James Smith
James Smith is believed to be the most common name in the United States.[1] Specifically, it may refer to:
Sports figures
- 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 1848) (1848–?), played in first official international football match
- James Smith (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), footballer
- James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
- 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 Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer
- James R. Smith (born 1959), American water polo player and coach
- James Stephen Smith (born 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
- James Smith (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer
- James Smith (cricketer, born 1988), Australian cricketer
- James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer
- James Smith (sailor) (1909–1982), American sailor and Olympic champion
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–?), 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 Floyd Smith (1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
- James Robert Smith (aviator) (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) (1737–1812/14), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
Entertainers
- James Smith (singer), British singer and member of Hadouken!
- James Dallas Smith (born 1974), Canadian actor and musician
- James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P.J. Proby
- James Prince (James Andre Smith), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records
- LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper
- James Smith (actor), English actor
- James Smith (born 1982), American guitarist for the band Underoath
- James Smith (born 1982), English drummer for the band Season's End
Scientists and academics
- James Smith (anaesthetist) (1917-1986), Scottish anaesthetist
- James Smith (educator), Scottish principal of Edinburgh University, 1732–1736
- James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic
- James Edward Smith (1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
- James George Smith (1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
- James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-born Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College
- James Monroe Smith (1888–1949), President of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939
- J.L.B. Smith (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897–1968), South African ichthyologist
Politicians, judges, and civil servants
- James Smith (fl.1597), Member of Parliament for Arundel and Midhurst
- James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan
- James Smith (1806–68), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
- James Smith (Canadian politician), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976
- James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
- James Smith (delegate) (1719–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- James Smith (New South Wales politician) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- James Smith, Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington.
- James A. Smith (politician) (1911–1993), Canadian Member of Parliament
- James C. Smith (born 1941), former Florida Attorney General
- James D. Smith (Bahamas), Chief Justice of the Bahamas, 1978–1980
- James E. Smith (politician), Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, 1973–1976
- James E. Smith, Jr., member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- James Edward Smith (Toronto) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto
- James Francis Smith (1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909
- James Francis Smith (politician) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician
- James H. Smith, Jr. (1909–1982), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956
- James Joynton Smith (1858–1943), Australian politician
- James M. Smith (died 1898), New York City politician and judge
- James MacCallum Smith (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
- James Masterton-Smith (1878–1938), British civil servant
- James Parker Smith (1854–1929), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906
- James Peyton Smith (1925–2006), Louisiana politician
- James Sinclair Smith (1816–?), Scottish-born Canadian politician
- James Skivring Smith (1825–1884?), U.S.-born Vice President, 1870–1872, and interim President, 1871–1872, of Liberia
- James Smith (Kansas politician), (born c. 1836), Kansas Secretary of State
- James Strudwick Smith (1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- James T. Smith, Jr. (born 1942), American, County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
- James Thorneloe Smith (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
- James Vernon Smith (1926–1973), US Representative from Oklahoma
- James Vinton Smith (1897–1952), Australian politician
- James W. Smith, Jr., American, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- James Y. Smith (1809–1876), American, former Governor of Rhode Island
Religious scholars and leaders
- James Smith (priest) (died 1667), Archdeacon of Barnstaple
- James Smith (Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District) (1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
- James Elishama Smith (1801–1857), British journalist and religious writer
- James Smith (archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh) (1841–1928), Roman Catholic archbishop in Scotland
- James E. Smith (Bible scholar)
- James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of Radical Orthodoxy
Other
- James Smith, character in 8 Mile (film)
- James Smith (writer) (1775–1839), British humorist
- James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
- James Smith (architect) (c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect
- James Smith (inventor) (1789–1850), British
- James Smith (journalist) (1820–1910), Australian journalist
- James Smith (miner) (1827–1897), Australian miner
- James Smith (murderer) (1936–1962), English murderer
- James Smith (pioneer) (1737-1812), American colonel and writer of a captivity narrative
- James Allan Smith (1841–1918), fifth Dean of St David's
- James B. Smith (born 1952), United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- James E. Smith (engineer), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- James J. Smith, American law enforcement officer
- James Kellum Smith (1893–1961), American architect
- James Lawrence Smith (died 1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
- James McCune Smith (1813–1865), American physician & activist
- James Milton Smith (1823–1890), American soldier & politician
- James Robert Smith (author) (born 1957), American author
- James Thorne Smith (1892–1934), American author
- James W. Smith, horse trainer
- James Smith (1587-1667) Alderman of the City of London
See also
- Epitaph for James Smith, a 1785 satirical Scots epitaph written by poet Robert Burns
- Jim Smith (disambiguation)
- Jimmy Smith (disambiguation)
- Jamie Smith (disambiguation)
- James Smyth (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Flowers, Andrew (24 November 2014). "More Evidence James Smith Is The Most Common Name In The U.S.". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 21 December 2014.