Robert Smith
Appearance
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 (born 1970), 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
- Robert Earl Smith (1933–2012), American businessman, inventor of ski goggles
Sports
American/Canadian 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
- Rob Smith (Canadian football) (born 1958), Former Canadian football offensive lineman
Association football/soccer
- Robert Smith (footballer born 1843), Scottish international footballer
- Bobby Smith (footballer born 1870), professional footballer, who played one game in the Football League for Stoke
- Robert Smith (manager) (born 1912), English association football player and manager
- 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 (soccer) (born 1951), American soccer player
- Bobby Smith (footballer born 1953) (1953–2010), football player for Hibernian and Leicester City
- Rob Smith (footballer) (born 1966), English footballer and manager
- Rob Smith (soccer) (born 1973), American soccer player
- Bobby Smith (Irish footballer), 1940s football player for Bohemians
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 (footballer), English professional footballer
- 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)