| Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality • Notability • Notes
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| Born after 1400
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| William Smyth[2] |
c. 1460 |
1514 |
English • Roman Catholic Bishop; Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches; co-founder of Brasenose College
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| Richard Smyth (Regius Professor)[2] |
c. 1499 |
1563 |
English • first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford • migrated to France late in life
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| Born after 1500
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| John Smyth |
1570 |
1612 |
English • founder of the modern Baptist denomination in England
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| Born after 1600
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| Born after 1700
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| Thomas Smyth[3] |
1740 |
1785 |
Irish • Mayor of Limerick; member of Parliament • Smyth's children bore the surname 'Stuart' rather than 'Smyth'
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| John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort[3] |
1742 |
1817 |
Irish • Member of the House of Commons; Peer of Ireland as Baron Kiltarton and Viscount Gort • Born 'John Smyth'; took the name 'Pendergast' in 1760; reverted to name 'Smyth' in 1785.
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| John Smyth |
1748 |
1811 |
British • Master of the Mint of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer; Member of Parliament
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| Alexander Smyth |
1765 |
1830 |
Irish-American • National politician; General during the War of 1812 • Born in Ireland and immigrated to the American colony of Virginia in 1775, at the age of 10[4]
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| George Stracey Smyth |
1767 |
1823 |
English-Canadian • Second Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Canada • Born in England and migrated to Canada before 1798
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| James Carmichael Smyth |
1779 |
1838 |
British • First Baron of Nutwood, Surrey; twenty-seventh Colonial Governor of the Bahamas; second Colonial Governor of British Guiana
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| John Henry Smyth |
1780 |
1822 |
English • Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge
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| William Henry Smyth[5] |
1788 |
1865 |
English • Astronomer and author of the Bedford Catalogue of deep sky objects • Born to a Colonial American who immigrated to England after the American Revolution
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| William Smyth (professor) |
1797 |
1868 |
American • Mathematician and theologian; author of several widely used mathematics textbooks
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| Born after 1800
|
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| George W. Smyth |
1803 |
1866 |
American • National politician: third Representative from the Texas 1st Congressional District
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| Clement Smyth |
1810 |
1865 |
Irish-American • Roman Catholic Bishop • Immigrated to the United States before 1849
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| Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth[5] |
1817 |
1890 |
English • Geologist; member of the Royal Society; President of the Geological Society of London; Knighted in 1867 • Born to an English father while in Italy on a military posting
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| Sir Edward Selby Smyth |
1819 |
1896 |
Irish-Canadian • British General; first General Officer commanding the Militia of Canada; Knight of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George • Immigrated to Canada before 1874
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| Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician) |
1819 |
1899 |
American • Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire
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| Charles Piazzi Smyth[5] |
1819 |
1900 |
English • Astronomer Royal for Scotland; recipient of the Makdougall Brisbane Prize; pioneer in the field of infrared astronomy • Born to English father during Naval service in the Mediterranean
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| William Smyth (congressman) |
1824 |
1870 |
Irish-American • National politician: eighth Representative from the Iowa 2nd District (died in office) • Immigrated (with his parents) to the United States in 1838, at the age of 14
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| Richard Smyth (minister) |
1826 |
1878 |
Irish[6] • Academic; Member of Parliament
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| Robert Brough Smyth |
1830 |
1899 |
English-Australian • Secretary for the Department of Mines at the height of the Australian gold rushes; author of a significant work on the Australian aborigines of Victoria • Immigrated to Australia in 1852, at the age of 22
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| Thomas Alfred Smyth |
1832 |
1865 |
Irish-American • Union Army General during the American Civil War • Immigrated to the United States in 1854, at the age of 22
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| Joseph Grigsby Smyth |
1847 |
1915 |
American politician. Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873.
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| William Ross Smyth |
1857 |
1932 |
Scottish-Canadian • National politician: second member of Parliament from Algoma East, Ontario • it is unclear when Mr. Smyth immigrated to Canada
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| Herbert Weir Smyth |
1857 |
1937 |
American • author of a notable comprehensive grammar of Ancient Greek
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| Dame Ethel Smyth |
1858 |
1944 |
English • Composer and leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom of the early 20th century
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| Albert Henry Smyth |
1863 |
1907 |
Professor, writer, editor, curator for the American Philosophical Society; Widely noted among historians for finding hundreds of lost letters of Benjamin Franklin and publishing them for the first time.
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| George Smyth (Canadian politician) |
1864 |
1938 |
Canadian • Ontario Provincial politician
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| Nevill Maskelyne Smyth |
1868 |
1941 |
English • Victoria Cross recipient
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| Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet |
1893 |
1983 |
English • Victoria Cross recipient; Member of Parliament; holder of the first Baronet of Teignmouth
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|
| Henry DeWolf Smyth |
1898 |
1986 |
American • physicist; author of the Smyth Report (first history of the Manhattan Project)
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| Born after 1900
|
|
| Larry Smyth |
1902 |
1960 |
American • Journalist and public official
|
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| Bill Smyth (umpire) |
1916 |
2007 |
Australian • Cricket test match umpire; Officer of the Order of Australia
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| Brendan Smyth (priest) |
1927 |
1997 |
Northern Irish • Catholic priest, who used his position to facilitate the molestation of hundreds of children over a period of four decades
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| Jimmy Smyth (hurler) |
1931 |
2013 |
Irish • prominent hurling athlete
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| Martin Smyth |
1931 |
(living) |
Northern Irish • Grand Master of the Orange Order; eleventh Member of Parliament from the Belfast South constituency
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| Gilli Smyth |
1933 |
2016 |
English • Musician; co-founder of the band Gong and founder of the band Mother Gong
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| Hugh Smyth |
1941 |
2014 |
Northern Irish • Fifty-first Lord Mayor of Belfast; first leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
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| John Smyth |
1941 |
2018 |
English Barrister
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| Clifford Smyth |
1944 |
(living) |
Northern Irish • Historian and politician; second member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the North Antrim constituency
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| Tommy Smyth |
1946 |
(living) |
Irish-American • Sports journalist; football (soccer) commentator • Immigrated to the United States in 1963
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| Paul Smyth |
1947 |
(living) |
Australian • Professor of social policy
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| Ken Smyth
|
1948
|
(living)
|
Australian • Politician
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| William James Smyth
|
1949
|
(living)
|
Irish • Professor of geography; first university president of National University of Ireland Maynooth
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| Alan Smyth |
before 1990 |
(living) |
English • Music producer
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| Anthony Smyth |
before 1999 |
(living) |
Northern Irish • Arms smuggler
|
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| Eric Smyth |
before 1981 |
(living) |
Northern Irish • Fifty-second Lord Mayor of Belfast
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| Malcolm Smyth |
before 1972 |
(living) |
Irish • Academic analytical chemist
|
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| Seán Smyth |
before 1993 |
(living) |
Irish • Musician; All-Ireland Champion on fiddle and whistle
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| Born after 1950
|
|
| Des Smyth |
1953 |
(living) |
Irish • Professional golfer
|
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| Patty Smyth |
1957 |
(living) |
American • Singer
|
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| Phil Smyth |
1958 |
(living) |
Australian • Professional basketball player
|
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| Brendan Smyth (politician) |
1959 |
(living) |
Australian • Politician; fourth Member of Parliament for the Division of Canberra
|
|
| Chas Smash |
1959 |
(living) |
English • Singer and dancer for the band Madness • born to the name "Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth" to Irish–English immigrant parents
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|
| Gerry Smyth |
1961 |
(living) |
Irish • Academic in the areas of Irish literature and music history
|
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| William Smyth
|
1962
|
(living)
|
Northern Irish award winning press photographer
|
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| Bryan Smyth |
1963 |
(living) |
Irish • Singer, television personality and actor
|
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| Karin Smyth
|
1964
|
(living)
|
English • Politician
|
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| Brian Smyth |
1967 |
(living) |
Irish • Painter
|
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| Stephen Smyth |
1968 |
(living) |
Northern Irish • Cricket player
|
|
| Jim Smyth |
approx. 1970 |
(living) |
Canadian • Law enforcement officer
|
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| Cameron Smyth |
1971 |
(living) |
American • California state politician
|
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| Ryan Smyth |
1976 |
(living) |
Canadian • Professional ice hockey player
|
|
| Clare Smyth
|
1978
|
(living)
|
Northern Irish • Chef
|
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| Sarah Smyth |
1982 |
(living) |
Canadian • Actress
|
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| Mark Smyth |
1985 |
(living) |
English • Professional football player
|
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| Eloise Smyth
|
1995
|
(living)
|
English • Actress
|
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| Oisin Smyth
|
2000
|
(living)
|
Northern Irish • Professional football player
|
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| Keith Smyth
|
2003
|
(living)
|
Irish • Professional hurler
|
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| Justine Smyth
|
unknown
|
(living)
|
New Zealand • Professional director
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