Peter Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Peter Smith (oboist) Peter Smith is an American classical musician been associate principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1991. Education A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Smith studied with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Oboe Richard Woodh ...

, American oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra *

Peter Smith (painter) Peter Smith (born in Mansfield 1967) is a contemporary British artist. The subject for which he is most well known is a striped rotund creature with the form of a hippopotamus but the stripes of a zebra, which are known as 'Zeppos' or 'Impos ...

(born 1967), contemporary British painter * Peter C. Smith (born 1940), British author of aeronautical, naval and military history books * Peter Moore Smith (born 1965), American writer * Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), Australian artist *Peter Smith (born c. 1978), member of the British boyband

Phixx Phixx were an English-Irish boy band formed in 2003 from the five runners up on British TV show '' Popstars: The Rivals''. The original members were Andrew Kinlochan, Chris Park, Mikey Green, Peter Smith, and Nikk Mager. Between 2003 and 2005, ...

Politicians

Peter Smith (Canadian politician) Peter Smith (May 26, 1877 – May 21, 1934) was a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Perth South (provincial electoral district), Perth South from 1919 to 1923 representing the United Farmer ...

(1877–1934), Canadian politician involved in the Ontario Bond Scandal * Peter Smith (South African politician) (born 1954), member of the National Assembly of South Africa *

Peter Smith (diplomat) Peter John Smith, CBE (born 15 May 1942) is a retired British diplomat who was the British ambassador to Madagascar, the British High Commissioner to Lesotho and in his final position was Governor of the Cayman Islands The governor of the ...

(born 1942), governor of the Cayman Islands, 1999–2002 * Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (1945–2021), leader of Wigan council and member of the House of Lords * Peter J. Smith (politician) (1867–1947), Wisconsin state senator *

Peter Plympton Smith Peter Plympton Smith (born October 31, 1945) is an American educator and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 76th lieutenant governor of Vermont, and an education a ...

(born 1945), lieutenant-governor and congressman from Vermont, president of California State University, Monterey Bay

Sports

Association football (soccer)

* Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1935) (1935–2019), English footballer (Gillingham) *

Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1969) Peter John Smith (born 12 July 1969) is an English former professional footballer who made 140 Football League appearances playing as a right back for Brighton & Hove Albion. Life and career Smith was born in Cannock, Staffordshire. He played n ...

, English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion) *

Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1980) Peter Smith (born 31 October 1980) is an English former footballer, who played for Exeter City as a midfielder, and is currently assistant manager of Floriana Floriana ( or ''Il-Floriana''), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a Florian ...

, English footballer (Exeter City) * Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1985), English footballer (Hong Kong Football Club) * Peter Smith (Scottish footballer) (born 1937), Scottish footballer *

Peter Smith (Welsh footballer) Peter Smith (born 18 September 1978) in Rhuddlan, Wales, is a Welsh retired professional footballer who played as a forward for several teams in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clu ...

(born 1978), retired Welsh professional footballer

Cricket

* Peter Smith (Australian cricketer) (born 1968), Australian cricketer *

Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1908) Thomas Peter Bromley Smith (30 October 1908 − 4 August 1967) was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played for Essex from 1929 to 1951. ...

(1908–1967), English cricketer * Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1934), English cricketer *

Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1944) Peter Bruce Smith (18 March 1944 – 15 April 2024) was an English cricketer and school headmaster. Biography Smith was born in Headington, a suburb of Oxford, and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Lincoln College, Oxford.

(1944–2024), English cricketer *

Peter Smith (New Zealand cricketer) Peter Smith (8 March 1935 – 11 December 2013) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Northern Districts in 1956/57. See also * List of Northern Districts representative cricketers A list is a set of ...

(1935–2013), New Zealand cricketer

Other sports

Peter Smith (curler) Peter Smith (born 18 November 1964) is a Scottish curler. He played second for David Murdoch from 2006 to 2010, including curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Smith started curling in 1979. He plays in second position and is right-handed. He ...

(born 1964), Scottish curler *

Peter Smith (Australian footballer, born 1960) Peter J. Smith (born 26 January 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Smith played 11 games in the 1983 VFL season The ...

, Australian rules footballer at North Melbourne and Brisbane *

Peter Smith (ice hockey) Peter Smith (born 27 March 1953) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and coaching mentor of the McGill Redbirds and Martlets programs at McGill University in Montreal. He was the head coach of the McGill Martlets ice hockey program for twenty seasons ...

(born 1953), head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team *

Peter Smith (rugby league, born 1955) Peter Smith (born 17 September 1955) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Feather ...

, rugby league international for Great Britain and England *

Peter Smith (rugby league, born 1958) Peter Smith is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the Gold Coast, Canterbury-Bankstown, South Sydney and Illawarra in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competitio ...

, Australian rugby league player *

Peter Smith (rugby union) Peter Smith (1 August 1924 – 26 January 1954) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was a member of the 1947 All Blacks team that toured Australia, but did not appear in any Test matches. He played second five-eighth. Personal life Smith ...

(1924–1954), New Zealand rugby player * Peter V. Smith (born 1947), Australian rules footballer and son of Norm Smith *

Peter Smith (hurler) Peter Smith (born 1972) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. At club level, he played with Midleton and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Playing career Smith played hurling at all grades as a student at Midl ...

, Irish hurling manager and former player

Scientists and engineers

Peter Smith (biologist) Pete Smith is a Scottish climate change scientist who is Professor of Soils and Global change at the University of Aberdeen where he directs the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise, ClimateXChange., Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

, professor at the University of Aberdeen * Peter Smith (epidemiologist) (born 1942), professor of tropical epidemiology * Peter Smith (computer scientist) (born 1956), emeritus professor at the University of Sunderland *

Peter Smith (physicist) Peter H. Smith is a professor emeritus (he retired in 2013) at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, where he holds the inaugural Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science. He is also the principal i ...

(born 1947), American physicist, principal investigator for the Phoenix spacecraft Mars mission *

Peter K. Smith Professor Peter K Smith (born 23 September 1943) is a developmental psychologist with a particular interest in children’s social development. Career Smith received his B.Sc at the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. from the University of She ...

(born 1943), British professor of psychology

Other

Peter Smith (bishop) Peter David Gregory Smith (21 October 1943 – 6 March 2020) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church, having served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Southwark. He had previously served as the Bishop of East Anglia (1995–2001), M ...

(1943–2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark (formerly the Archbishop of Cardiff) * Peter Smith (businessman) (born 1946), English businessman, currently chairman of estate agents Savills *

Peter Smith (historian) Peter Smith helped establish Mahidol University International College (MUIC) in 1987, where he served as university administrator and chair of the Social Science Division until his retirement in 2013. He also teaches courses at the Wilmette Ins ...

, British historian specializing in Bahá'í studies *

Peter Smith (judge) Sir Peter Winston Smith (born 1 May 1952), abbreviated to ''Peter Smith J'' in judgements, is a former High Court judge (England and Wales), High Court judge who sat in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales fr ...

(born 1952), judge of the High Court of England and Wales * Peter Smith (trade unionist) (1940–2006), general secretary of the British trade union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers *

Peter H. Smith Peter Hopkinson Smith (born January 17, 1940) is a scholar of Latin American history, politics, economics, and diplomacy. He is a distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science and the Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies a ...

(born 1940), former president of the Latin American Studies Association *Peter J. Smith, United States Attorney for the

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, M.D. Pa.) is a district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania. The court was created in 1901 by subdividing t ...

, 2010–2016 * Peter Leslie Smith (born 1958), South African–born American Catholic bishop * Peter W. Smith (1936–2017), American investment banker and Republican activist * Peter J. Smith (attorney) (born 1949), American attorney *

Peter Smith (architectural historian) Peter Smith (1926–2013) was an architectural historian. His most important work, ''Houses of the Welsh Countryside'', has been described as having "a defining influence on the understanding, enjoyment and conservation of Welsh traditional archi ...

(1926–2013)