Richard Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

RAS-1 Richard Arthur Smith, known professionally as RAS-1, is a guitarist and singer known as a founder of Long Beach Shortbus, alongside Sublime (band), Sublime bassist Eric Wilson (bassist), Eric Wilson, drummer Damien Ramirez, and Trey Pangborn. Sm ...

, stage name of Richard Arthur Smith, American musician *

Richard Bernhard Smith Richard Bernhard Smith (September 29, 1901 – September 28, 1935) was an American lyricist who wrote the words for the popular Christmas song "Winter Wonderland", which was composed by Felix Bernard. Smith was born on September 29, 1901, in ...

(1901–1935), American composer who wrote the lyrics to "Winter Wonderland" *

Richard Curson Smith Richard Curson Smith is a British television director and producer. He has BAFTA, Emmy, RTS, Grierson, Real Screen, Broadcast, CSA and Prix Italia awards and nominations. He heads his own production company, Absinthe Film Entertainment and is ma ...

, British television director and producer *

Richard H. E. Smith II Richard H. E. Smith II is a Chicago, Illinois- and Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based software engineer, computer consultant and a science fiction fanzine publisher. Science fiction fandom As a science fiction fan, Smith, with his wife, Leah Zeldes ...

, American software engineer, computer consultant and science fiction fanzine publisher * Richard John Smith (1786–1855), British actor * Richard Langham Smith (born 1947), British academic, head of music at the Open University * Richard Penn Smith (1799–1854), American playwright *

Richard O'Brien Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1973, which has since remained in continuous p ...

(born 1942), stage name of Richard Timothy Smith, British-New Zealand writer and actor *

Richard Smith (American guitarist) Richard Smith (born in Detroit) is an American jazz guitarist. Smith teaches at University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. Solo albums *''Rockin the Boat'' 1989 *''Puma Creek'' 1989 (originally released as ''Inglewood'' in Jap ...

, jazz guitarist in California *

Richard Smith (artist) Richard Smith, CBE (27 October 1931 – 15 April 2016) was an English painter and printmaker. Smith produced work in a range of styles, and is credited with extending the field of painting through his shaped, sculptural canvases. A key figure in ...

(1931–2016), English painter *

Richard Smith (English guitarist) Richard Smith (born 12 December 1971) is an English guitarist. Biography Smith was born in Beckenham, England. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of "Down South Blu ...

(born 1971), English-born fingerstyle guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee * Rick Smith (musician) (born 1959), member of English dance duo Underworld * Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, film director, BAFTA-winning writer of ''Trauma'' * Richard Smith (silent film director) (1886–1937), American silent film director * Richard Zane Smith (born 1955), American sculptor

Journalism

* Richard Mills Smith (born 1946), American editor and journalist, Chairman of ''Newsweek'' magazine *

Richard Smith (editor) Richard Smith CBE FMedSci is a British medical doctor, editor, and businessman. He is the director of the UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative at Emory University (which grew out of the UnitedHealth “Ovations initiative”), which toget ...

, British medical doctor, former editor of the ''British Medical Journal''

Military

Richard Smith (soldier) Richard Smith was a Canadian soldier who fought in the War of 1812 for the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot. Early years The place and date of birth of, and the background of, Richard Smith are unknown. On June 18, 1805, he enlisted in ...

(–1819), Canadian soldier and magistrate *

Richard Baird Smith Richard Baird Smith (31 December 1818 – 13 December 1861) was a British engineer officer in the East India Company, who played a prominent part as Chief Engineer in the Siege of Delhi of 1857. Early life Baird Smith was born on 31 December 18 ...

(1818–1861), British engineer officer * Richard Abel Smith (1933–2004), British Army officer *

Richard Smith (East India Company officer) Brigadier-General Richard Smith (baptised 1734 – 3 July 1803) was Commander-in-Chief, India of the East India Company (Bengal). Early life He was the eldest son of John Smith, cheesemonger, of Jermyn Street, St. James’s, in what is now cen ...

(1734–1803), Commander-in-Chief, India

Politics

* R. Maclin Smith (1906–1971), American politician from Virginia *

Richard Smith (MP for Devizes) Richard Smith (fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also ...

, MP for Devizes, 1402 *

Richard Smith (died 1516) Richard Smith (by 1453–1516) was an English politician and courtier. Richard was a cloth merchant with premises in both the City of London and Reading in Berkshire. He obtained a number of minor royal appointments before becoming a Yeoman of t ...

, MP for Reading *

Richard Smith (died 1581) Richard Smith (by 1516 – buried on 22 May 1581) was an English politician. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1547–48 and 1549–50. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legisla ...

, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme * Richard Smith (fl. 1584), MP for Cricklade *

Richard Smith (Canadian politician) Richard "Dick" Stanley Smith (June 20, 1931 – October 8, 1978) was the Liberal MPP for Nipissing in Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is ...

(1931–1978), former Liberal MPP for Nipissing, Ontario *

Richard Smith (Continental Congress) Richard Smith (March 22, 1735 – September 17, 1803) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Continental Congress and signed the Continental Association. Personal life and education Richard Smith was born in Burlington, Province of New J ...

(1735–1803), lawyer and New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress * Richard B. Smith (New York politician) (1878–1937), New York politician * Richard M. Smith (1828–1888), legislator from Mineral Point, Wisconsin *

Richard Smith (diplomat) Richard John Smith (14 December 1934 – 26 July 2015) was an Australian diplomat. Smith was born in Tamworth, New South Wales and educated at Sydney High School and the University of Sydney. He worked as a teacher in London in the late 1950s ...

(1934–2015), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom *

Richard Joseph Smith Richard Joseph Smith (1819 – 15 November 1883) was a member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Smith was born at Leicester, England in 1819 to Richard Smith and arrived in New S ...

(1819–1883), member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council * Richard A. Smith (Connecticut politician), American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives *

Ric Smith Richard Campbell "Ric" Smith (born 8 March 1944) is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He served as the Australian Ambassador to China (1996–2000), Australian Ambassador to Indonesia during the time of the 2002 Bali bo ...

(Richard C. Smith, born 1944), Australian public servant * Richard H. Smith (1945–2024), member of the Georgia House of Representatives * Richard "Mouse" Smith (1949–2025), former President of the Delaware NAACP State Conference and a close friend to

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

Science

* Richard Smith (mining engineer) (1783–1868), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia *

Richard Smith (historical geographer) Richard Michael Smith, FBA, FRHistS (born 3 January 1946) is a historical geographer and demographer. He was professor of historical geography and demography at the University of Cambridge from 2003 to 2011, where he is now an emeritus professor, ...

(born 1946), British academic, historical geographer and demographer *

Richard A. Smith (physician) Richard A. Smith (1932–2017) was an American physician who was part of the five-person team composing the Surgeon General's Office of Equal Health Opportunity (OEHO), which was charged with desegregating US hospitals in the mid-1960s. Smith de ...

(1932–2017), African-American physician * Richard Bowyer Smith (1837–1919), Australian inventor * Richard D. Smith (born 1949), American chemist, Director of Pan-omics and Proteomics Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * Richard G. Smith (engineer) (1929–2019), director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center *

Richard G. Smith (geographer) Richard G. Smith is a British geographer. His research focuses on the philosophy of Jean Baudrillard, and urban studies, especially on poststructuralist cities. Academic career Smith was educated at the University of Hull (BA Hons Geography, 1st ...

, British geographer * Richard Harbert Smith (1894–1957), professor and researcher of aeronautical engineering * Richard J. Smith (born 1948), American dentist, anthropologist, head of graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis * R. N. Smith (Richard Norman Smith), president of the British Veterinary Association

Sports

* Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973), former Wales international rugby union player * Richard Smith (rugby league) (born 1973), rugby league player * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1967), English footballer for Mansfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1970), English footballer for Leicester City, Cambridge United and Grimsby Town *

Richard Smith (wide receiver) Richard Smith Jr. (born July 16, 1980) is a former professional American football wide receiver. Smith played four games in National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs along with spending time on the practice rosters for the Washi ...

(born 1980), American football player *

Richard Smith (American football coach) Richard Smith (born October 17, 1955) is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He has been defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons, as well as the Houston Texan ...

(born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Houston Texans *

Richard Shore Smith Richard Shore Smith (December 11, 1877 – May 19, 1953) was an American college football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Oregon from 1896 to 1899 and then at Columbia University, where he attended law school. Pl ...

(1877–1953), American football player and coach *

Rick Smith (American football executive) Rick Smith (born September 3, 1969) is an American professional football executive. He served as the general manager of the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) from 2006 to 2017. Smith also served as the team's executive vice pr ...

, general manager of the Houston Texans *

Rick Smith (ice hockey) Richard Allan Smith (born June 29, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played from 1968 until 1981 in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). He won the Stanley Cup in 1970 with the Bosto ...

(born 1948), professional hockey player *

Richard Smith (field hockey) Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player and former head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM. He played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2012 Summ ...

(born 1987), British field hockey player * Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1987), Cardiff Blues centre * Richard Smith (umpire) (born 1972), Irish cricket umpire * Richard Smith (Costa Rican footballer) (born 1967), former footballer with Alajuelense, Antigua and Carmelita * Richard Smith (sport shooter) (born 1950), American sports shooter * Richard Smith (Barbadian cricketer) (1873–1954), Barbadian cricketer * Richard Smith (Trinidadian cricketer) (born 1971), Trinidadian cricketer * Richard Smith (South African cricketer) (born 1972), South African cricketer

Other

* Richard A. Smith (businessman) (1925–2020), American business executive * Richard Smith (businessman) (1836–1919) managing director of Australian company Harris Scarfe * Richard Smith (public historian), American historian focused on New England history *

Richard Gordon Smith Richard Gordon Smith (1858 – 6 November 1918) was a Great Britain, British traveler, sportsman, and naturalist who traveled extensively in the late 19th century and lived in Japan for a number of years. image:Smith-Monoyuki-White sake.jpg, Illus ...

(1858–1918), British traveller, sportsman and naturalist *

Dick Smith (entrepreneur) Richard Harold Smith (born 18 March 1944) is an Australian entrepreneur and aviator. He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, ''Australian Geographic'' and Dick Smith Foods. Smith has had a long interest in aviation and holds a number of wo ...

(Richard Harold Smith), Australian businessman *

Richard Norton Smith Richard Norton Smith (born October 2, 1953) is an American historian and author, specializing in United States presidents and other political figures. In the past, he worked as a freelance writer for ''The Washington Post'', and worked with U. ...

(born 1953), U.S. Presidential historian *

Richard Sharp Smith Richard Sharp Smith (July 7, 1853 – February 8, 1924) was an English-born American architect, noted for his association with George Washington Vanderbilt II, George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate and Asheville, North Carolina. Smith worked f ...

(1852–1924), English then American architect * Richard Smith (merchant) (1707–1776), English merchant in the West Indies trade *

Richard Smith (settler) Richard Smith (c. 1596–1666) was the first European settler in the Narragansett country (later Washington County, Rhode Island) in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He established a trading post on the western side of the ...

(1596–1666), one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island *

Richard Smith (bishop) Richard Smith (November 1568 – 18 March 1655) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of English from 1624 to 1632. Having studied at the English College in Rome, he taught at Valladolid and Seville. Life Richard Sm ...

(1568–1655), English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor *

Richard William Smith Mons. Richard William Smith (born April 28, 1959) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the metropolitan archbishop of Vancouver, having previously served as Bishop of Pembroke and Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton. The ...

(born 1959), Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Richard F. Smith (born c. 1961), American business executive *

Richard Tilden Smith Richard Tilden Smith (14 October 1865 – 18 December 1929) was a British businessman who made a fortune in mining in New South Wales and Western Australia and also had significant business interests in Britain. Tilden Smith commissioned the pion ...

(1865–1929), British businessman * Richard Patrick Smith, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad * Sir Richard Smith, High Court judge of England and Wales