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'''William''', '''Willie''', '''Will''', '''Bill''', or '''Billy Smith''' may refer to:
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==Academics==
* [[William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)]] (1556–1615), English academic
* [[William Smith (antiquary)]] (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford
* [[William Smith (scholar)]] (1711–1787), English classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester
* [[William Smith (Episcopal priest)]] (1727–1803), Scottish-born first provost of University of Pennsylvania
* [[William Pitt Smith]] (1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer
* [[William Andrew Smith]] (1802–1870), American college president and clergyman
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)]] (1813–1893), English editor and publisher of dictionaries
* [[William Robertson Smith]] (1846–1894), Scottish philologist, physicist, archaeologist and Biblical critic
* [[William Benjamin Smith]] (1850–1934), American professor of mathematics at Tulane University
* [[William Ramsay Smith]] (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist
* [[William George Smith]] (1866–1918), Scottish psychologist
* [[William Hall Smith]] (1866–after 1920), President of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916–1920
* [[William Cunningham Smith]] (1871–1943), American academic of English literature, university administrator and writer
* [[William Roy Smith]] (1876–1938), American academic historian
* [[William Charles Smith]] (1881–1972), English musicologist
* [[William Newton-Smith]] (1943–2023), Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science
* [[Willie W. Smith]], American physiologist

==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

==Business==
* [[William Henry Smith (1792–1865)]], entrepreneur whose business was about both newsagents and book shops
** [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)]], son of the above, and politician
* [[William Smith (businessman)]] (1818–1912), nurseryman and donor to Hobart and William Smith Colleges
* [[William Reardon Smith]] (1856–1935), British shipowner
* [[Willie Reardon Smith]] (1887–1950), British shipowner
* [[William Wensley Smith]] (1887–1955), founder of W. W. Smith Insurance Ltd

==Law and crime==
* [[Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet]] (1766–1836), baronet
* [[William W. Smith (Arkansas judge)]] (1838–1888), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* [[William A. Smith (Iowa judge)]] (1870–1958), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
* [[William A. Smith (Kansas judge)]] (1888–1968), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
* [[William E. Smith (judge)]] (born 1959), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
* Sir [[William James Smith]] (1853–1912), British judge who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, British Guiana and the Transvaal
* [[William Francis Smith]] (1904–1968), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* [[William Kennedy Smith]] (born 1960), physician and Kennedy family scion who was acquitted of rape in 1991
* [[William Nimmo Smith, Lord Nimmo Smith]] (born 1942), former Senator of the College of Justice and a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
* [[William Owen Smith]] (1848–1929), lawyer involved in overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
* [[William Redwood Smith]] (1851–1935), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
* [[William Scott Smith]] (born 1959), American serial killer and kidnapper
* [[William Smith (judge, born 1728)]] (1728–1793), historian, Chief Justice of the Province of New York, and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec and later Lower Canada
* [[William Smith (judge, born 1697)]] (1697–1769), father of John Smith, Doctor Thomas Smith, Joshua Hett Smith, and Chief Justice William Smith
* [[William Smith (murderer)]] (1957–2005), executed by the State of Ohio in 2005
* [[William "Tangier" Smith]] (1655–1705), Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1692
* [[William Trickett Smith]] (1937–2021), American lawyer who was disbarred
* [[William Trickett Smith II]] (born 1981), his son, American drug trafficker convicted of murdering his wife in Peru in 2007

==Military==
* Sir [[Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)]] (William Sidney Smith, 1764–1840), British admiral
* [[William Smith (patriot)|William Smith]] (1746–1787), commanding officer of the Lincoln minutemen in the battles of Lexington and Concord
* [[William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)]] (1854–1914), founder of the Boys' Brigade
* [[William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden]] (1868–1928), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army
* [[William Douglas Smith]] (1865–1939), British general
* [[William D. Smith]] (1933–2020), United States Navy admiral
* [[William Duncan Smith]] (1825–1862), career United States Army officer
* [[William Farrar Smith]] (1824–1903), Union Army general
* [[William F. Smith (US Army Air Corps)]], piloted the US Army Air Corps B-25 Billy Mitchell Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building
* [[William H. Smith (Medal of Honor)]] (1847–1877), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[William James Lanyon Smith]], New Zealand naval officer
* [[William Osborne Smith]] (1833–1887), first Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police
* [[William Ruthven Smith]] (1868–1941), United States Army officer
* William Smith (c. 1872–1941), Master of the [[SS Sauternes|SS ''Sauternes'']], English merchant seaman killed in World War II
* [[William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864)]] (1826–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869)]] (1838–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[William Smith (Royal Navy officer)]] (died 1756), served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station and rose to Rear Admiral
* [[William Smith (ship captain)]] (1768–1846), American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran
* [[William Smith (Virginia governor)]] (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general
* [[William Sooy Smith]] (1830–1916), American Civil War general
* [[William Thomas Smith]] (1896–1994), World War I flying ace
* [[William Watson Smith]] (1892–?), World War I flying ace
* [[William W. Smith (admiral)]] (1888–1966), United States Navy admiral during World War II
* [[William Y. Smith]] (1925–2016), United States Air Force general

==Religion==
* [[William Smith (minister)]] (died 1647), buried in the Prophet's Grave near Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland
* [[William Smith (Archdeacon of Armagh)]] (died 1673), English priest in Ireland
* [[William Smith (Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen)]], 18th-century Scottish priest
* [[William Smith (Latter Day Saints)]] (1811–1893), younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and himself a Mormon leader
* [[William Smith (bishop)]] (1819–1892), Catholic archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh
* [[William R. Smith (Mormon)]] (1826–1894), Mormon leader in Davis County, Utah Territory
* [[Saumarez Smith|William Saumarez Smith]] (1836–1909), Anglican bishop/archbishop of Sydney
* [[William Smith (monsignor)]] (1939–2009), Catholic theologian
* [[William Carr Smith]] (1857–1930), Church of England clergyman
* [[William Angie Smith]] (1894–1974), bishop of the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church

==Science and architecture==
* [[Bill Smith (Motorola engineer)]] (1929–1993), one of the creators of Six Sigma
* [[William Gardner Smith (botanist)]] (1866–1928), Scottish botanist and ecologist
* [[William Smith (architect)]] (1817–1891), Scottish architect
* [[William Smith (geologist)]] (1769–1839), English geologist
* [[William Wright Smith]] (1875–1956), Scottish botanist and horticulturalist
* [[W. Wheeler Smith]] (c. 1838–c. 1908), American architect and real estate developer

==Sports==
===American football===
* [[Bill Smith (American football, born 1912)]] (1912–1999), American football end
* [[Bill Smith (American football, born 1926)]] (1926–2009), American football tackle and end
* [[Billy Ray Smith Jr.]] (born 1961), American football player
* [[Billy Ray Smith Sr.]] (1935–2001), American football player
* [[Wee Willie Smith (American football)]] (1910–1996), American football player
* [[William F. Smith (American football)]] (1888–?), American college football player and coach
* [[Willie Smith (American football coach)]] (1931–2016), 12th head college football coach for the North Carolina Central University Eagles
* [[Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937)]] (born 1937), former American football player
* [[Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986)]] (born 1986), American football offensive tackle
* [[Willie Smith (tight end)]] (born 1964), American football tight end
* [[Will Smith (defensive end)]] (1981–2016), American football defensive end
* [[Will Smith (linebacker, born 1992)]], American football linebacker

===Association football===
* [[Bill Smith (footballer, born 1887)]] (1887–1929), English footballer with Brentford, Southampton and Halifax Town
* [[Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)]] (1897–?), English footballer with Durham City and York City
* [[Bill Smith (footballer, born 1906)]] (1906–1979), English footballer with Norwich City and Exeter City
* [[Bill Smith (footballer, born 1926)]] (1926–2014), English footballer with Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers
* [[Bill Smith (footballer, born 1938)]], Scottish footballer with Raith Rovers and Darlington
* [[Bill Smith (soccer)]], Canadian soccer player, active 1943–1963
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1872)]] (1872–?), English footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1873)]] (1873–1914), Scottish footballer for Newcastle United
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1882)]] (1882–?), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1895)]] (1895–1951), English footballer with Huddersfield Town
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1900)]] (1900–?), English footballer with Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale
* [[Billy Smith (footballer, born 1906)]] (1906–1963), English footballer with South Shields, Portsmouth and Stockport County
* [[Billy Smith (Scottish footballer)]] (c. 1931–2009), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen
* [[Buxton Smith]] (William Smith), English footballer with Buxton and Manchester City
* [[Stockport Smith]] (William Smith), English footballer with Stockport and Manchester United
* [[William A. Smith (footballer)]], English footballer with Blackburn Rovers
* [[William Smith (footballer, born 1865)]] (1865–?), English goalkeeper with Burnley
* [[William Smith (footballer, born 1868)]] (1868–1907), English footballer with Lincoln City, Loughborough, Notts County and Nottingham Forest
* [[William Smith (footballer, born 1886)]] (1886–1956), footballer with Bradford City and Stoke
* [[William Smith (footballer, born 1903)]] (1903–?), English footballer
* [[William Smith (Scottish footballer)]], footballer with Hibernian
* [[Willie Smith (footballer, born 1943)]], Scottish footballer with Brentford
* [[Willie Smith (footballer, born 1948)]], English footballer with Wimbledon
* [[Will Smith (footballer, born 1998)]], English footballer for Harrogate Town
*[[W. J. "Billy" Smith]], football manager, Aston Villa

===Baseball===
* [[Big Bill Smith]] (1869–?), Negro leagues baseball catcher and manager
* [[Bill Smith (baseball executive)]] (born 1958), Minnesota Twins general manager
* [[Bill Smith (baseball manager)]], National Association player-manager for the Baltimore Marylands
* [[Bill Smith (pitcher)]] (1934–1997), American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1958–59; 1962
* [[Bill Smith (outfielder)]] (1865–1886), American baseball outfielder for the 1884 Cleveland Blues
* [[Billy Smith (baseball coach)]] (born 1930), American minor league first baseman and manager and Major League coach and scout
* [[Billy Smith (1980s pitcher)]] (born 1954), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1981
* [[Billy Smith (1880s pitcher)]] (1861–1928), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1886
* [[Billy Smith (second baseman)]] (born 1953), American infielder in Major League Baseball, 1975–79; 1981
* [[Willie Smith (outfielder)]] (1939–2006), American outfielder in Major League Baseball, 1963–1971
* [[Willie Smith (third baseman)]], American third baseman in Negro league baseball, 1938
* [[Willie Smith (1940s pitcher)]], American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1948
* [[Willie Smith (1990s pitcher)]] (born 1967), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1994
* [[Will Smith (pitcher)]] (born 1989), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
* [[Will Smith (catcher)]] (born 1995), American baseball catcher
* [[Dark Night Smith]] (William C. Smith), American pitcher in Negro league baseball, 1920–1924

===Basketball===
* [[Bill Smith (basketball, born 1939)]] (1939–2023), American basketball player
* [[Wee Willie Smith]] (1911–1992), American basketball player
* [[William Smith (basketball, born 1949)]], American basketball player
* [[Willie Smith (basketball)]] (born 1953), American professional basketball player

===Cricket===
* [[Bill Smith (cricketer)]] (1937–2018), English cricketer
* [[William Brook-Smith]] (1885–1952), New Zealand cricketer
* [[William Smith (cricketer, born 1839)]] (1839–1897), first class cricketer for Yorkshire
* [[William Smith (cricketer, born 1875)]] (1875–1942), first-class cricketer for London County
* [[William Smith (cricketer, born 1882)]] (1882–?), English cricketer
* [[William Smith (cricketer, born 1900)]] (1900–1990), English cricketer
* [[William Smith (cricketer, born 1902)]] (1902–1937), Scottish cricketer
* [[William Smith (Kent cricketer)]] (1819–1883), English cricketer
* [[William Smith (Somerset cricketer)]] (1871–1946), English cricketer
* [[Willie Smith (cricketer)]] (1885–1964), English cricketer
* [[Will Smith (cricketer)]] (born 1982), English cricketer

===Rugby football===
* Bill Smith, Australian rugby league footballer in the [[Bulimba Cup]]
* Bill Smith, rugby league right wing of the 1950s for [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]]
* [[Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942)]], Australian rugby league player
* [[Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1999)]], Australian rugby league player
* [[W. Smith (rugby league)]] (active 1908–1912), Australian rugby league player
* [[Will Smith (rugby league)]] (born 1992), Australian rugby league player
* [[William Smith (rugby union)]] (1881–1945), New Zealand rugby union player

===Other sports===
* [[Bill Smith (Australian rules footballer)]] (1936–2010), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
* [[Billy Smith (Australian footballer)]] (1894–1953), played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League
* [[Bill Smith (fell runner)]] (1936–2011), fell runner and author on the sport
* [[Bill Smith (motorcyclist)]] (born 1935), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
* [[Bill Smith (poker player)]] (1934–1996), professional poker player
* [[Bill Smith (swimmer)]] (1924–2013), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games
* [[Billy Dee Smith]] (born 1982), Canadian former professional lacrosse player
* [[Billy Smith (ice hockey)]] (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* [[Mysterious Billy Smith]] (1871–1937), Canadian boxer
* [[Will Smith (ice hockey)]] (born 2005), American ice hockey forward
* [[William Alexander Smith (boxer)]] (1904–1955), South African boxer of the 1920s
* [[William Smith (cyclist)]] (1893–1958), South African Olympic cyclist
* [[William Smith (ice hockey)]] (born 2005), American hockey player
* [[William Smith (field hockey)]] (1886–1937), British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
* [[William Smith (golfer)]] (1865–1936), American golfer
* [[William Smith (sport shooter)]] (1877–1953), Canadian Olympic sport shooter
* [[William Smith (wrestler)]] (1928–2018), 1952 Olympic gold medalist
* [[Willie Smith (billiards player)]] (1886–1982), English professional player of snooker and English billiards
* [[Willie Smith (golfer)]] (1876–1916), Scottish golfer
* [[Willie Smith (hurdler)]] (born 1977), Namibian track and field hurdler
* [[Willie Smith (sprinter)]] (1956–2020), American 400 metres runner

==Politics==
===Australia===
* [[William Collard Smith]] (1830–1894), treasurer in colonial Victoria (Australia)
* [[William Laird Smith]] (1869–1942), Australian representative for Denison, 1910–1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920–1921
* [[William Forgan Smith]] (1887–1953), Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, 1932–1942
* [[William Kennedy Smith (Australian politician)]] (1888–1933)

===Canada===
* [[William Smith (Nova Scotia politician)]] (died 1779), merchant, judge and politician in Nova Scotia
* [[Amor De Cosmos]] (William Alexander Smith, 1825–1897), Premier of British Columbia
* [[William Henry Smith (Canadian politician)]] (1826–1890), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
* [[William Smith (Canadian politician)]] (1847–1931), member of Canadian House of Commons 1887–1921
* [[William C. Smith (politician)]] (1875–1968), politician from Alberta, Canada
* [[William Haslam Smith]] (1891–?), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
* [[William Duncan Smith (politician)]] (1899–1977), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
* [[Bill Smith (Alberta politician)]] (born 1935), former mayor of Edmonton
* [[William Smith (Newfoundland politician)]] (1910–1965), politician in Newfoundland
* [[J. William Smith]], member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

===New Zealand===
* [[William Mein Smith]] (1798–1869), key actor in the early settlement of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington
* [[William Cowper Smith]] (1843–1911), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand

===United Kingdom===
* [[William Goldsmith alias Smith]] (died 1517), MP for Gloucester
* [[William Smith (fl. 1553–54)]], MP for Newport (Cornwall)
* [[William Smith (died 1591)]], MP for Wells
* [[William Smith (MP for Ripon)]] (1550–1626), MP for Ripon
* [[William Smith (MP for Aylesbury)]] (1568–1620), MP for Aylesbury, 1604
* [[William Smith (surveyor)]], fl 1726
* [[William Smith (Ordnance)]] (1721–1803), of Chichester, UK, Treasurer of the Ordnance
* [[William Smith (abolitionist)]] (1756–1835), grandfather of Florence Nightingale, dissenter and British MP
* [[William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie]] (1787–1871), Lord Provost of Glasgow
* [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)]], MP and Cabinet Minister (First Lord of the Admiralty, War Secretary)
* [[William Masters Smith]] (1802–1861), Member of Parliament for West Kent
* [[William Smith (1849–1913)]], Member of Parliament for North Lonsdale, 1892–1895
* [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden]] (1903–1948), British peer
* [[William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden]] (1930–2012), British peer
* [[William Smith (loyalist)]] (1954–2016), Northern Irish loyalist politician

===United States===
* [[William Smith (Delaware politician)]], state politician from Delaware
* [[William Smith (Maryland politician)]] (1728–1814), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland (1789–1791)
* [[William Smith (New York state senator)]] (1720–1799), New York politician and judge
* [[William Smith (Oregon politician)]], Oregon state senator (1890s)
* [[William Smith (South Carolina representative)]] (1751–1837), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1797–1798)
* [[William Smith (South Carolina senator)]] (1762–1840), U.S. senator from South Carolina (1815–1830)
* [[William Smith (Virginia governor)]] (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general
* [[William Smith (Virginia representative)]], member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia (1821–1827)
* [[William Alden Smith]] (1859–1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1906) and U.S. Senator (1905–1918) from Michigan
* [[William Alexander Smith (politician)]] (1828–1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873–1874)
* [[William Burns Smith]] (1844–1917), mayor of Philadelphia
* [[William C. Smith Jr.]] (born 1982), Maryland State legislator
* [[William E. Smith (politician)]] (1824–1883), Governor of Wisconsin (1878–1882)
* [[William Ephraim Smith]] (1829–1890), member of the Confederate (1863–1865) and U.S. (1875–1881) House of Representatives from Georgia
* [[William Ernest Smith]] (1890–1973), mayor of Murray, Utah, 1946–1947
* [[William F. Smith (New York politician)]] (1901–1950), member of the New York State Assembly (1926–1933)
* [[William French Smith]] (1917–1990), U.S. Attorney General (1981–1985)
* [[William Grover Smith]] (1857–1921), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1889–1891
* [[William H. Smith (Connecticut politician)]] (1842–1915), warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut
* [[William Henry Smith (American politician)]] (1833–1896), newspaper editor and politician, Ohio Secretary of State 1865–1868
* [[William Hugh Smith]] (1826–1899), governor of Alabama (1868–1870)
* [[William J. Smith (Maryland politician)]] (1850–1906), American politician
* [[William Jay Smith (Tennessee politician)]] (1823–1913), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
* [[William L. Smith (barber)]] (1878–?), Socialist barber from Milwaukee who served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly
* [[William Loughton Smith]] (1758–1812), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1789–1798)
* [[William Lyman Smith]] (1878–1964), telephone businessman who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly and two in the Wisconsin State Senate
* [[William M. Smith]], Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
* [[William N. H. Smith]] (1812–1889), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1859–1860)
* [[William Orlando Smith]] (1859–1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1903–1906)
* [[William R. Smith (Mormon)]] (1826–1894), member of the Utah Territory House of Representatives
* [[William Robert Smith]] (1863–1924), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1903–1916)
* [[William Roy Smith (politician)]] (1920–1993), American politician from Virginia
* [[William Rudolph Smith]] (1787–1868), politician in the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
* [[William Russell Smith]] (1815–1896), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (1851–1856)
* [[William Stephens Smith]] (1755–1816), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1813–1816) and son-in-law of President John Adams
* [[William T. Smith]] (1916–2010), member of the New York State Senate

==Other persons==
* [[William Smith (conservationist)]] (1852–1942), New Zealand gardener, naturalist and conservationist
* [[William Smith (shearer)]] (1896–1947), perhaps the most skilled sheep-shearer in the first half of the 20th century
* [[William Smith (mariner)]] (1790–1847), British mariner and discoverer of the South Shetland Islands
* [[William Smith (physician)]], Scottish American physician
* [[William Smith (registrar)]] (1816–1895), Ghanaian civil servant
* [[William Crawford Smith]] (1837–1899), American architect
* [[William R. Smith (physician)]] (born 1973), American emergency physician and wilderness medicine consultant
* [[William Robert Smith (physician)]] (1850–1932), British public health expert
* [[William Tyler Smith]] (1815–1873), English obstetrician, medical writer and journalist
* [[William Wragg Smith]] (1808–1875), American planter, lawyer, naturalist, translator and poet
* [[William Smith (teacher)]] (1939-2024), South African science and maths teacher, including educational television
* [[Billy J. Smith]] (1946–2019), Australian television and radio presenter
* [[Bill Smith (scuba diver)]], participated in the effort to recover ''[[Bluebird K7]]''

==See also==
* [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges]], a private liberal arts college in Geneva, New York
* [[William Smith House (disambiguation)]], several buildings
* [[Billy Ray Smith (disambiguation)]]
* [[Willard Smith (disambiguation)]]
* [[William Smyth (disambiguation)]]
* [[William Smythe (disambiguation)]]
* [[William Schmidt (disambiguation)]]
* [[Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation)]]
* [[List of people with surname Smith]]
* {{look from}}
* {{in title|William Smith}}

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