William Smith
William Smith is the name of the following people:
- William Smith (Bishop) (1460–1514) English Catholic bishop
- William Smith (composer) (1603–1645), British composer and organist
- William Smith (Provost) (1727-1803), Provost of the University of Pennsylvania
- William Smith (Judge) (1728–1793), American judge
- William Smith (Politician, 1728) (1728-1814), American politician (Maryland)
- William Smith (Politician, 1751) (1751-1837), American politician (South Carolina)
- William Smith (Politician, 1762) (1762-1840), American politician (South Carolina)
- William Smith (geologist) (1769–1839) British engineer and geologist
- William Smith (politician, before 1782) (before 1782 – after 1827), American politician (Virginia)
- William Smith (Navigator) (1790–1847), British navigator and explorer
- William Smith (Governor) (1797-1887), American politician (Virginia)
- William Smith (algae) (1808-1857), English botanist
- William Smith (Mormon) (1811–1893), younger brother of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith
- William Smith (lexicographer) (1813-1893), English lexicographer
- William Smith (architect) (1817-1891), Scottish architect
- William Smith (marksman) (1877–1953), Canadian marksman
- William Smith (1878–1961), American actor, see Franklyn Farnum
- William Smith (1881/1883 – after 1944), American jazz trumpeter, see Crickett Smith
- William Smith (cyclist) (1893-1958), South African cyclist
- William Smith (boxer) (1904–1955), South African bantamweight boxer
- William Smith (swimmer) (1924-2013), American swimmer
- William Smith (wrestler) (1928-2018), American wrestler
- William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (1930–2012), British politician (Conservative Party)
- William Smith (actor) (born 1933), American actor
- William Alden Smith (1859–1932), American politician (Michigan)
- William Alexander Smith (1825–1897), Canadian politician and journalist, see Amor De Cosmos
- William Alexander Smith (1828–1888), American politician (North Carolina)
- William C. Smith (1881–1972), British music librarian and bibliographer
- William Craig Smith (1918–1986), American production designer and art director
- William Cowper Smith (1843–1911), New Zealand politician
- William E. Smith (1824-1883), American politician (Wisconsin)
- William Ephraim Smith (1829–1890), American politician (Georgia)
- William Farrar Smith (1824–1903), US General in the Civil War
- William French Smith (1917–1990), American politician
- William Grover Smith (1857–1921), American politician (Colorado)
- William Henry Smith (entrepreneur) (1792–1865), British entrepreneur
- William Henry Smith (Politician, 1825) (1825-1891) British politician and businessman
- William Henry Smith (Politician, 1833) (1833–1896), American newspaper editor and politician
- William Hugh Smith (1826–1899), American politician (Alabama)
- William Jay Smith (politician) (1823–1913), American general and politician
- William Jay Smith (poet) (1918-2015), American poet
- William Juana Smith († 2014), Sierra Leonean politician
- William Kennedy Smith (* 1960), American physicist
- William L. Smith (1758–1812), American politician (South Carolina)
- William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812-1889), American politician (North Carolina)
- William Orlando Smith (1859-1932), American politician (Pennsylvania)
- William Robert Smith (1863-1924), American politician (Texas)
- William Robertson Smith (1846-1894), Scottish theologian
- William Russell Smith (1815-1896), American politician (Alabama)
- William Stephens Smith (1755-1816), American politician (New York)
- William Wright Smith (1875–1956), Scottish botanist
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