Naismith Explained

Naismith, Nasmith, Nasmyth, or Naysmith may refer to:

General

McClure Naismith, Scottish commercial solicitors
Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company (1836–1850), production of heavy machine tools and locomotives, later James Nasmyth and Company (1850–1857), Patricroft Ironworks (1857–1867), Nasmyth, Wilson and Company (1867–1940)

Naismith (Nasmith, Nasmyth, Naysmith) is an occupational surname for a cutler, and may refer to:

Alby Naismith (1917–1981), Australian rules footballer
Charlie Naismith (1881–unknown), Australian rules footballer
James Naismith (1861 - 1939), Canadian sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball
James Naismith (chemist) (born 1968), chemical biologist
Jason Naismith (born 1994), Scottish footballer
Jon Naismith (born 1965), British television producer
Joseph Nasmith (1850-1904), British consulting engineer and author
Kal Naismith (born 1992), Scottish footballer
Laurence Naismith (1908 - 1992), English actor
Lindley Naismith, New Zealand architect
Sharon Naismith, Australian clinical neuropsychologist
Steven Naismith (born 1986), Scottish footballer
Wally Naismith (1881–1954), Australian rules footballer
William W. Naismith (1856–1935), Scottish mountaineer

David Nasmith (1799–1839), founder of the City Mission Movement
David Dunbar-Nasmith (1921–1997), Royal Navy admiral
James Nasmith (1740–1808), English clergyman, academic and antiquary
James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), British conservation architect
Martin Nasmith, later Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1883–1965), Royal Navy admiral, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ted Nasmith (born 1950s), Canadian artist, illustrator and architectural renderer

Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet (died 1720), Scottish lawyer
Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet (c. 1704-1779), Scottish botanist and politician, son of 1st Baronet
Alexander Nasmyth (1758 - 1840), Scottish portrait and landscape painter, father of Anne, Barbara, Charlotte, James, Jane and Patrick
Jane Nasmyth (1787 - 1867), Scottish landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
Barbara Nasmyth (1790-1870), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
Anne Nasmyth (1798 - 1874), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
Charlotte Nasmyth (1804-1884), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
James Nasmyth (1808 - 1890), Scottish engineer, inventor of the steam hammer and the Nasmyth telescope, son of Alexander
Patrick Nasmyth (1787 - 1831), Scottish landscape painter, son of Alexander
Thomas Goodall Nasmyth (1855-1937), Scottish physician, medical author and historian
Beatrice Nasmyth (1885-1977), Canadian suffragette and war correspondent
Kim Nasmyth (born 1952), British biochemistry professor