1758–1812), U.S.A. representative from South Carolina (1789–1798)
• William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812–1889), U.S.A. representative from North Carolina (1859–1860)
• William Orlando Smith (1859–1932), U.S.A. representative from Pennsylvania (1903–1906)
• William Robert Smith (1863–1924), U.S.A. representative from Texas (1903–1916)
• William Russell Smith (1815–1896), U.S.A. representative from Alabama (1851–1856)
• William Stephens Smith (1755–1816), U.S.A. representative from New York (1813–1816) and son-in-law of President John Adams

[edit] Sports people

• Bill Smith (American football), (1912–?); American football wide receiver
• William Smith (footballer), English football for Stockport and Manchester United
• Bill Smith (footballer born 1897) (1897–?), English former footballer
• Bill Smith (footballer born 1906) (1906–1979), English former footballer
• Bill Smith (footballer born 1926), English former footballer
• Bill Smith (poker player)
• Bill Smith (baseball manager), National Association player-manager for the Baltimore Marylands
• Bill Smith (baseball executive), Minnesota Twins general manager
• Bill Smith (right-handed pitcher) (1861–1928), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1886
• Bill Smith (left-handed pitcher) (1933–1997), American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1958–59; 1962
• Bill Smith (outfielder) (1860-1886), American baseball outfielder for the 1884 Cleveland Blues
• Billy Smith (second baseman), American infielder in Major League Baseball, 1975-79; 1981
• Billy Smith (pitcher), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1981
• Billy Smith (footballer born 1895) (1895–1951), English former footballer
• Billy Smith (footballer born 1900) (1900–?), English former footballer
• Mysterious Billy Smith, Canadian boxer
• Billy Ray Smith, American football player
• Billy Ray Smith, Sr., American football player
• Billy Smith (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
• Billy Smith (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Wee Willie Smith, US basketball player
• William Smith (boxer) (born 1920)
• William Smith (swimmer), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games
• William Smith (field hockey) (1886–1937), British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
• William Smith (Yorkshire cricketer), first class cricketer who played 11 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1865–1897
• William Smith (Scottish cricketer)
• William H. Smith (boxer), South African boxer of the 1920s
• Willie Smith (basketball)
• Willie Smith (golfer)
• Willie Smith (pitcher), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1994
• Willie Smith (outfielder) (1939-2006), American outfielder in Major League Baseball, 1963-1971
• Willie Smith (snooker player)
• Will Smith (cricketer) (born 1982), cricketer
• William Smith (cyclist), South African Olympic cyclist
• William Smith (sport shooter), Canadian Olympic sport shooter

[edit] Religious figures

• William Smith (Anglican priest) (1728–1803), First Provost of the University of Pennsylvania
• William Angie Smith (1894–1974), Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
• William Saumarez Smith (1836–1909), 4th Anglican Bishop of Sydney (1890–1897) and 1st Archbishop of Sydney (1897–1909)
• William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), classical scholar and Dean of Chester
• William Smith (Latter Day Saints) (1811–1893), younger brother of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Jr., and a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• William Smith (dean) Dean of Chester, 1758–1787

[edit] Scientists, technicians, and engineers

• Bill Smith (Motorola engineer) (born 1929), one of the creators of Six Sigma
• William Smith (geologist) (1769–1839), British geologist credited with making the first national geological map
• William Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893)
• William Newton-Smith (born 1943), Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science
• William Ramsay Smith (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist
• William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic

[edit] Poets

• William Smith (poet) (15??–16??), English poet
• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990), New Zealand/Australian poet
• William Jay Smith (born 1918), American poet

[edit] Other people

• Will Smith, Grammy-award winning, Academy-award nominated actor.
  • William "Will" Smith, starring character of the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Will Smith (comedian) UK comedian and writer
• Willi Smith, American fashion designer
• William Smith (c. 1872–1941), Master of the SS Sauternes, English merchant seaman killed in World War II
• William Smith (actor) (born 1933)
• William Smith (mariner) (c. 1775–?), British mariner and discoverer of the South Shetland Islands
• William Smith (murderer), executed by the State of Ohio in 2004
• William Smith (shearer) (1896–1947), perhaps the most skilled sheep-shearer in the first half of the 20th century
• William Smith (South African), South African television science and mathematics teacher
• Sir William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade) (1854–1914), founder of the Boys' Brigade
• William Craig Smith (1918-1986), American art director
• William Cusac Smith, Baronet (1766–1836), baronet
• William 'Gentleman' Smith (1730–1819), actor
• William Henry Smith (businessman) (1792–1865), entrepreneur whose business was about both newsagents and book shops
• William Kennedy Smith (born 1960), physician and Kennedy family scion who was acquitted of rape in 1991
• William L. Smith (1758–1812), American lawyer and the U.S. Minister (ambassador) to Portugal
• Sir William Reardon Smith (1856–1935), British shipowner
• William Twigg-Smith, New Zealand artist
• William Wensley Smith (1887–1955), founder of W.W. Smith Insurance Ltd

[edit] Fictional characters

• Bill Smith (Red Green Show character)
• Will Smith (Home and Away), character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by Zac Drayson
• Will Smith (character), character in the American television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

[edit] Non-persons

• Billy Smith (painting), an 1898 Thomas Eakins painting depicting Philadelphia boxer Billy Smith fighting Tim Callahan.

[edit] See also

• Will Smith (disambiguation)
• William Smyth (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "William Smith"
• All pages with titles containing William Smith

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