George Smith

George Smith may refer to:

Politics

US

• George William Smith (politician) (1762–1811), governor of Virginia
• George Smith (Pennsylvania), Republican US representative from Pennsylvania, 1809–1812
• George Baldwin Smith (1823–1879), Attorney General of Wisconsin, Wisconsin assemblyman, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• George Luke Smith (1837–1884), US Representative from Louisiana
• George A. Smith (Los Angeles) (1844–1916), member of Los Angeles City Council
• George Washington Smith (congressman) (1846–1907), US Representative from Illinois
• George Edwin Smith (1849–1919), American House of Representatives member of Massachusetts and Senator of Massachusetts
• George J. Smith (1859–1913), US Representative from New York
• George Weissinger Smith (1864–1931), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1917–1921
• George Ross Smith (1864–1952), Republican US representative from Minnesota, 1913–1917
• George Otis Smith (1871–1944), director of United States Geological Survey, 1st chairman of Federal Power Commission
• George M. Smith (1912–1962), lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
• George T. Smith (1916–2010), American Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia
• George Curtis Smith (born 1935), United States federal judge
• George Bundy Smith (1937-2017), New York State Supreme Court Justice
• George Edward Smith (born 1940), mayor of Frederick, Maryland, 1901–1910

Canada

• George Smith (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1850), Nova Scotian representative
• George Byron Smith (1839–after 1894), Ontario representative and businessman
• George Smith (Ontario politician) (1852–1930), Scottish-born Ontario representative
• George Wilbert Smith (1855–1931), Alberta Member of the Legislative Assembly
• George Robert Smith (Canadian politician) (1860–1922), Canadian politician
• George P. Smith (1873–?), politician and Minister of the Crown from Alberta, Canada
• George Isaac Smith (1909–1982), premier of Nova Scotia

UK

• George Smith (MP for Exeter) (died 1619), English MP for Exeter, 1604
• George Smith (died 1658), English lawyer and politician
• George Smith (1765–1836), British MP representing Midhurst
• George Robert Smith (MP) (1793–1869), English MP for Midhurst 1831–2 and Wycombe 1838–41
• George Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (1917–1972), British politician

Australia

• George Paton Smith (1829–1877), Australian politician and Attorney-General of Victoria
• George Ivan Smith (1915–1995), Australian U.N. representative to the Republic of Congo
• George Warwick Smith (1916–1999), Australian public servant

New Zealand

• George John Smith (1862–1946), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Harold Smith (New Zealand politician) (1866–1936), New Zealand politician with the full name of George Harold Smith

Sports

Baseball

• Germany Smith (George Smith, 1863–1927), shortstop
• George Smith (National League pitcher) (1892–1965)
• George Smith (American League pitcher) (1901–1981)
• George Smith (second baseman) (1937–1987)
• George Smith (Negro League player) (1927–2011)

UK Association football

• George Smith (footballer, born 1868) (1868–?), player with Small Heath
• George Smith (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1908), footballer who played for several clubs, including Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers
• George Smith (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1978), footballer who played for Southampton from 1907 to 1911
• George Smith (footballer, born 1890) (1890–?), player with Ilford, Genoa, and Alessandria
• George W. Smith (footballer), Scottish-born footballer who played as a defender for Chelsea in the 1920s and 1930s
• George Smith (footballer, born May 1901) (1901–?), Scottish-born football defender who played for Notts County in the 1920s
• George Smith (footballer, born June 1901) (1901–?), football full-back who played for Walsall and Torquay United in the 1920s
• George Smith (footballer, born 1902) (1902–?), player with Gillingham, Tranmere Rovers and Coventry City
• George Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–?), English half back who played for Watford, Clapton Orient and Darlington in the 1930s
• George Smith (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1983), footballer with Brentford and Queens Park Rangers, and manager of Portsmouth
• George Smith (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2001), full-back who played for Southampton from 1938 to 1949
• George Smith (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2013), football inside forward who played for Manchester City and Chesterfield in the 1940s and 1950s
• George Smith (footballer, born 1936), football goalkeeper who played for Notts County and Hartlepool in the 1950s and 1960s
• George Smith (footballer, born 1945), player with Barrow, Middlesbrough and Swansea City
• George Smith (goalkeeper), British goalkeeper in the 1950s and 1960s, played for Stalybridge Celtic, Mossley and Altrincham, was manager of Stalybridge Celtic and Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia
• George Smith (referee) (born 1943), Scottish football referee
• George Smith (footballer, born 1910), Welsh footballer
• George Smith (English footballer), English football outside forward for Brentford
• George Smith (footballer, born 1996), English footballer

Cricket

• George Smith (cricketer, died 1761) (died 1761), London Cricket Club player who was also the "keeper" of the Artillery Ground
• George Smith (cricketer, born 1785) (1785–1838), English cricketer
• George Smith (cricketer, born 1799) (1799–1839), English cricketer
• George Smith (Australian cricketer) (1855–1897), Australian cricketer
• George Smith (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1929), first class cricketer for Yorkshire CCC
• George Smith (cricketer, born 1906) (1906–1989), English cricketer

U.S. football

• George Smith (American football) (1914–1986), American football center in the NFL
• George Smith (American football coach) (born 1948), American football coach

Other sports

• George Smith (athlete) (1876–1915), British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• George Smith (ice hockey) (1895–?), ice hockey player
• George E. Smith (gambler) (1862–1905), American gambler and Thoroughbred owner, also known as "Pittsburgh Phil"
• George William Smith (sportsman) (1874–1954), New Zealand track athlete, All Black rugby union player, also a founder of rugby league in Australasia
• George Smith (horse) (born 1913), American Thoroughbred racehorse, 1916 Kentucky Derby winner
• George Smith (swimmer) (born 1949), Canadian former swimmer
• George Smith (rugby union) (born 1980), Australian Wallabies flanker

Religion

• George Smith (Scottish clergyman) (1748–1843), minister in Galston, East Ayrshire
• George Smith (Bishop of Victoria) (1815–1871), 2nd principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong, 1849–1864
• George A. Smith (1817–1875), early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• George Smith (missionary), evangelist and missionary to China with the English Presbyterian Mission (from 1856 onward), see Hakka Bible
• George Smith (Bishop of Argyll and the Isles) (1840–1918), Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman
• George Smith (chaplain) (1845–1918), missionary, Army Chaplain in South Africa and defender of Rorke's Drift
• George Adam Smith (1856–1942), Scottish divine, author of important reference work on the historical geography of the Holy Land
• George Albert Smith (1870–1951), eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• G. Carlos Smith (1910–1987), youth and missionary leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• George Wayne Smith (born 1955), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri

Arts and letters

• George Smith (artist) (1713/14–1776), English landscape painter
• George Smith (Scottish artist) ARSA (1870-1934) painter of landscapes and horses
• George Smith (architect) (1782–1869), southeast London architect
• George Girdler Smith (1795–1878), engraver in Boston, Massachusetts
• George Smith (historian) (1800–1868), English businessman, historian, and theologian
• George Smith (Assyriologist) (1840–1876), English, first modern translator of the Epic of Gilgamesh
• George Barnett Smith (1841–1909), English author and journalist
• George Albert Smith (film pioneer) (1864–1959), early English filmmaker
• George Gregory Smith (1865–1932), Scottish literary critic
• George Washington Smith (architect) (1876–1930), American architect and painter
• George O. Smith (1911–1981), science fiction author
• George Logie-Smith (1914–2007), Australian orchestra and choral conductor
• George H. Smith (fiction author) (1922–1996), science fiction author
• George "Harmonica" Smith (1924–1983), blues harmonica musician
• George H. Smith (born 1949), American libertarian and atheist author
• George Smith (Hollyoaks), fictional character from British soap opera Hollyoaks

Business

• George Smith (publisher) (1789–1846), Scottish born publisher
• George Smith (financier) (1808–1899), Chicago financier
• George Samuel Fereday Smith (1812–1891), English industrialist
• George Murray Smith (1824–1901), British publisher
• George Sutherland Smith (1830–1903), builder, paddle-steamer captain and winemaker in Australia
• George Smith (philanthropist) (1831–1895), campaigned against the use of industrial child labour
• George Murray Smith the Younger (1859–1919), chairman of the Midland Railway
• George Albert Smith Jr. (1905–1969), professor at Harvard Business School
• George Bracewell Smith (1912–1976), London businessman and hotel owner

Science

• George Smith (mycologist) (1895–1967), British mycologist
• George E. Smith (born 1930), co-inventor of the charge-coupled device, received Nobel Prize in Physics
• George D. W. Smith (born 1943), materials scientist, co-invented the atom probe tomograph
• George Davey Smith (born 1959), British epidemiologist

Military

• George Edward Smith (born 1940), POW in Vietnam for 2 years, released in 1965
• George Hugh Smith (1827–1901), Confederate Civil War veteran and prominent Los Angeles lawyer and judge
• George Right Smith (1837–1903), Confederate soldier

Others

• George Smith (executioner) (1805–1874), English executioner also known as Throttler Smith
• George Joseph Smith (1872–1915), British "Brides in the Bath" murderer
• George Toogood Smith (1903–1955), uncle of Beatle John Lennon and husband of Mimi Smith
• George Smith (trade unionist) (1914–1978), general secretary of UCATT
• George P. Smith II (born 1939), professor of law
• George Smith (royal servant) (1960–2005), valet and footman to Charles, Prince of Wales
• George Allen Smith (1979–2005), passenger missing from the cruise ship MS Brilliance of the Seas
• Joe Coe, also known as George Smith, African-American laborer who was lynched in 1891 in Omaha, Nebraska

See also

• George Smyth (disambiguation)
• Georges (disambiguation)
• Smith (surname)
• All pages with a title containing George Smith