Smithers

For other uses, see Smithers (disambiguation).

Smithers is a surname of English origin. It derives from the Middle English term "smyther", referring to a metalsmith, and is thus related to the common occupational surname Smith. The name Smither is related.[1]

People

• Alan Smithers (born 1938), English educationalist
• Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers (1850–1924), British financier and parliamentarian, after whom the town of Smithers, British Columbia was named.
• Collier Twentyman Smithers (1867–1943), painter
• Don Smithers (born 1933), music historian and musician
• Jan Smithers (born 1949), American actress best known for her role in WKRP in Cincinnati
• Joy Smithers (born 1963), Australian actress
• Leonard Smithers (1861–1907), English publisher and translator
• Nathaniel B. Smithers (1818–1896), American lawyer and politician
• Sir Peter Smithers (1913–2006), British politician
• Reay Smithers (1907–1987), South African zoologist
• Sir Waldron Smithers (1880–1954), British politician, son of Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers
• William Smithers (born 1927), American actor

Fictional characters

• Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns' assistant in The Simpsons
• Smithers, one of Q's assistants in two James Bond films
• Samuel Smithers, also known as Plantman, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Derek Smithers, a character in the Alex Rider series
• Will Smithers, a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Smithers, Hiram Lodge's butler in Archie Comics
• Charlie Smithers, the contestant played by Ronnie Corbett in the spoof version of Mastermind by the Two Ronnies

See also

• List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames

Notes

1. Reaney, Percy Hide; Wilson, R. M. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Psychology Press. p. 2896. ISBN 041505737X. Retrieved April 3, 2014.