John Smith is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a placeholder name and pseudonym, and is sometimes used in the United States and the United Kingdom as a term for an average person. It may refer to:

People

In chronological order.

Academics

Arts

Business

Crime

  • John Smith (housebreaker) (1661–after 1727), London housebreaker who evaded hanging thrice and was eventually transported to Virginia
  • John Smith (died 1835) (1795–1835), one of the last two Englishmen who were hanged for sodomy in 1835
  • John Eldon Smith (1930–1983), convicted of the murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins
  • John Smith (murderer) (born 1951), American convicted murderer who killed his first and second wives

Law

Military

Politicians

Australia

Canada

United Kingdom

United States

Other countries

Religion

Sports

American football

Association football

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Rugby

Other sports

Other

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also

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