Robert Smith

Robert Smith and Bob Smith, or similar, may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Robert Smith (musician) (born 1959), lead singer/guitarist of The Cure
• Bob Smith, founder, singer, keyboards and drums for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
• Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) (born 1936), lead singer of the (Detroit) Spinners
• Rob Smith (British musician), contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer
• Rob Smith (Irish musician) (born 1982), singer/songwriter and former street busker based in Ireland
• Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), Scottish composer, wrote arrangement for "A Red, Red Rose"
• Robert Bache Smith (1875–1951), American librettist and lyricist
• Robert W. Smith (born 1958), composer
• Robert Dean Smith (born 1956), American operatic tenor

Literature

• Normal Bob Smith (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer & atheist activist
• Robert Kimmel Smith (born 1930), American children's author
• Robert Paul Smith (1915–1977), American writer
• Bob Smith (comics), American comic book inker
• Robert Farrell Smith, Latter-day Saint humorist, who may also be Obert Skye
• Robert Ellis Smith (born 1940), American attorney and author
• Robert Rowland Smith, lecturer and writer on philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis

Radio, television and film

• Bob Smith (comedian), American comedian and author
• Bob Smith (Wordsmith), host of the television show Wordsmith
• Buffalo Bob Smith (1917–1998), host of TV show Howdy Doody
• Robert Smith (actor) (1912–2001), American actor
• Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), governor of the BBC
• Robert Emmet Smith (1914–1988), American art director
• Robert Weston Smith (1938–1995), disc jockey, better known as Wolfman Jack
• Robert O. Smith (1942–2010), voice actor

Media

• Robert Smith (broadcaster) (born 1971), broadcaster, director and producer
• Robert Smith (journalist) (born 1967), NPR reporter

Military

• Robert E. Smith (c. 1918–c. 2004), American pilot in the RAF and USAF
• Robert H. Smith (naval officer) (1898–1943), submariner in the United States Navy
• Robert T. Smith (1918–1995), American World War II flying ace

Politics

United States

• Robert Smith (Cabinet member) (1757–1842), Secretary of State and the Navy
• Robert Smith (Illinois politician) (1802–1867), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Robert B. Smith (Virginia), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1956–1958
• Robert Burns Smith (1854–1908), Governor of Montana
• Robert Freeman Smith (born 1931), U.S. Representative from Oregon
• Robert C. Smith (born 1941, nickname Bob), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
• Bob Smith (New Jersey State Senator) (born 1947)
• Robert J. Smith II (born 1963), New Jersey state legislator
• Robert S. Smith (born 1944), New York State Court of Appeals associate judge
• Robert Hardy Smith (1813–1878), Alabama politician
• Robert L. Smith (born 1931), Republican politician from Idaho

Other countries

• Robert Smith (15th century MP) for Devizes
• Robert Smith (British Columbia politician), Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia, 1871–1878
• Robert Smith (Canadian politician) (1819–1900), Canadian Member of Parliament for Peel, Ontario
• Robert Smith (judge) (1858–1942), Canadian Member of Parliament for Stormont, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Robert Workman Smith (1880–1957), Scottish Unionist politician, MP 1924–1945
• Robert Knowlton Smith (born 1887), Canadian Member of Parliament, 1925–1935
• Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 1958), Liberal Democrat politician from Scotland, MP 1997–
• Bob Smith (Australian politician) (born 1948), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Bob Rowland Smith (born 1925), National member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Robert William Smith (politician) (1871–1958), New Zealand politician
• Robert Melville Smith, deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario, 1934–1943
• Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752–1838), British Member of Parliament
• Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800–1873), known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician
• Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer and Member of Parliament

Science & technology

• Robert Smith (architect) (1722–1777), American architect
• Bob Smith (Atari), video game programmer
• Robert Smith (mathematician) (1689–1768), English mathematician
• Robert Angus Smith (1817–1884), Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain

Sports

American football

• Robert Smith (American football) (born 1972), former American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings
• Rob Smith (American football) (born 1984), American football player
• Bob Smith (American football) (1925–2002), former American football defensive back
• Bobby Smith (running back) (born 1942), American football running back
• Bobby Smith (safety) (born 1938), American football defensive back
• Bob Smith (American football coach) (born 1940), head football coach for the Southern Illinois Salukis

Association football/soccer

• Rob Smith (Canadian football) (born 1958), Former Canadian football offensive lineman
• Rob Smith (soccer) (born 1973), American soccer player
• Bobby Smith (soccer) (born 1951), American soccer player
• Bobby Smith (footballer born 1933) (1933–2010), English international footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur
• Bobby Smith (footballer born 1944), English footballer and manager
• Bobby Smith (Irish footballer), 1940s football player for Bohemians
• Bobby Smith (footballer born 1953) (1953–2010), football player for Hibernian and Leicester City
• Robert Smith (manager) (born 1912), English association football player and manager
• Bobby Smith (footballer born 1870), professional footballer, who played one game in the Football League for Stoke
• Rob Smith (footballer) (born 1966), English footballer and manager
• Robert Smith (footballer born 1843), Scottish international footballer

Baseball

• Robert Smith (baseball) (born 1936), former International Baseball Federation president; instrumental in baseball becoming an Olympic sport
• Bobby Smith (baseball) (born 1974), infielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Bob Smith (1910s pitcher) (1890–1965), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the White Sox, 1913–1915
• Bob Smith (1920s/30s pitcher) (1895–1987), MLB pitcher for the Braves, Cubs, and Reds, 1923–1937
• Bob Smith (pitcher born 1927) (1927–2003), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cubs, and Indians, 1958–1959
• Bob Smith (pitcher born 1931), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, and Tigers, 1955–1959
• Bobby Gene Smith (born 1934), MLB outfielder, 1957–1965

Cricket

• Robert Smith (cricketer) (1848–1899), English cricketer
• Robert Smith (cricketer, born 1982) (born 1982), cricketer
• Robert Smith (Nottingham cricketer) (fl. 1800s), English professional cricketer

Other sports

• Bob Smith (ice hockey) (born 1946), minor pro hockey player
• Bob Smith (NASCAR), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Bob Smith (rower), New Zealand rower
• Bob T. Smith (born 1877), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Smith (basketball) (born 1937), American basketball player
• Bobby Smith (ice hockey) (born 1958), all-star NHL hockey player
• Rob Smith (field hockey) (born 1961), retired Canadian field hockey Olympian
• Robert Smith (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball player; NBA journeyman
• Robert Smith (bowler) (born 1974), American professional bowler
• Robert Smith (canoer) (born 1929), Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s
• Robert Smith (equestrian), British Olympic equestrian
• Robert W. Smith (writer) (born 1926), American martial artist and historian

Others

• Bob Smith (doctor) (1879–1950), founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Robert Smith (bishop) (1732–1801), American bishop
• Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist
• Robert Smith (philanthropist) (1928–2009), American builder-developer
• Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (1887–1959), British Governor of North Borneo
• Robert Smith (professor) (1919–2009), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria
• Rob Smith, Jr. (born 1963), American editorial cartoonist and caricaturist
• Robert Smith (priest) (1932–2010), American Catholic priest, author, and educator
• Robert W. Smith (chess player)
• Robert Hall Smith (1888–1960), President of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958
• Robert P. Smith, financial pioneer, philanthropist and author
• Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury
• Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899), lay leader in the Holiness movement and the Higher Life movement
• Robert Cross Smith (1795–1832), English astrologer

See also

• Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland business school
• Robert Smit (disambiguation)