James Smith may refer to:
James Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1899–1974), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club
James Smith (boxer) (born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"
James Smith (footballer, born 1848) (1848–?), played in first official international football match
James Smith (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), footballer
James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City
James Smith (footballer, born 1985), English football player (Southport)
James Smith (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1922), Scottish football player (Port Vale)
James Smith (sports media figure) (born 1959), American boxer and host of In This Corner
James Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer
James R. Smith (born 1959), American water polo player and coach
James Stephen Smith (born 1963), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player
James Smith (Leicestershire cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
James Smith (New South Wales cricketer) (1880–1958), Australian cricketer
James Smith (South Australia cricketer) (born 1988), Australian cricketer
James Smith (Kent cricketer) (fl. 1792–1796), English cricketer
James Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (1891–1971), New Zealand cricketer
James Smith (sailor) (1909–1982), American sailor and Olympic champion
James Smith (sport shooter) (born 1931), American Olympic shooter
James Snuka (1943–2017, born James Wiley Smith), Fijian wrestler
James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1826–1881), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil ar
James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1838–?), Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime actions
James A. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1880–1944), Medal of Honor recipient in the Boxer Rebellion
James Smith (VC) (1871–1946), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
James Argyle Smith (1831–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
James Alexander Smith (1881–1968), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
James Floyd Smith (1884–1956), American test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin
James Robert Smith (aviator) (1891–?), World War I flying ace
James Thomas Smith (1908–1990), U.S. Navy admiral
James Smith (Texas General) (1792–1855), general in the Revolutionary Army of Texas
James Smith (frontiersman) (1737–1812/14), American leader of the Black Boys Rebellion against British rule in colonial America
James E. Smith Jr., U.S. Army Ranger in the Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
James Webster Smith (1850–1876), first black cadet at West Point
James Smith, British singer and member of Hadouken!
James Marcus Smith, singer, better known as P.J. Proby
James Prince (James Andre Smith), American founder of Texas-based Rap-A-Lot Records
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968), American rapper
James Smith (actor), English actor
James Smith (born 1982), American guitarist for the band Underoath
James Smith (born 1982), English drummer for the band Season's End
James Smith (born 1999), Finalist in Britain's Got Talent (series 8)
Scientists and academics
James Smith (anaesthetist) (1917–1986), Scottish anaesthetist
James Smith (Scottish botanist) (1763–1848), Scottish botanist
James Smith (educator), Scottish principal of Edinburgh University, 1732–1736
James Smith (founder), Founder and first president of the National Radio Institute in Washington, D.C.
James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and biblical critic
James Edward Smith (1759–1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London
James George Smith (1819–1849), American founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity
James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-born Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College
James Monroe Smith (1888–1949), President of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939
James Cuthbert Smith (born 1954), Director of Research at the Francis Crick Institute in London
J.L.B. Smith (James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1897–1968), South African ichthyologist
Politicians, judges, and civil servants
James Smith, 19th-century Canadian Cree Chief, founder of the James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan
James Smith (1806–68), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec
James Smith (Canadian politician), former commissioner of the Yukon Territory, 1966–1976
James Smith (Canada West politician) (1811–1874), lawyer, judge and politician in Canada West
James Smith (delegate) (1719–1806), Pennsylvania delegate who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
James Smith (New Mexico politician), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
James Smith (New South Wales politician) (1887–1962), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
James Smith, Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
James A. Smith (mayor), first mayor of the city of Ridgefield, Washington.
James A. Smith (politician) (1911–1993), Canadian Member of Parliament
James C. Smith (born 1941), former Florida Attorney General
James E. Smith (politician), Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, 1973–1976
James E. Smith, Jr. (born 1967), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
James Edward Smith (Toronto) (1831–1892), mayor of Toronto
James Francis Smith (1859–1928), U.S. administrator, governor of the Philippines, 1906–1909
James Francis Smith (politician) (1844–1908), New South Wales politician
James H. Smith, Jr. (1909–1982), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR), 1953–1956
James Joynton Smith (1858–1943), Australian politician
James M. Smith (died 1898), New York City politician and judge
James MacCallum Smith (1868–1939), Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder
James Masterton-Smith (1878–1938), British civil servant
James Parker Smith (1854–1929), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick, 1890–1906
James Peyton Smith (1925–2006), Louisiana politician
James Sinclair Smith (1816–?), Scottish-born Canadian politician
James Skivring Smith (1825–1884?), U.S.-born Vice President, 1870–1872, and interim President, 1871–1872, of Liberia
James Smith (Kansas politician), (born c. 1836), Kansas Secretary of State
James Strudwick Smith (1790–1859), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
James T. Smith, Jr. (born 1942), American, County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland
James Thorneloe Smith (1825–1902), engineer and politician in Queensland, Australia
James Vernon Smith (1926–1973), US Representative from Oklahoma
James Vinton Smith (1897–1952), Australian politician
James W. Smith, Jr., American, Chief of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
James Y. Smith (1809–1876), American, former Governor of Rhode Island
Religious scholars and leaders
James Smith (priest) (died 1667), Archdeacon of Barnstaple
James Smith (Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District) (1645–1711), English Roman Catholic vicar-apostolic
James Elishama Smith (1801–1857), British journalist and religious writer
James Allwood Smith (1806–1882), American minister and state legislator
James Smith (archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh) (1841–1928), Roman Catholic archbishop in Scotland
James E. Smith (Bible scholar) (born 1939)
James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of Radical Orthodoxy
James Smith, character in 8 Mile (film)
James Smith (writer) (1775–1839), British humorist
James Smith (gardener) (died 1789), gardener who journeyed to New Holland (Australia) in 1789
James Smith (architect) (c. 1645–1731), Scottish architect
James Smith (inventor) (1789–1850), British
James Smith (journalist) (1820–1910), Australian journalist
James Smith (miner) (1827–1897), Australian miner
James Smith (murderer) (1936–1962), English murderer
James Allan Smith (1841–1918), fifth Dean of St David's
James B. Smith (born 1952), Dean of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
James E. Smith (engineer), computer engineer and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
James J. Smith, American law enforcement officer
James Kellum Smith (1893–1961), American architect
James Lawrence Smith (died 1950), co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
James McCune Smith (1813–1865), American physician & activist
James Milton Smith (1823–1890), American soldier & politician
James Robert Smith (author) (born 1957), American author
James Thorne Smith (1892–1934), American author
James W. Smith, horse trainer
