George Smith may refer to:

People

Business

  • George Smith (architect) (1782–1869), southeast London architect
  • George Girdler Smith (1795–1878), engraver in Boston, Massachusetts
  • George Smith (publisher, born 1789) (1789–1846), Scottish-born publisher
  • George Smith (financier) (1808–1899), Chicago financier
  • George Samuel Fereday Smith (1812–1891), English industrialist
  • George Smith (publisher, born 1824) (1824–1901), British publisher
  • George Sutherland Smith (1830–1903), steamer captain and winemaker in Australia
  • George Smith (philanthropist) (1831–1895), manager of the Whitwick Colliery Company Tileries, campaigner against industrial child labour
  • George Alvin Smith (1844–1908), American businessman
  • George Murray Smith the Younger (1859–1919), chairman of the Midland Railway, son of the publisher George Smith
  • George Washington Smith (architect) (1876–1930), American architect
  • George Albert Smith Jr. (1905–1969), professor at Harvard Business School
  • George Bracewell Smith (1912–1976), London businessman and hotel owner

Entertainment and the arts

  • George Smith (English artist) (1713/14–1776), English landscape painter and poet
  • George Washington Smith (dancer) (c. 1820–1899), American ballet dancer
  • George Barnett Smith (1841–1909), English journalist, biographer, poet
  • George Albert Smith (filmmaker) (1864–1959), English filmmaker
  • George Smith (Scottish artist) (1870–1934), painter of landscapes and horses
  • George Gregory Smith (1865–1932), Scottish literary critic
  • George O. Smith (1911–1981), science fiction author
  • George H. Smith (fiction author) (1922–1996), science fiction author
  • George "Harmonica" Smith (1924–1983), blues harmonica musician
  • G. E. Smith (born 1952, George Edward Smith), American guitarist
  • George Smith (singer), member of the British music band New Hope Club
  • George Smith (Cumberland artist) (fl. 1860s), known as the Skiddaw Hermit

Law

  • George Smith (executioner) (1805–1874), English executioner also known as Throttler Smith
  • George W. Smith (judge) (1820s–1873), justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
  • George Hugh Smith (1827–1901), Confederate Civil War veteran, Los Angeles lawyer and judge
  • George Rose Smith (1911–1992), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
  • George Curtis Smith (1935–2020), United States federal judge
  • George Bundy Smith (1937–2017), New York State Supreme Court justice
  • George P. Smith II (born 1939), professor of law

Military

  • George Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1797?–1850), British navy captain
  • George Hugh Smith (1827–1901), Confederate Civil War veteran, Los Angeles lawyer and judge
  • George Fairlamb Smith (1840–1877), American Union War Union Army colonel, politician and lawyer
  • George R. Smith (Paymaster-General) (1850–1928), U.S. Army general
  • George W. Smith (USMC) (1925–2014), major general in the U.S. Marine Corps
  • George Edward Smith (born 1938), POW in Vietnam for two years, released in 1965
  • George W. Smith Jr. (), lieutenant general in the U.S. Marine Corps

Politics and civil service

United States

  • George Smith (Missouri politician) (1809–1881), lieutenant governor of Missouri
  • George Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
  • George F. Smith (), early Wisconsin Territory legislator
  • George Baldwin Smith (1823–1879), attorney general of Wisconsin, assemblyman, mayor of Madison
  • George A. Smith (Michigan politician) (1825–1893)
  • George C. Smith (Wisconsin politician) (), Wisconsin farmer and legislator
  • George C. Smith (Mississippi politician) (
  • George Fairlamb Smith (1840–1877), American Union War Union Army colonel, politician and lawyer
  • George A. Smith (California politician) (1844–1916), member of the Los Angeles City Council
  • George Edwin Smith (1849–1919), U.S. representative and senator of Massachusetts
  • George J. Smith (1859–1913), US representative from New York
  • George L. Smith (Georgia politician) (1912–1973), American politician in the state of Georgia
  • George Luke Smith (1837–1884), US representative from Louisiana
  • George M. Smith (1912–1962), lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
  • George Ross Smith (1864–1952), U.S. representative from Minnesota, 1913–1917
  • George Otis Smith (1871–1944), director of United States Geological Survey, chairman of Federal Power Commission
  • George S. Smith (1907–1986), mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania, 1960–1968
  • George T. Smith (1916–2010), American Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia
  • George Washington Smith (congressman) (1846–1907), U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • George Weissinger Smith (1864–1931), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1917–1921
  • George William Smith (politician) (1762–1811), governor of Virginia
  • George Murrell Smith Jr. (born 1968), American Republican Party politician from South Carolina
  • George Fairlamb Smith (1840–1877), American soldier, politician, and lawyer from Pennsylvania

United Kingdom

  • George Smith (MP for Exeter) (died 1619), English MP for Exeter, 1604
  • George Smith (died 1658) (1600s–1658), English lawyer and politician
  • George Smith (1765–1836), British MP representing Midhurst
  • George Robert Smith (MP) (1793–1869), English MP for Midhurst 1831–2 and Wycombe 1838–41
  • George Smith (civil servant) (1858–1938), British civil servant and governor of Nyasaland

Australia

  • George Paton Smith (1829–1877), Australian politician and attorney-general of Victoria
  • George Ivan Smith (1915–1995), Australian U.N. representative to the Republic of Congo
  • George Warwick Smith (1916–1999), Australian public servant

Canada

  • George Smith (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1850), Nova Scotian representative
  • George Byron Smith (1839–1917), Ontario representative and businessman
  • George Smith (Ontario politician) (1852–1930), Scottish-born Ontario representative
  • George Wilbert Smith (1855–1931), Alberta member of the Legislative Assembly
  • George Robert Smith (Canadian politician) (1860–1922), Canadian politician
  • George Joseph Smith (Canadian politician) (), Ontario representative
  • George P. Smith (politician) (1873–1942), politician and minister of the Crown from Alberta, Canada
  • George Isaac Smith (1909–1982), premier of Nova Scotia

New Zealand

  • George John Smith (1862–1946), New Zealand Member of Parliament
  • Harold Smith (New Zealand politician) (1866–1936), George Harold Smith

Religion

  • George Smith (Scottish clergyman) (1748–1843), minister in Galston, East Ayrshire
  • George Smith (historian) (1800–1868), British rail businessman, minister, religious historian
  • George Smith (bishop of Victoria) (1815–1871), second principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong, 1849–1864
  • George A. Smith (1817–1875), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
  • George Smith (bishop of Argyll and the Isles) (1840–1918), Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman
  • George Smith (chaplain) (1845–1918), missionary, army chaplain in South Africa, and defender of Rorke's Drift
  • George Adam Smith (1856–1942), Scottish divine, author of reference work on geography of the Holy Land
  • George Albert Smith (1870–1951), eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • George Smith (priest) (1877–1964), Archdeacon of Madras
  • G. Carlos Smith (1910–1987), youth and missionary leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Wayne Smith (bishop) (George Wayne Smith, born 1955), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri

Science

  • George Smith (mycologist) (1895–1967), British mycologist
  • George E. Smith (1930–2025), co-inventor of the charge-coupled device, received Nobel Prize in Physics
  • George D. W. Smith (born 1943), materials scientist, co-invented the atom probe tomograph
  • George Davey Smith (born 1959), British epidemiologist
  • George Smith (chemist) (born 1941), American biochemist, received Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • George Smith (surgeon) (1919–1994), Scots-born surgeon working in American universities

Sports

American football

  • George Smith (center) (1914–1986), American football center in the NFL
  • George Smith (American football coach) (born 1948), American football coach

Association football

  • George Smith (footballer, born 1868) (1868–?), for Small Heath
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1908), for Preston North End, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1978), for Southampton
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1890) (1890–?), for Ilford, Genoa, and Alessandria
  • George E. Smith (footballer) (), English football outside forward for Brentford
  • George W. Smith (footballer) (1898–1987), Scottish-born footballer for Chelsea
  • George Smith (footballer, born May 1901) (1901–?), Scottish-born footballer for Notts County in the 1920s
  • George Smith (footballer, born June 1901) (1901–?), fullback for Walsall and Torquay United in the 1920s
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1902) (1902–?), player with Gillingham, Tranmere Rovers and Coventry City
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1986), halfback for Watford, Clapton Orient and Darlington in the 1930s
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1910) (1910–?), Welsh footballer
  • George Smith (soccer) (), Australian footballer for Australia, St. George, Granville and Metters
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1983), for Brentford and Queens Park Rangers, manager of Portsmouth
  • George Smith (footballer, died 1915) (?–1915), English footballer
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2001), fullback for Southampton, 1938 to 1949
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2013), forward for Manchester City and Chesterfield in 1940s and '50s
  • George Smith (Scottish footballer) (born 1935), forward with Partick Thistle
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1936), goalkeeper for Notts County and Hartlepool in 1950s and '60s
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1945), for Barrow, Middlesbrough, and Swansea City
  • George Smith (footballer, born 1996), English footballer
  • George Smith (referee) (1943–2019), Scottish football referee

Baseball

  • Germany Smith (George Smith, 1863–1927), shortstop
  • Heinie Smith (1871–1939), second baseman and manager
  • George Smith (National League pitcher) (1892–1965), pitcher
  • George Smith (American League pitcher) (1901–1981), pitcher
  • George Smith (sportsman) (1927–2011), also played basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters
  • George Smith (second baseman) (1937–1987), second baseman

Cricket

  • George Smith (groundskeeper) (died 1761), London Cricket Club, "keeper" of the Artillery Ground
  • George Smith (cricketer, born 1785) (1785–1838), English cricketer
  • George Smith (cricketer, born 1799) (1799–1839), English cricketer
  • George Smith (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1876), English cricketer
  • George Smith (Australian cricketer) (1855–1897), Australian cricketer
  • George Smith (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1929), first class cricketer for Yorkshire CCC
  • George Smith (cricketer, born 1906) (1906–1989), English cricketer
  • George Smith (Jamaican cricketer) (born 1934), Jamaican cricketer

Other sports

  • George William Smith (sportsman) (1874–1954), New Zealand track athlete, and rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • George Smith (rugby league, born 1930) (1930–2014), Australian rugby league player
  • George Smith (rugby union) (born 1980), Australian Wallabies flanker
  • George Smith (athlete) (1876–1915), British tug of war competitor in the 1908 Summer Olympics
  • George Smith (ice hockey) (1895–1949)
  • George Smith (basketball) (died 1996), American college basketball coach
  • George Smith (swimmer) (born 1949), Canadian swimmer

Other fields

  • Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet (1787–1860), high sheriff of Nottingham
  • Joe Coe (died 1891), also known as George Smith, African-American laborer who was lynched in 1891
  • George H. Smith (died 1896), English immigrant and alleged murderer, see killing of George Smith
  • George Smith (1833–1919), Scottish historian and geographer
  • George Williamson Smith (1836–?), president of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
  • George Smith (Assyriologist) (1840–1876), English translator of the Epic of Gilgamesh
  • G. C. Moore Smith (George Charles Moore Smith, 1858–1940), English literary scholar
  • George E. Smith (gambler) (1862–1905), American gambler and thoroughbred owner
  • George Wishart Smith (1868–before 1960), railway executive in Western Australia and Tasmania
  • George Joseph Smith (1872–1915), British "Brides in the Bath" murderer
  • George McCall Smith (1882–1958), Scottish doctor, medical superintendent and community leader in New Zealand
  • George Toogood Smith (1903–1955), uncle of John Lennon and husband of Mimi Smith
  • George Smith (trade unionist) (1914–1978), general secretary of UCATT
  • George H. Smith (1949–2022), American libertarian and atheist author
  • George Allen Smith (1979–2005), passenger missing from the cruise ship MS Brilliance of the Seas

Others

  • George Smith (Hollyoaks), character on British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • George Smith (horse) (1913–?), American thoroughbred racehorse, 1916 Kentucky Derby winner

See also

  • George Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (1917–1972), British politician
  • George Logie-Smith (1914–2007), Australian orchestra and choral conductor
  • George Albert Smith (disambiguation)
  • George E. Smith (disambiguation)
  • George Smyth (disambiguation)
  • George Smythe (disambiguation)
  • Smith (surname), a surname originating in England
  • George P. Smith (disambiguation)
  • George W. Smith (disambiguation)
  • George Smith v. William Turner, an 1849, U.S. Supreme Court case
  • List of people with surname Smith