Joseph Smith (disambiguation)
Joseph Smith (1805–1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which gave rise to Mormonism.
Joseph Smith or Joe Smith may also refer to:
Artists
- Joseph C. Smith (1883–1965), violinist, composer and danceband leader
- Joseph Smith (dancer) (1875–1932), American dancer
- Joe Smith (musician) (1902–1937), jazz trumpeter
- Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950), American painter
- Joseph C. Smith (1934–1998), American R&B singer and author who recorded as Sonny Knight
Athletes
Footballers
- Joseph Smith (American football), American college football player and coach, head football coach at Linfield College
- Joseph Smith (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1928), English footballer with Sheffield United F.C. and Derby County F.C.
- Joe Smith (football forward, born 1889) (1889–1971), England international footballer with Bolton Wanderers F.C. and manager of Blackpool F.C.
- Joe Smith (football halfback, born 1889) (1889–1916), English footballer with Brmingham F.C. and Chesterfield F.C., killed in action during the First World War
- Joe Smith (footballer, born 1886), English footballer for Hull City, Everton and Bury
- Joe Smith (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1956), England international footballer with West Bromwich Albion F.C.
- Joe Smith (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen F.C.
- Joe Smith (gridiron football) (born 1979), Canadian pro football player
- Joe Smith (winger), English professional footballer
Other sports
- Joe Smith (athlete) American runner, 1942 Boston Marathon winner
- Joe Smith (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
- Joseph Smith (bobsleigh) (1925–1983), U.S. bobsledder
- Joe Smith (catcher) (1893–1974), American baseball catcher
- Joseph Smith (cricketer) (born 1946), Jamaican-born former English cricketer
- Joe Smith (pitcher) (born 1984), American baseball player
- Joe Smith (swimmer) (born 1933), oldest man to swim the English Channel
- Joseph M. Smith, British Olympic athlete
- Joe Troy Smith (born 1977), American basketball player
- Joe Smith (rugby union) (born 1991), South African rugby union player and powerlifter
Politicians
- Joseph A. Smith (died 2003), American politician; Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1962–1977
- Joe F. Smith (1918–2013), American Democratic Party politician from West Virginia
- Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1920–1999), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Joe L. Smith (1880–1962), American Democratic Party politician from West Virginia
- Joseph Henry Smith (born 1945), Minister for Defence of Ghana
- Joe Smith (Missouri politician) (born c. 1973), Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Joseph Crowther Smith (1818–1886), Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1865-66
- Joseph Showalter Smith (1824–1884), U.S. Representative from Oregon
- J. Joseph Smith (1904–1980), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Joseph Smith (Australian politician) (1904–1993), member of the Victorian Parliament
Religious figures
- Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1796) (1796–?), Presbyterian minister, author, and academic
- Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1736) (1736–1792), Presbyterian minister and founder of Washington & Jefferson College
- Joseph Smith, Sr. (1771–1840), father of Joseph Smith, and first Presiding Patriarch in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Joseph Smith III (1832–1914), Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918), nephew of Joseph Smith; sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972), son of Joseph F. Smith and tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Joseph Fielding Smith (presiding patriarch) (1899–1964), Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1942 to 1946
Others
- Joseph B. Smith (1826–1861), US Naval officer
- Joseph R. Smith, US Brigadier General, commander of the District of Arizona in 1864
- Joseph Lee Smith (1776–1846), American lawyer, soldier, and jurist
- Joseph Saumarez Smith (born 1971), British entrepreneur, journalist and gambling expert
- Joseph Smith (academic) (1670–1756), English churchman and Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford
- Joseph Smith (art collector) (1682–1770), British art collector and consul at Venice
- Joseph Smith (admiral) (1790–1877), American admiral during the American Civil War
- Joseph Smith (aircraft designer) (1897–1956), English aircraft designer who took over as Chief Designer for Supermarine
- Joe D. Smith, Jr. (1922–2008), publisher of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Joseph Smith (explorer), British fur trader and explorer
See also
- Joseph Smit, a Dutch zoological illustrator
- Smith family (Latter Day Saints)
- Smith (surname)
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