Frederick, Frederic or Fred Smith may refer to:

Business

Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn (24 January 1859 – 26 January 1946), known as Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet, from 1912 to 1917, was a British manufacturer, investor and banking executive. He was an influential Liberal figure in ...

(1859–1946), British businessman *

Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden DL (12 August 1868 – 16 June 1928), known as Frederick Smith, was an English hereditary peer, businessman and politician. He studied at Eton, and New College, Oxford Life and caree ...

(1868–1928), British businessman and politician *

Frederic L. Smith Frederic Latta Smith (February 6, 1870 – August 6, 1954) was a pioneer of the automobile business. He was one of the founders of the Oldsmobile, Olds Motor Works in 1899 and of General Motors Corporation in 1908. He was also the president ...

(1870–1954), American football player and automobile industry pioneer in Detroit, Michigan * Frederick Smith, 2nd Baron Colwyn (1914–1966), stockbroker and British Army officer, grandson of the 1st Baron Colwyn *

Frederick W. Smith Frederick Wallace Smith (born August 11, 1944) is an American business magnate and investor. He is the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and was succeed ...

(1944–2025), American businessman, founder of FedEx

Entertainment

* Frederick Y. Smith (1903–1991), American film editor * Freddie Smith (born 1988), American television actor

Literature

* Frederick M. Smith (1874–1946), American religious leader and author *

Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 – 10 June 1975) was a British biographer and Member of the House of Lords. He is best known for writing a biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipli ...

(1907–1975), British peer and biographer, son of the 1st Earl of Birkenhead *

Frederick E. Smith Frederick Escreet Smith (4 April 1919 – 15 May 2012) was a British author, best known for his 1956 novel ''633 Squadron'' about a Second World War RAF Mosquito squadron undertaking a seemingly impossible mission to bomb a well-protected Ger ...

(1919–2012), British author *

Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (17 April 1936 – 16 February 1985) was a British writer, historian and hereditary peer. He wrote under the pseudonym Robin Furneaux. Biography Viscount Furneaux was his courtesy title prio ...

(1936–1985), British peer and author, son of the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead

Military

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Frederick Smith (British Army officer, born 1790) Major-General Sir John Mark Frederick Smith (11 January 1790 – 20 November 1874) was a British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers. He was also the Conservative Member of Parliament for Chatham from 1852 to 1853 and 1857 ...

(1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers, and Conservative MP for Chatham *

Frederick Augustus Smith Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Augustus Smith (18 November 1826 – 22 July 1887) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British an ...

(1826–1887), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Frederick Appleton Smith (1849–1922), U.S. Army general * Fred E. Smith (1873–1918), American Medal of Honor recipient *

Frederic H. Smith Jr. Frederic Harrison Smith Jr. (30 June 1908 – 28 May 1980) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (CINCUSAFE) from 1959 to 1961; and Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (V ...

(1908–1980), United States Air Force general *Frederick George Smith (1922–1942), Australian private who was killed in the

Ration Truck massacre The Ration Truck massacre or the 1942 Dili massacre was the execution of 14 Australian soldiers and the killing of three others on 20 February 1942 in Portuguese Timor during the Battle of Timor The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Tim ...

Music

Frederic Jacobs Smith Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s. She is perhaps best remembered for writing ...

(1882–1932), co-founder of Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son *

Fred Sledge Smith Fred Sledge Smith (May 18, 1933 – July 29, 2005), often credited as Fred Smith, was an American R&B songwriter and record producer, who worked in particular with The Olympics, Bob & Earl, Bill Cosby, and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. ...

(1933–2005), American R&B songwriter and record producer *

Fred Smith (bassist) Fred Smith (born April 10, 1948) is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Television. He was the original bassist with Angel and the Snake, which changed names to Blondie and the Banzai Babies, and then Blon ...

(born 1948), American bass guitarist best known for his work with Blondie and Television *

Fred "Sonic" Smith Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti S ...

(1948–1994), American guitarist with the MC5 *

Iain Campbell Smith Iain Campbell Smith is an Australian diplomat, singer/songwriter and comedian. He performs under the stage name Fred Smith in Australia and his full name in the United States. Early life Smith was one of two sons to Janet and Ric Smith. His f ...

, Australian folk singer/songwriter and comedian who also performs as Fred Smith

Politics

Frederick Smith (Pennsylvania lawyer) Frederick Smith (March 1, 1773 – October 6, 1830) was a Pennsylvania lawyer. He was state Attorney General (1823–8) and a justice of the state's Supreme Court (1828–30). Biography and career Smith was born in the Germantown ...

(1773–1830), Pennsylvania lawyer, state attorney general, state Supreme Court justice *

Frederick Chatfield Smith Frederic Chatfield Smith (11 June 1823 – 20 April 1905) was head of Smith's Bank in Nottingham and a British Conservative Party politician. Smith was the son of Samuel George Smith (1789-1863), of Goldings, Hertfordshire and his wife Eugenia ...

(1823–1905), British Member of Parliament for North Nottinghamshire, 1868–1880 *Sir

Frederick Smith (South African politician) Sir Frederick William Smith (1861 - 1926) was a South African businessman and legislator. He held the post of Mayor of Cape Town from 1908 to 1912. Life After holding the post of Mayor of Cape Town from 1908 to 1912, he remained on the Council as D ...

(1861–1926), South African businessman and mayor of Cape Town *

Fred Smith (New Brunswick politician) Frederick William Smith (October 29, 1871 – August 8, 1941) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Leg ...

(1871–1941), Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick *

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930) was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain ...

(Frederick Edwin Smith, 1872–1930), British Conservative statesman, attorney-general and lord chancellor *

Frederick Smith (Australian politician) Frederick Charles Lee Smith (11 November 1883 – 25 August 1960) was an Australian trade unionist, journalist, and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1932 to 1950, representing the s ...

(1883–1960), Australian politician, government minister in Western Australia *

Frederick Cleveland Smith Frederick Cleveland Smith (July 29, 1884 – July 16, 1956) was an American physician and politician who served six terms as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio from 1939 to 1951. Early life and career Freder ...

(1884–1956), U. S. representative from Ohio *

Fred A. Smith (trade unionist) Frederick Arthur Smith (23 February 1887 – 23 January 1943) was a British trade unionist. Born in Poplar, Smith completed an apprenticeship as an engineer and joined the London United Metal Turners Society."Mr. Fred A. Smith", ''Mancheste ...

(1887–1943), British trade unionist * Fred J. Smith (died 1988), member of the Illinois legislature, 1943–1979 *

Frederick Plympton Smith Frederick P. Smith (19151985) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. He was born in Vermont to Levi P. Smith and Julia Pease Smith and attended school in Burlington, Vermont. After graduation from Princeton University in 1937 he received ...

(1915–1985), member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate *Sir

Frederick Smith (Barbadian barrister) Sir Frederick Smith, KA, MBE, QC (6 July 1924 – 11 July 2016) was the former Attorney-General of Barbados and former Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1987–1990, President of the Court of Appeal of Grenada and assistant Attorn ...

(1924–2016), Attorney General of Barbados and Chief Justice of Turks and Caicos * Fred L. Smith (political writer) (1940–2024), American think-tank leader *

Fred Smith (North Carolina politician) Fred Smith (born March 27, 1942) is a North Carolina politician who served in the North Carolina Senate and ran for Governor of North Carolina in 2008. Early life and education Smith was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was a teac ...

(born 1942), American politician; North Carolina legislator and attorney * Fred Smith (Arkansas politician), former professional basketball player and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives *Fred Smith, program director at Maryville Academy and candidate in the

United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010 Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Illinois's 19 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until ...

Science, technology and medicine

Frederick Smith (entomologist) Frederick Smith (30 December 1805 – 16 February 1879) was a British entomologist who worked at the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera. Smith was born near York to William Smith and went to sch ...

(1805–1879), British entomologist * Frederick Porter Smith (1833–1888), British medical missionary to China * Frederick W. Smith (physician) (1858–1917), health commissioner in Syracuse, New York * Fredrick George Smith (1872–1956), British mechanical engineer * G. Frederick Smith (1891–1976), American chemist * Frederick Viggers Smith (1912–2006), Australian/British psychologist

Sports

Association football

* Fred Smith (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1957), English footballer with Stockport County, Derby County, Macclesfield and Southampton in the 1900s and 1910s * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1971), English footballer with Bury * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1901) (1901–?), English football centre forward * Fred Smith (Port Vale footballer) (fl. 1925–1927), English footballer at outside left with Port Vale in the 1920s * Frederick Smith (footballer) (fl. 1930–1938), English footballer at outside right with Stockport County, Darlington, Exeter City and Gillingham in the 1930s * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1982), English footballer with Bury and Bradford * Fred Smith (footballer, born February 1926) (1926–2005), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, Hull City, Sheffield United and Millwall * Fred Smith (footballer, born May 1926) (1926–2017), English footballer with Sheffield United and Grimsby * Fred Smith (footballer, born 1942) (1942-2020), English footballer with Burnley and Portsmouth

Baseball

Fred Smith (1890s pitcher) Frederick Christopher Smith (May, 1865 – November 19, 1926) was a pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Toledo Maumees of the American Association in 1890. Listed at 5' 11", 156 lb., Smith pitched left handed and ...

(1865–1926), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Fred Smith (1900s pitcher) (1878–1964), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Fred Smith (infielder) Fred Vincent Smith (July 29, 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio – May 28, 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) was an infielder in Major League Baseball in the early 20th century. Smith played his first game on April 17, 1913, and played his final game on Septembe ...

(1891–1961), American Major League Baseball infielder

Cricket

* Frederick Smith (Barbadian cricketer) (1837-1923), Barbadian cricketer * Frederick Smith (Somerset cricketer) (1854–1894), English cricketer * Fred Smith (South African cricketer) (1861–1914), South African Test cricketer * Fred Smith (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1905), English cricketer for Yorkshire * Fred Smith (cricketer, born 1885) (1885–?), English cricketer for Yorkshire

Rugby league

* Fred Smith (rugby league, born c. 1885), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s for Great Britain, England, and Hunslet * Fred Smith (1930s rugby league), rugby league centre who played in the 1930s for Wakefield Trinity * Fred Smith (rugby league, born 1935) (1935–2004), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s for Yorkshire, Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity

Other sports

* Fred L. Smith (coach) (fl. 1897–1907), American football and baseball coach with the University of Illinois and Fordham University * Fred Smith (snooker player) (fl. 1925–1932), English billiards and snooker player * Fred A. Smith (jockey) (c. 1913–1951), Cuban-American jockey * Fred Smith (Australian footballer) (1941–2024), Australian rules footballer *Fred Smith, skateboarder for the

Z-Boys The Zephyr Competition Team (or Z-Boys) were a group of American skateboarders in the mid-1970s from Santa Monica and Venice, California. Originally consisting of 12 members, the Z-boys were originally sponsored by the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Ze ...

Alva team