Alexander Smith Explained

Alexander Smith may refer to:

Politics

• Alexander Smith (American politician) (1818–1878), American businessman and congressman-elect
• Alexander Kennedy Smith (1824–1881), Scottish/Australian engineer and politician
• Alexander Mortimer Smith (1818–1895), Scottish/Canadian soldier, businessman, and political figure
• Alexander Wilson Smith (1856–1913), farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada
• Alexander S. Smith (1868–1916), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 1948), New Zealand politician

Religion

• Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1684) (1684–1766), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
• Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1813) (1813–1861), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
• Alexander Hale Smith (1838–1909), American religious leader

Literature

• Alexander Smith (biographer) (fl. 1714–1726), British compiler of volumes of biographies
• Alexander Smith (philosopher) (1796–1851), Scottish philosopher
• Alexander Smith (poet) (1829–1867), Scottish poet
• Alexander Howland Smith (1859–1913), Scottish document forger in the 1880s
• Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), British writer and professor of medical law
• Alexander O. Smith (born 1973), English/Japanese translator and writer
• Alexander Gordon Smith (born 1979), British author of books for children and young adults

Other

• John Adams (mutineer) (1767–1829), mutineer on HMS Bounty, known as Alexander Smith
• Alexander Smith (golfer) (fl. 1860), Scottish golfer
• Aleck C. Smith (Alexander C. Smith, fl. 1860s), justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court
• Alexander Smith (chemist) (1865–1922), American chemist and author
• Aleck Smith (Alexander Smith, 1871–1919), American baseball catcher
• Alexander H. Smith (1904–1986), American mycologist
• Ross Alexander (1907–1937), American actor, born Alexander Ross Smith
• Alexander Smith (businessman), British CEO of Pier I
• Sandy Smith (born 1983), Scottish artist
• Alexander Tyler Smith (1993–1994), 14-month-old boy murdered by his mother Susan Smith

See also

• Alex Smith (disambiguation)
• Alec Smith (disambiguation)
• Alexander Smith Cochran (1874–1929), American sportsman and philanthropist
• Alexander Smith Taylor (1817–1876), collector, author and historian
• Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Historic District, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• Alexander Smith House (disambiguation)