Editing William Smith (section)

==Arts and entertainment==
* [[Will Smith]] (born 1968), American actor, rapper, and film producer
* [[William "Gentleman" Smith]] (1730–1819), English stage star
* William Henry Smith (1806–1872), American author of 1844 temperance play ''[[The Drunkard]]''
* [[William Smith (actor)]] (1933–2021), American character performer
* [[William Smith (17th-century actor)]] (died 1696), British actor
* [[William Smith (teacher)]] (1939–2024), South African television science and mathematics presenter
* [[Will Smith (comedian)]] (born 1971), English actor and writer

===Art and literature===
* [[William Smith (poet)]] (before 1570–after 1606), English sonneteer
* [[William Thompson Russell Smith]] (1812–1896), Scottish-American painter
* [[William Collingwood Smith]] (1815–1887), English painter
* [[William Jardine Smith]] (1834–1884), Australian writer and editor
* [[William Brooke Smith]] (before 1880–1908), American artist
* [[William Twigg-Smith]] (1883–1950), New Zealand artist
* [[William Hart-Smith]] (1911–1990), New Zealand/Australian poet
* [[William E. Smith (artist)]] (1913–1997), African American illustrator
* [[W. Eugene Smith]] (1918–1978), American photojournalist
* [[William Craig Smith]] (1918–1986), American art director
* [[William Arthur Smith]] (1918–1989), American artist
* [[William Jay Smith]] (1918–2015), American poet
* [[William Gardner Smith]] (1927–1974), African-American novelist
* [[Bill Smith (jewelry designer)]] (born 1933), first African American recipient of Coty Award
* [[Willi Smith]] (1948–1987), American fashion designer
* Will Smith, American tech journalist, 2010 founder of [[Tested.com]]

===Characters===
* Bill Smith, in the Canadian TV comedy program ''[[The Red Green Show]]'', played by [[Rick Green (comedian)]]
* [[Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2003–04|Billy Smith]], in the US late-night live sketch comedy variety show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', played by [[Fred Armisen]]
* Billy Smith, in the UK TV soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]''
* [[Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)|Will Smith (''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'')]], TV series character
* [[Will Smith (Home and Away)|Will Smith]], in the Australian TV soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'', played by [[Zac Drayson]]
* Will Smith, child character in ''[[Wee Sing]] The Best Christmas Ever!''

===Music===
* [[Barkin' Bill Smith]] (1928–2000), American Chicago blues singer
* [[Bill Smith (Canadian musician)]] (born 1938), Canadian record producer, musician, writer, editor
* [[Bill Smith (English musician)]] (born 1940), founding member of the Quarrymen
* [[Bill Smith (jazz musician)]] (1926–2020), folk jazz clarinetist, professor of music at the University of Washington
* [[Major Bill Smith]] (1922–1994), American record producer and executive
* [[William Smith (composer)]] (1603–1645), English composer from the city of Durham
* [[William "Smitty" Smith]] (1944–1997), keyboardist and session musician
* [[Willie "Big Eyes" Smith]] (1936–2011), blues drummer and singer
* [[Willie "Long Time" Smith]], dates unknown, Chicago blues pianist and singer
* [[Willie Smith (alto saxophonist)]] (1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist
* [[Willie "the Lion" Smith]] (1893–1973), jazz pianist
* [[William Oscar Smith]], jazz double bassist and music educator