English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
The name John Smith often is regarded as the archetype of a common personal name in most English-speaking countries. In the United States and England "John" has been one of the most common first nameshttp://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=john, and "Smith" is the most common surname in eachhttp://surnames.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=smith. It is a recurrent pseudonym, placeholder name, or metasyntactic name in those countries.
John Smith QC (September 13, 1938 – May 12, 1994) was a British politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden and unexpected death from a heart attack on 12 May 1994.
John Smith (1825-1910) was the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry. He was born in Scotland, the son of a dentist, and took over the practice in 1851. Recognising the need for improved training, he founded the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary in 1860 and wrote the Handbook of Dental Anatomy and Surgery (1864).
John Smith (1790-1824) was a missionary whose experiences in the West Indies attracted the attention of the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
John William Patrick Smith (born March 7, 1951) is Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan. Born in Penarth, Smith attended Penarth County Grammar School and then served for a while in the Royal Air Force. He was first elected to the seat in a 1989 by-election, lost it to the Conservatives in 1992 by a very narrow margin, and regained the seat in the general elections of 1997.
John Smith (1735 - July 30, 1824) was one of the first two U.S. Senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Aaron Burr-Harman Blennerhassett conspiracy.
John Smith (b. August 1957) is the BBC Worldwide's Chief Executive Officer since June 2004. He joined the BBC in 1989, becoming the BBC's Finance Director in 1996.
John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. His work is characterised by intricate, sometimes obscure plots and an interest in taboos and the occult. This is told in an elliptic, fractured narrative style reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or the cut-up technique of William S.
John Smith (b. 1952, London, England) is an avant garde filmmaker noted for his use of humor in exploring various themes that often play upon film spectator's conditioned assumptions of the medium. Noted works include The Girl Chewing Gum (1976), Om (1987), The Kiss (1999) and Blight (1999).
John Smith (February 12, 1752–August 12, 1816) was a politician from Mastic, New York. He served in the state assembly from 1784 until 1799. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N.
John Smith (1832-1911), was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism.
John Smith (1655/6 - 1723) was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
John Smith (July 16, 1781-May 23, 1854), known as "Uncle John", was an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
John Smith (1618-52) was an English educator, born at Achurch, Northamptonshire. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1636, took his B.A. in 1640 and his M.A. in 1644, at which time he was chosen fellow of Queens' College. His health seems to have been precarious from the first.
John Smith (born 1854, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
John Smith (b. 1927) is a Canadian poet.
