|
|
|
|
| |
John Smith
John Smith is often regarded as the most common personal name in the United Kingdom and in some other English-speaking countries, with John being the most common First Name in the U.K. and Smith being the most common Surname. It is the archetypal pseudonym or placeholder name in those countries.
There are a number of famous people called John Smith, most notably:
- John Smith, former leader of the British Labour Party
- John Smith of Jamestown, an American colonial pioneer
- John Smith , an American football player, former placekicker with the New England Patriots
- John Smith, the Director of Finance, Property and Business Affairs of the British Broadcasting Corporation
- John Smith, founder of the Tadcaster brewery in North Yorkshire
- John Smith, a British comics writer
- John Smith, founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
- John Smith , member of the Parliament of Ontario
- John Smith , mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 1924-1928
- John Smith , commissioner of the English Treasury in the 17th century
- John Smith , sometime Acting Governor of Gibraltar
- John Smith, English missionary in the West Indies
- John Smith, professor at the University of Oxford from 1766 to 1797
- John Smith , officer in the U.S. Navy
- John Smith , a U.S. Senator from New York from 1804 until 1813
- John Smith, U.S. Senator from Ohio
- John Smith , Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- John Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Smith , a U.S. Representative from Vermont
- John Smith , member of the United States House of Representatives for Virginia
- John Smith, a Welsh MP for the Labour Party
- John Smith, head coach of Oklahoma State University wrestling program
- John Smith , American actor
- John Armstrong Smith , U.S. Representative from Ohio
- John B. Smith , former Governor of New Hampshire
- John Bayard Smith , signer of the American Articles of Confederation from Pennsylvania
- John Christopher Smith , 18th century composer
- John Cotton Smith, former Governor of Connecticut
- John Cyril Smith, leading authority on English Criminal Law
- John Gordon Smith , one of the founders of the first distillery in Scotland
- John Orrin Smith , 19th century woodcutter
- John Quincy Smith , U.S. Representative from Ohio
- John Speed Smith , former Representative from Kentucky to the United States Congress
- John Stafford Smith, composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- John T. Smith , former Representative from Pennsylvania to the United States Congress
- John Valentine Smith, 19th century New Zealand politician
- John Walter Smith, former Governor of Maryland
- Edward John Smith, Captain of the RMS Titanic
- There is also John Maynard Smith a geneticist, but note his surname is Maynard Smith, not Smith.
- A song by the Punk-band Nofx is called "The Death of John Smith".
See also
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
