Sports

• Neil Smith (American football) (born 1966), former football player in the National Football League
• Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1967), English cricketer
• Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1949) (1949–2003), first class cricketer who played for Yorkshire and Essex
• Neil Smith (footballer)
  Neil Smith (footballer)
  Neil Smith is an English former professional football player and currently assistant manager at Lewes.-Playing career:...
  
   (born 1971), former professional footballer, currently a coach at Croydon Athletic
• Neil Smith (ice hockey) (born 1955), former general manager of the New York Rangers and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League
• Neil Smith (musician, bass), former member of several bands

Other

• Neil Smith (geographer)
  Neil Smith (geographer)
  Neil Smith was born 1954 in Leith, Scotland. he is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography, at the Graduate Center department of the City University of New York. From 2008 he holds a twenty percent appointment as Sixth Century Professor of Geography and Social Theory, at the...
  
  , geographer
• Neil Smith (linguist)
  Neil Smith (linguist)
  Neilson Voyne Smith FBA, better known as Neil Smith is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He wrote his PhD on the grammar of Nupe, a language of Nigeria...
  
   (born 1939), British linguist
• Neil Smith (writer)
  Neil Smith (writer)
  Neil Smith is a Canadian short story writer. A three-time nominee for the Journey Prize and winner of an honourable mention at the National Magazine Awards, Smith published his debut collection, Bang Crunch, with Knopf Canada in 2007...
  
  , Canadian short story writer
• L. Neil Smith
  L. Neil Smith
  L. Neil Smith , also known to readers and fans as El Neil, is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist. He was born on May 12, 1946 in Denver...
  
   (born 1946), American libertarian science fiction author and political activist
• Neal Edward Smith (born 1920), U.S. Representative from Iowa
• Neal Smith (drummer) (born 1947), founding member of Alice Cooper
• Neil Smith, Smithy, character in Gavin and Stacey