John Smith

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John Smith is popularly regarded as the most prevalent personal name in England and in some other English-speaking countries. For this reason there are a number of famous people of that name including:

• John Smith of Jamestown an American colonial pioneer
• John Smith (American football player), a former placekicker with the New England Patriots
• John Smith (brewer), founder of the Tadcaster brewery in North Yorkshire
• John Smith (dentist), founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
• John Smith (missionary)
• John Smith (Scottish politician) at one time, leader of the UK Labour Party
• John Smith (Welsh politician), a Welsh MP for the Labour Party
• John B. Smith, former Governor of New Hampshire
• John Bayard Smith, signer of the American Articles of Confederation from Pennsylvania
• John Christopher Smith, 18th century composer
• John Cotton Smith, former Governor of Connecticut
• John Cyril Smith, leading authority on English Criminal Law
• John Gordon Smith, one of the founders of the first distillery in Scotland
• John Maynard Smith a geneticist
• John Orrin Smith, 19th century woodcutter
• John Speed Smith, former Representative from Kentucky to the United States Congress
• John Stafford Smith, composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• John T. Smith, former Representative from Pennsylvania to the United States Congress
• John Walter Smith, former Governor of Maryland

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