David Smith

• David Paige Smith (1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale • David Eugene Smith (1860–1944), American professor of mathematics • David E. Smith (political scientist), Canadian scholar of political science • D. M. Smith (1884–1962), American professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech • David Smith (amateur mathematician), discoverer of an aperiodic tiling • D. Nichol Smith (1875–1962), Scottish professor of literature at Oxford University • David Chadwick Smith (1931–2000), Canadian professor of economics, Queen's University • David Smith (chemical physicist) (1935–2023), British chemical physicist, University of Birmingham • David C. Smith (historian) (1929–2009), American professor of history, University of Maine • David Martyn Smith (1921–2009), American professor of forestry at Yale • David Smith (botanist) (1930–2018), British professor of botany • Dai Smith (historian) (born 1945), Welsh professor of history • David J. Smith (physicist) (born 1948), Australian professor of physics at Arizona State • David Livingstone Smith (born 1953), professor of philosophy at the University of New England • David Smith (historian) (born 1963), British professor of history at Cambridge • David K. Smith, British professor of chemistry at University of York • David R. Smith (physicist), American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University ==Arts and entertainment==

• David Smith (embroiderer) (died 1597), artisan at the court of Elizabeth I • David Forbes Smith (1865–1923), Scottish architect • David Smith (director) (1872–1930), English film director of the silent era • David Stanley Smith (composer) (1877–1949), American classical composer, professor of music at Yale • David Smith (sculptor) (1906–1965), American Abstract Expressionist • David C. Smith (author) (born 1952), American novelist of heroic fantasy • David Smith, Australian artist, founding member of the art collective Optronic Kinetics in 1970s Sydney • David G. Smith, American singer-songwriter from the 1970s to the present • David Bruce Smith (born 1958), American publisher, real estate executive • David Alan Smith (actor) (born 1959), American actor and writer • David Lee Smith (born 1963), American film actor • David A. Smith (designer) (born 1968), British designer, glass embosser, sign writer • David B. Smith (born 1977), American multi-disciplinary artist • David Brian Smith (born 1981), English artist • David Branson Smith (born 1984), American film screenwriter ==Computing==

• David Canfield Smith (born 1945), American computer scientist who invented graphical interface icons • David A. Smith (computer scientist) (born 1957), American computer scientist and entrepreneur • David L. Smith (hacker) (born ), author of the Melissa virus ==Medicine==

• David Boyes Smith (1833–1889), deputy surgeon general of the Indian Medical Service • David M. Smith (virologist) (born 1971), American translational research virologist • David Weyhe Smith (1926–1981), American pediatrician and dysmorphologist ==Journalism==

• David D. Smith (born 1950), American president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group • David Andrew Smith (born 1952), British journalist • David Henry Smith (born 1954), economics editor of the UK Sunday Times • David Smith (journalist) (born 1975), Washington, DC, Bureau Chief of the UK The Guardian ==Politics and law==

Australia • David Smith (Victorian politician) (1861–1943), Australian politician • David Smith (public servant) (1933–2022), Official Secretary to five Governors-General of Australia • David Smith (Australian Capital Territory politician) (born 1970), Australian politician • David Smith (Western Australian politician) (1943–2026), Australian politician Canada Federal parliamentarians • David Smith (Canadian senator) (1941–2020), Toronto alderman (1972-78), Liberal MP (1980–84), cabinet minister (1983–84), senator (2002–16) who chaired the Ontario Liberal campaign during the 1993 / 1997 / 2000 federal elections, and chair of law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain • David Smith (Quebec politician) (born 1963), Liberal MP for Pontiac (2004–06) Ontario provincial legislators • John David Smith (Ontario politician), briefly the Liberal MPP for Victoria North (1875) • David William Smith (born 1938), Liberal MPP for Lambton (1985–90) • Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician) (born 1970), Progressive Conservative MPP for Peterborough—Kawartha (since 2018) • David Smith (Toronto politician), Progressive Conservative MPP for Scarborough Centre (since 2022) Pre-confederation • Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet (1764–1837), soldier and politician who served as a member (1792–1804) and the speaker (1796–1800, 1801–04) of the Parliament of Upper Canada Judges • David Duncan Smith (born 1944), Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (1998–2019) who presided over the prosecution relating to the 2014 Moncton shooting United States • David L. Smith (politician) (1827–1902), American politician from Pennsylvania • David Highbaugh Smith (1854–1928), American congressman • David S. Smith (1918–2012), U.S. ambassador to Sweden • D. Brooks Smith (born 1951), American federal judge • Adam Smith (Washington politician) (David Adam Smith, born 1965), American congressman • David Brock Smith, member of the Oregon House of Representatives • David Smith (Florida politician) (born 1960), member of the Florida Legislature • David Smith (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives • David Burnell Smith (1941–2014), member of the Arizona House of Representatives • David Tyson Smith, member of the Missouri House of Representatives Other countries • David Smith (British Conservative politician) (1826–1886), British MP • David Smith (British Labour politician), British MP for North Northumberland elected in 2024 • David Smith (judge) (1888–1982), New Zealand judge • David Smith (Rhodesian politician) (1922–1996), politician in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe • David Smith (spy), Berlin British Embassy security guard convicted for spying for Russia ==Religion==

• David Hyrum Smith (1844–1904), missionary of the Latter Day Saint movement • David A. Smith (Mormon) (1879–1952), bishop and first president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir • David Smith (bishop) (1935–2024), English Bishop of Bradford ==Sports==

Cricket • David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer) (1934–2003), English cricketer, 1956–1971 • David Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) (1940–2021), English cricketer • David Smith (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer • David Smith (cricketer, born 1956), English cricketer • David Smith (Tasmania cricketer) (born 1957), Australian cricketer for the Tasmanian Tigers • David Smith (Sussex cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer • David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1956), English cricketer • David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer • David Smith (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer • David Smith (cricketer, born 1989), English cricketer Footballers • David Smith (sportsman) (1884–1963), Australian rules footballer and cricketer, 1903–1914 • David Smith (footballer, born 1871), English professional footballer who played between 1890 and 1896 • David Smith (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1947), Scottish footballer • David Smith (footballer, born 1968), English professional footballer who played between 1986 and 2003 • David Smith (footballer, born 1970), English professional footballer who played between 1989 and 2004 • David Smith (footballer, born 1993), Scottish professional footballer • Dai Smith (rugby league) (David Smith), rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s for Salford • David Smith (rugby league, born 1953), rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s • David Smith (rugby league, born 1967), Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s • David Smith (rugby league, born 1968), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s • David Smith (rugby union, born 1986), Samoan rugby union footballer for Hurricanes, Blues, Auckland • David Smith (rugby union, born 1988), English rugby union footballer • David Smith (rugby union, born 1957), South African rugby union footballer Track and field • Dave Smith (triple jumper) (born 1947), American triple jumper • David Smith (hammer thrower, born 1962), English Olympic hammer thrower • David Smith (hammer thrower, born 1974), English Olympic hammer thrower • David Adley Smith II (born 1992), Puerto Rican high jumper • David Smith (born 1991), British high jumper and competitor at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Other sports • David Smith (sport shooter) (1880–1945), South African Olympic sport shooter • David Smith (sailor) (1925–2014), American sailor and Olympic Champion • Davey Boy Smith (1962–2002), British professional wrestler a.k.a. "The British Bulldog" • David Miln Smith (born 1938), American adventure athlete and speaker • David Smith (baseball historian) (born 1948), American baseball historian, statistician, professor of biology • David Smith (racewalker) (born 1955), Australian Olympic race walker • David Ross Smith (born 1925), ice hockey defenceman • Dave Smith (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian coach, former player, IHL • David Smith (rower) (born 1978), British adaptive rower • Davey Boy Smith Jr. (born 1985), Canadian professional wrestler, a.k.a. Harry Francis Smith • David Smith (volleyball) (born 1985), American volleyball player • David Smith (canoeist) (born 1987), Australian sprint canoeist • David Smith (boccia) (born 1989), British Paralympic boccia player • David Smith (curler), Scottish curler, first international competition was 1982 • David Smith (fighter), American mixed martial arts fighter • David Smith (racing driver) (born 1950), Canadian stock car racing driver ==Other people==

• David John Smith (1907–1976), president of British retailer W. H. Smith, 1948–1968 • David M. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1926–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient • David Smith (executive), Welsh banking and sporting administrator • David Smith (murderer) (born 1956), English rapist and murderer • David R. Smith (general) (born 1942), United States Air Force general • David J. Smith (author) (born 1944), Canadian teacher and educational consultant, children's writer ==See also==