John Smith is often regarded as the most common personal name in the United Kingdom, as well as in most other English-speaking countries. John has often been the most common first name in these countries and Smith is the most common surname in both the UK and the United States (though John has now fallen far down the list of most popular names for newly born boys in both countries). It is the archetypal pseudonym, placeholder name or metasyntactic name in those countries, and is used similarly to John Doe in the U.S. There are a number of famous people called John Smith: Contents 1 Politicians 2 Cultural figures 3 Academic figures 4 Sports figures 5 Religious figures 6 Miscellaneous figures 7 Fictional characters 8 See also Politicians John Smith (English statesman), commissioner of the English Treasury, 1694–1695 John Smith (Ohio Senator) (1735–1824) John Smith (Virginia), U.S. Representative, 1801–1814 John Smith (New York), U.S. Senator, 1804–1813 John Smith (Gibraltar), Acting Governor in 1809 John Smith (Canadian politician), member of the Parliament of Ontario, 1867–1871 John Smith (Vermont), U.S. Representative from Vermont, 1839–1841 John Smith (Detroit mayor) 1924–1928 John Smith (UK politician) (1938–1994), leader of the British Labour Party John Smith (Welsh politician) (born 1951), Labour Party John Smith (Illinois), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois John Armstrong Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio John Butler Smith, former Governor of New Hampshire, 1893–1895 John Cotton Smith (born 1765), former Governor of Connecticut John Lyman Smith, a member of the Utah territorial legislature, and son John Smith (1781-1854), one of the Mormon Presiding Patriarchs John Quincy Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1873–1875 John Speed Smith, U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1822–1823 John T. Smith (Pennsylvania), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1843–1844 John Valentine Smith (1824–1895), New Zealand politician John Walter Smith (1845–1925), former Governor of Maryland Cultural figures John Smith (actor) (died 1995), American actor John Smith (filmmaker) (born 1952), London-based avant-garde filmmaker John Smith (BBC) (born 1957), Director of Finance, Property and Business Affairs of the BBC, 2004- John Smith (comics), a British comics writer John Smith (poet), British poet, co-writer with Michael Garrick of jazz–choral works John Christopher Smith, 18th century composer John Francis Smith (1868–1941), American painter and art teacher John Orrin Smith (19th century), woodcutter John Stafford Smith (1750–1836), composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner" Academic figures John Smith (mathematician) (18th century), mathematician at the University of Oxford, 1766–1797 John Smith (dentist) (1825–1910), founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry John Cyril Smith (1922–2003), leading authority on English Criminal Law Sports figures John Smith (American football player) (born 1949), former placekicker with the New England Patriots John Smith (boxer), a boxer who lost an eight round decision to future world champion Maurice Hope in 1973 John Smith (wrestler) (born 1965), head coach of the Oklahoma State wrestling program John L. Smith, head coach of the Michigan State football program John T. Smith, an American professional wrestler. Religious figures John Smith or John Smyth (1570–1612), Baptist minister John Smith (missionary) (1790–1824), English missionary in the West Indies John Smith (1781-1854), an uncle of Joseph Smith, Jr. and eventual Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints John Smith (1832-1911), a nephew of Joseph Smith, Jr. and another eventual Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Miscellaneous figures John Smith of Jamestown (1580–1631), an American colonial pioneer John Smith (naval officer), U.S. Navy, 1807–1811 John Smith (VC) (born c. 1814), recipient of the Victoria Cross John Smith (police officer), Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, 1991–1995 John F. Smith, Jr. (born 1939), former Chairman and CEO of General Motors John Gordon Smith, one of the founders (1824) of Glenlivet, the first distillery in Scotland John Smith (brewer) (died 1879), founder of the Tadcaster brewery in North Yorkshire Fictional characters John Smith is the protagonist in Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone. The Doctor in Doctor Who sometimes gave his name as "Dr John Smith" in stories set in contemporary or near-future Britain. Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, portrayed by George Peppard is the main character in the series The A-Team. John and Jane Smith are the names given to the characters of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith. John Smith is the name of the sailor in the Disney animated film Pocohontas. See also John Smyth Edward John Smith (1850–1912), captain of the RMS Titanic Jonathan Bayard Smith (1742–1812), signer of the American Articles of Confederation for Pennsylvania John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), a geneticist, whose complete surname is Maynard Smith, not Smith. A song by the Punk-band Nofx is called "The Death of John Smith". John Smit (born 1978), South African rugby player and current captain of the country's national team, the Springboks. This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. Search Term: "John_Smith" Categories: Human name disambiguation | Pseudonyms