James Smith
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Sports figures
- James Smith (Australian rules footballer)James Smith (Australian rules footballer)James 'Jimmy' Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1917 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
(1899–1974) - James Smith (boxer)James Smith (boxer)James "Bonecrusher" Smith is a former American boxer who was briefly WBA heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He was the first heavyweight champion with a college degree.-Early life:Smith was born in Magnolia, North Carolina...
(born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher" - James Smith (footballer born 1876)James Smith (footballer born 1876)-Playing career:Smith played for Kilmarnock before joining Burslem Port Vale in September 1894. He bagged a goal on his debut – a 4–4 home draw with Newcastle United on 6 October 1894. He was a regular for the 1894–95 season, but was released in March 1895....
, footballer - James Smith (footballer born 1985)James Smith (footballer born 1985)James Smith is an English footballer who plays for Southport as a defender. He made over 30 appearances in the Scottish Football League and The Football League.-Career:...
, English footballer playing for Southport - James Smith (Scottish footballer)James Smith (Scottish footballer)James Smith was a Scottish footballer who played for Glencairn, Glentoran, Third Lanark, Clydebank, Clyde, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, and Fulham.-Playing career:...
, Scottish footballer - James Smith (footballer born 1848)James Smith (footballer born 1848)James Smith was a Scottish footballer who played for Scotland against England in the first official international match in 1872...
, played in first official international football match - James Smith (sports media figure)James Smith (sports media figure)James E. Smith is a sports and media figure best known for his interviews with famous international boxing stars. Smith was a professional boxer for three years and has played football for University of Minnesota Tech...
(born 1959), American boxer and host of In This Corner - James Crosbie SmithJames Crosbie SmithJames Crosbie Smith was an English cricketer who played 16 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1920s....
(1894–1980), English cricketer - James R. SmithJames R. SmithJames R. Smith was an early 20th Century California water polo player and coach. He developed many of the modern rules which are used in competition today, including the use of the yellow rubberized ball adopted by FINA in 1956....
(born 1959), American water polo player and coach - James Stephen SmithJames Stephen SmithJames Stephen Smith , better known as Steve Smith, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and current assistant coach of the Edmonton Oilers. He played in the National Hockey League from 1984–85 to 2000–01...
(born 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player - James Smith (cricketer)James Smith (cricketer)James David Smith is an Australian cricketer. He is a right hand bat and a right arm off spinner.Smith was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia and plays for the Australia U19s and South Australia. His shirt number is 19....
(born 1988), Australian cricketer - James Smith (cricketer, born 1977)James Smith (cricketer, born 1977)James Douglas Smith is a former English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire....
, former English cricketer - James Smith (Kent cricketer)James Smith (Kent cricketer)James Smith was an English professional cricketer who made 8 known appearances in major cricketmatches from 1792 to 1796.-Career:...
, English professional cricketer - James Smith (sailor)James Smith (sailor)James Smith was an American sailor and Olympic champion.He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Uanoria.-External links:*...
(1909–1982), American sailor and Olympic champion - Jimmy Smith (American football coach)Jimmy Smith (American football coach)James "Jimmy" Smith was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola Marymount University in 1922. He led Loyola to a 4–2–3 record....
(fl. 1920s), American college football coach
Military personnel
- James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872) (born 1838), United States Navy seaman and Medal of Honor recipient
- James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1900)James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1900)James A. Smith was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
(born 1880), American Medal of Honor recipient - James Smith (VC)James Smith (VC)James Smith VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1871–1946), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - James Argyle SmithJames Argyle SmithJames Argyle Smith was an United States Army officer, and a graduate of West Point. He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, his works in the educational system in Mississippi, and in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.-Early life and career:James Smith was born and...
(1831–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War - James Alexander SmithJames Alexander SmithJames Alexander Smith VC was born in Workington, Cumberland and was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
(1881–1968), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - James Floyd SmithJames Floyd SmithJames Floyd Smith or J. Floyd Smith was a test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin and was a manufacturer of parachutes. He built and flew his own plane in 1912 and invented the manually operated parachute for the Army in 1918...
(1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin - James Robert Smith (aviator)James Robert Smith (aviator)Second lieutenant James Robert Smith was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.-Early life:...
(born 1891), World War I flying ace - James Thomas SmithJames Thomas SmithRear Admiral James Thomas Smith was an officer of the United States Navy during World War II.-Early years:Smith was born in Howell, Tennessee, to James Hillary Brewer and Mary Elizabeth Smith...
(1908–1990), US Navy admiral - James Smith (Texas General)James Smith (Texas General)-Biography:Smith was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, on September 10, 1792. He served in the War of 1812, the Creek Indian Wars, and served as a lieutenant under Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans. From 1819 until 1835, he fought in the Tennessee militia alongside Sam Houston,...
(born 1792), general in the Revolutionary Army of Texas - James Smith (frontiersman)James Smith (frontiersman)James Smith was a frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America. In 1765, he led the "Black Boys", a group of Pennsylvania men, in a nine-month rebellion against British rule, ten years before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War...
(1737–1812 or 1814), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
Entertainers
- James Smith (singer), British vocals/songwriter front man for the band Hadouken!
- James Dallas SmithJames Dallas SmithJames Dallas Smith is a Canadian actor and musician. He was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on July 2, 1974. He plays a character named Garth on the Omni Television series Metropia. Smith is also in a Toronto-based band called The Free Press. He is currently in his second season as a member...
(born 1974), Canadian actor and musician - James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P.J. Proby
- James PrinceJames PrinceJames Prince is the CEO of Houston-based Rap-a-Lot Records.Prince, who for 20 years has worked to promote Houston's rap scene and rap artists, is now working to promote underprivileged neighborhoods and communities...
(James Andre Smith), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records - LL Cool JLL Cool JJames Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
(James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper - James Smith (actor)James Smith (actor)James Smith is an English actor well known for his part in the BBC's The Thick of It as senior special adviser Glenn Cullen and as Michael Rodgers, Director of Diplomacy at the Foreign Office in In the Loop, the film spin off of The Thick of It....
, British actor in The Thick of It - James Smith (born 1982), American guitarist for the band UnderoathUnderoathUnderoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...
- James Smith (born 1982), English drummer for the band Season's EndSeason's EndSeason's End are a British band based in Hampshire. They describe themselves as playing Progressive symphonic metal, although they are often tagged as a gothic metal band by reviewers and reference sources....
Scientists and academics
- James Smith (educator)James Smith (educator)James Smith was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1732 to 1736. He was also a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland....
, Scottish principal of Edinburgh University, 1732–1736 - James Edward SmithJames Edward SmithSir James Edward Smith was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world...
(1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society - James George SmithJames George SmithJames George Smith was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839. He was never in good health and after graduating from Miami University in 1840, he became a farmer in Powhatan County, Virginia and died on September 16, 1849 from...
(1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity - James K. A. SmithJames K. A. SmithJames K. A. Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College and a notable figure in Radical Orthodoxy, a postmodern Christian movement. His work is undertaken at the borderlands between philosophy, theology, ethics, aesthetics, science, and politics...
(born 1970), Canadian-born Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College - James Monroe SmithJames Monroe SmithJames Monroe Smith, Sr. , was the president of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the 1930s...
(1888–1949), President of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939 - James Smith (ichthyologist) (1897–1968), South African ichthyologist
Politicians, judges, and civil servants
- James Smith, 19th century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First NationJames Smith First NationThe James Smith First Nation is a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. James Smith has one Indian Reserve Fort à la Corne #100 located north of Kinistino, Saskatchewan near Fort de la Corne on the Saskatchewan River. This reserve is shared between three first nations, the other two being the...
in Saskatchewan - James Smith (1806-68)James Smith (1806-68)James Smith was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1847 as a Conservative....
, lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec - James Smith (Canadian politician)James Smith (Canadian politician)James Smith was commissioner of the Yukon Territory from November 7, 1966 to June 30, 1976. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of Kluane National Park and Reserve and the designation of the Chilkoot Trail as a National Historic Site of Canada...
, former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976 - James Smith (Canada West politician)James Smith (Canada West politician)James Smith was a lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West. He represented Durham in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1854....
(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)James Smith (New South Wales politician)James Edward Smith was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1928 until 1930. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....
(1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly - James Smith, Jr.James Smith, Jr.James Smith, Jr. was a newspaper publisher and US Senator from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Smith attended private schools and St. Mary's College, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was engaged in the dry-goods and importing business, and later became a manufacturer of leather in...
(1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey - James A. SmithJames A. SmithJames Alexander Smith was a teacher, school principal and served as Canadian federal politician from 1955 to 1958. He was born in Bawlf, Alberta, Canada....
(1911–?), Canadian Member of Parliament - James A. Smith (mayor)James A. Smith (Mayor)James A. Smith was the first mayor of Ridgefield, Washington, which incorporated in 1909....
, first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington. - James E. Smith (politician),Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, 1973–1976
- James E. Smith, Jr.James E. Smith, Jr.James E. Smith, Jr. is an American politician and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 72nd district in Richland County since 1997. A Democrat, he has endorsed Joe Biden in the 2008 U.S. presidential election....
(born c. 1968), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives - James Edward Smith (Toronto)James Edward Smith (Toronto)James Edward Smith was the mayor of Toronto in 1867.Born in London, England, Smith came to Toronto with his family in 1841. He was a manager of the British Empire Life Insurance Company. He was elected to the Toronto City Council in 1857 for the St. John's ward and served until appointed mayor by...
(1831–1892), mayor of Toronto - James Francis SmithJames Francis SmithJames Francis Smith was an American Brigadier General, associate justice to the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Governor-General of the Philippines, and associate judge of the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals until his death....
(1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909 - James H. Smith, Jr.James H. Smith, Jr.James Hopkins Smith, Jr. was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1953 to 1956 and then was head of the United States Agency for International Development from 1957 to 1959.-Biography:...
(1909–1982), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956 - James Joynton SmithJames Joynton SmithSir James John Joynton Smith KBE, commonly referred to as simply Joynton Smith was an Australian hotelier, racecourse and newspaper owner, and Lord Mayor of Sydney....
(1858–1943), Australian politician - James M. SmithJames M. SmithJohn M. Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(died 1898), New York City politician and judge - James MacCallum SmithJames MacCallum SmithJames MacCallum Smith was an Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder. He lobbied unsuccessfully for many years for the secession of Western Australia from the Federation of Australia....
(1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder - James Masterton-SmithJames Masterton-SmithSir James Edward Masterton-Smith KCB, 1919; CB 1915 was a British civil servant.He was the son of Edward Smith, formerly a member of the Stock Exchange....
(1878–1938), British civil servant - James Parker SmithJames Parker SmithJames Parker Smith was Liberal Unionist MP for Glasgow Partick . He was first elected in 1890, but lost the seat in 1906....
(1854–1929), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906 - James Sinclair SmithJames Sinclair SmithJames Sinclair Smith was a farmer, livestock breeder and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Middlesex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874....
(1816–?), Scottish-born Canadian politician - James Skivring SmithJames Skivring SmithJames Skivring Smith served as the 6th President of Liberia from 1871 to 1872. Prior to this, he served as the 8th Vice President of Liberia from 1870 to 1871 under President Edward James Roye and as Secretary of State from 1856 to 1860 in the cabinet of President Stephen Allen Benson.Smith was...
(1825–1884?), U.S.-born Vice President, 1870–1872, and interim President, 1871–1872, of Liberia - James Smith (Kansas politician)James Smith (Kansas politician)James Smith served as Secretary of State of Kansas from 1879 to 1885. He graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1857. He was a Republican....
Kansas Secretary of State - James Strudwick SmithJames Strudwick SmithJames Strudwick Smith was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Hillsboro, North Carolina, October 15, 1790; attended a private school near Hillsboro and Hillsboro Academy; was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and practiced...
(1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina - James T. Smith, Jr.James T. Smith, Jr.James T. Smith Jr. is the former County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Smith was elected in 2002 as a Democrat and ended his 8 year tenure on December 6, 2010. His successor is former county councilman Kevin B...
(born 1942), American, County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland - James Vernon SmithJames Vernon SmithJames Vernon Smith was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Smith was educated in Tuttle public schools and attended Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts at Chickasha, Oklahoma....
(1926–1973), US Representative from Oklahoma - James W. Smith, Jr.James W. Smith, Jr.The Hon. James W. Smith, Jr. is an American judge who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from March 2004 until 2008.-References:...
, American, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi - James Y. SmithJames Y. SmithJames Youngs Smith was an American politician and the 29th Governor of Rhode Island .-Early life:...
(1809–1876), American, former Governor of Rhode Island
Religious scholars and leaders
- James Smith (vicar apostolic)James Smith (vicar apostolic)James Smith was an English Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar-Apostolic of the Northern District under James II of England.-Life:Born at Winchester in 1645, he was educated at the English College, Douai, and was created D.D. on 5 February 1680...
(1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic in Scotland - James Elishama SmithJames Elishama SmithJames Elishama Smith, often called Shepherd Smith was a British journalist and religious writer.Smith studied at Glasgow University. Hearing Edward Irving preach in 1828, he became a millenarian and associated with followers of Joanna Southcott. For a couple of years he became a Christian...
(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 E. Smith (Bible scholar)-Biography:Family and EducationJames E. Smith was born the third of four sons born to Fred and Thelma Smith. James E. Smith was born at St. Mary Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia this is unlike his two older brothers who were born in India while his parents were missionaries there...
- James K. A. SmithJames K. A. SmithJames K. A. Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College and a notable figure in Radical Orthodoxy, a postmodern Christian movement. His work is undertaken at the borderlands between philosophy, theology, ethics, aesthetics, science, and politics...
(born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of Radical Orthodoxy
Other
- James and Horace SmithJames and Horace SmithJames Smith and Horace Smith , authors of the Rejected Addresses, sons of a solicitor, were both born in London....
(1775–1839), one of two British writers - James Smith (architect)James Smith (architect)James Smith was a Scottish architect, who pioneered the Palladian style in Scotland. He was described by Colen Campbell, in his Vitruvius Britannicus , as "the most experienced architect of that kingdom".-Biography:...
(c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect - James Smith (inventor)James Smith (inventor)James Smith was a Scottish inventor whose inventions include a reaping machine, a subsoil plough and the first endless chain of flats for carding....
(1789–1850), British - James Smith (journalist)James Smith (journalist)James Smith was an English-born Australian journalist and encyclopedist.-Early life:Smith was born at Loose near Maidstone, Kent, England, son of James Smith, supervisor of inland revenue, and his wife Mary...
(1820–1910), Australian journalist - James Smith (miner)James Smith (miner)James Smith was a politician, goldminer, explorer and discoverer of tin reserves in Tasmania, Australia including the Mount Bischoff mine....
(1827–1897), Australian miner - James Smith (murderer)James Smith (murderer)James Smith was the sixth-last criminal to be executed in a British prison. He was hanged on November 28, 1962 for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Cross in her sweetshop at Miles Platting, Manchester. He was 26....
(1936–1962), English murderer - James Allan SmithJames Allan SmithThe Very Rev James Allan Smith DD was the fifth Dean of St David's.Smith was born into an ecclesiastical family in Pyecombe on 2 August 1841 and educated at Wadham College and ordained in 1864. He was initially Curate of Trinity Church, St Marylebone and then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Nottingham...
(1841–1918), fifth Dean of St David's - James E. Smith (engineer)James E. Smith (engineer)James E. Smith is a computer engineer and an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Smith was awarded the 1999 Eckert–Mauchly Award "for fundamental contributions to high performance micro-architecture, including saturating counters for branch prediction, reorder buffers...
, computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison - James J. Smith (born c. 1940s), American law enforcement officer
- James Kellum SmithJames Kellum SmithJames Kellum Smith Sr. was an American architect, of the well-known Gilded Age architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White....
(1893–1961), American architect - James Lawrence SmithJames Lawrence SmithJames Lawrence Smith was the co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League from until his death in . In 1944, he purchased his 25% share of the club from James Mulvey and Dearie Mulvey . His wife inherited his 25% share of the Dodgers, acting as a minority owner under Walter O'Malley...
(died 1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team - James McCune SmithJames McCune SmithJames McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author. He is the first African-American to earn a medical degree, and the first to run a pharmacy in the United States. Smith wrote forcefully in refutation of the common misconceptions about race, intelligence, medicine,...
(1813–1865), American physician & activist - James Milton SmithJames Milton SmithJames Milton Smith was a Confederate infantry colonel in the American Civil War, as well as a post-war Governor of Georgia. He was noted as an ardent opponent of Radical Reconstruction.-Biography:...
(1823–1890), American soldier & politician - James Robert SmithJames Robert SmithJames Robert Smith is an American author. His first novel, The Flock was published August 2, 2006 by Five Star.- External links :*...
(born 1957), American author - James Thorne SmithThorne SmithJames Thorne Smith Jr. , was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction.He is best known today for the three Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction that sold millions of copies in the early 1930s...
(1892–1934), American author - James W. SmithJames W. SmithJames W. "Jimmy" Smith was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was the son of Tom Smith, trainer of Seabiscuit.James Smith trained for automotive industrialist Charles T. Fisher and won the 1940 Arlington Classic with Fisher's colt, Sirocco. A few years later he trained for the renowned...
, horse trainer
See also
- Epitaph for James SmithEpitaph for James Smith"Epitaph for James Smith" is a satirical Scots epitaph written by poet Robert Burns in 1785, and was included in his first publication, the Kilmarnock volume:...
, a 1785 satirical Scots epitaph written by poet Robert Burns - Jim Smith (disambiguation)
- Jimmy Smith (disambiguation)
- Jamie Smith (disambiguation)
- James Smyth (disambiguation)