Michael Smith
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Music
- Michael Joseph Smith (born 1947), British saxophonist in the pop band Amen CornerAmen Corner (band)Amen Corner were a successful Welsh rock group, formed in late 1966 in Cardiff, Wales.-Career:The band was named after The Amen Corner, a weekly disc spin at the Victoria Ballroom in Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday night Dr...
- Michael Joseph SmithMichael Joseph SmithMichael Joseph Smith is an American jazz composer a pianist born in born in Tiline, Kentucky. He has worked extensively in Europe and Asia and he resides in Sweden. At the age of 6 years, he gave his first concert of original solo piano music in Nashville, Tennessee. He served in the U.S...
(born 1938), jazz composer & performer - Michael Peter SmithMichael Peter SmithMichael Peter Smith is a Chicago, U.S.-based singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone Magazine once called him "The greatest songwriter in the English language"...
(born 1941), American songwriter and performer - Michael S. SmithMichael S. SmithMichael Scott Smith was an American jazz drummer and percussionist.-Career:Based in the Washington D.C...
(1946–2006), American jazz drummer, drummer for Roberta Flack - Michael W. SmithMichael W. SmithMichael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
(born 1957), American contemporary Christian singer and multi-instrumentalist, actor The Second ChanceThe Second ChanceThe Second Chance is a 2006 drama film, directed by veteran musician Steve Taylor. The film won Best Feature Film at the Christian WYSIWYG Film Festival.... - Mike Smith (A&R man)Mike Smith (A&R man)Mike Smith started as an A&R man at MCA Publishing as a scout in 1988, where he signed Blur, Levitation and scouted The Smashing Pumpkins. He then moved to EMI Publishing in 1992 where he went on to sign acts such as PJ Harvey, Elastica, Supergrass, Teenage Fan Club, Doves, Starsailor, The Beta...
, MD of Columbia Records UK - Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)Michael George Smith ,was an English singer, songwriter, and music producer.In the 1960s, Smith was the lead vocalist and keyboard player for The Dave Clark Five...
(1943–2008), English singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Dave Clark Five during the 1960s - Mike Smith (guitarist)Mike Smith (guitarist)Mike Smith is a musician, best known as the former guitarist of Snot, TheStart, and Limp Bizkit. Currently he is the singer and guitarist for the band Evolver.- Rumbledog :...
(born 1973), American guitarist for the bands Snot and Limp Bizkit - Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist) (born 1957), American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Frank Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Mike Smith (drummer), drummer (born 1970), mainly known for his work in the death metal band Suffocation
- Mike Smith (saxophonist)Mike Smith (saxophonist)Mike Smith is an English musician. He is an arranger, composer, conductor, studio musician, and keyboardist, but specializes in saxophone.Smith studied jazz and contemporary music at the Leeds College of Music, from which he graduated in 1988...
, British musician, member of the rock band The Ailerons - Mike Smith (singer-songwriter)Mike Smith (singer-songwriter)Larry Michael Smith, commonly known as Mike Smith, was born October 3, 1939 and lived in various small towns in Kansas until moving to Hollywood in 1958. Smith first appeared on Decca Records in 1960 with a rockabilly backbeat song, "Sara Ruth" which was written as a joke for a high school friend...
(born 1939), American singer-songwriter
Stage and screen
- Michael Smith (director), film and television director and producer
- Michael Bailey SmithMichael Bailey SmithMichael Bailey Smith is an American movie and television actor. He is best known for his appearances on the hit television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, The Source of All Evil, a Grimlock leader and Shax.-Early life:...
(born 1957), American film and television actor - Mike Smith (actor)Mike Smith (actor)Mike Smith is a Canadian actor and musician, most famous for playing Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys.-Personal life:...
(born 1972), Canadian actor and guitarist who portrays Bubbles in the television show Trailer Park Boys
Writing
- Michael Smith (poet)Michael Smith (poet)Michael Smith is an Irish poet, author and translator.A member of Aosdána, the Irish National Academy of Artists, Michael Smith was the first Writer in-Residence to be appointed by University College, Dublin and is an Honorary Fellow of UCD. He is a poet who has given a lifetime of service to the...
(born 1942), Irish poet and translator - Michael V. SmithMichael V. SmithMichael V. Smith is a Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker, originally from Cornwall, Ontario and now living in Vancouver, British Columbia. His debut novel, Cumberland, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2002...
, Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker - Mikey SmithMikey SmithMichael Smith, usually referred to as Mikey Smith , was a Jamaican dub poet. Along with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Mutabaruka, he was one of the most well-known dub poets. In 1978, Michael Smith represented Jamaica at the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students in Cuba. His album Mi Cyaan Believe...
(1954–1983), Jamaican dub poet and performance artist - Michael Smith (writer)Michael Smith (writer)Michael Smith is an author and broadcaster best known for Citizen Smith, a series examining what it means to be English ; Michael Smith's Drivetime, a six-part road movie exploring the cultural impact of the car ; and A Journey Back to Newcastle: Michael Smith's Deep North .Both series were...
(born 1976), English writer and broadcaster - Michael Marshall SmithMichael Marshall SmithMichael Marshall Smith is a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer who also writes as Michael Marshall.-Biography:...
(born 1965), British novelist and screenwriter
Other
- Michael Smith (performance artist)Michael Smith (performance artist)Michael Smith is an American artist born in Chicago, in 1951. He is an influential figure in performance art, video art, and installation art. In the 1980s, he was perceived as "the quirky Ed Sullivan" of the time.-Mike:...
(born 1951), American performance artist - Michael S. Smith (interior designer)Michael S. Smith (interior designer)Michael Sean Smith is an American interior designer based in Los Angeles. He has been the White House decorator since 2008 and is responsible for the 2010 makeover of the Oval Office.-Career:...
(born 1964), American interior designer
Journalists
- Michael Smith (sports reporter)Michael Smith (sports reporter)Michael Smith is a host, commentator, and reporter for ESPN -Career:Smith was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana where he graduated from McDonogh No. 35 Senior High School and then Loyola University of New Orleans...
(born 1979), American sports reporter for The Boston Globe and ESPN - Michael Smith (newspaper reporter)Michael Smith (newspaper reporter)Michael Smith is a British journalist for The Sunday Times who specializes in defence and intelligence issues. He is well known for, among other things, obtaining the document known as the Downing Street memo...
, reporter on defence issues at The Times; involved with some aspects of the Downing Street Memo - Michael David SmithMichael David SmithMichael David Smith is a writer based in Chicago. In 2007 he was named Mainstream Media Sports Blogger of the Year by Sports Illustrated.Smith is best known for his work at the AOL FanHouse on MMA. He has also written for The New York Times, The New York Sun, ESPN the Magazine, Fox Sports, Football...
, American sportwriter and blogger - Michael Townsend SmithMichael Townsend SmithMichael Townsend Smith is an American playwright. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and educated in Kansas City and at Hotchkiss and Yale...
(born 1935), theatre critic for The Village Voice, music and dance critic for the Santa Barbara News-Press; also playwright - Michael SmythMichael SmythMichael Smyth is an Australian journalist.-Career:Smyth was a newsreader and reporter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for almost 12 years. He read the weekend edition of ABC TV News with Neil Cross, and for many years read the weekday news. His work also featured on the weekly current...
, South Australian television newsreader - Mike Smith (television presenter)Mike Smith (television presenter)Mike Smith is a British television, radio presenter, racing driver, pilot, and businessman.-Radio career:...
(born 1955), British television and radio presenter - Michael Smith (journalist)Michael Smith (journalist)Michael Smith is a journalist for Bloomberg News.He was a freelance journalist covering Chile.He graduated from University of North Carolina.He worked at the Daily Record in Morristown, New Jersey and the Associated Press....
, American journalist for Bloomberg News
Politicians
- Michael Smith (Irish politician)Michael Smith (Irish politician)Michael Smith is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for Tipperary North on several occasions since 1969...
(born 1940), Republic of Ireland politician - Michael K. Smith (Illinois politician) (born 1966), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Michael K. Smith (Vermont)Michael K. Smith (Vermont)Michael K. Smith is the former secretary of Human Services for the state of Vermont, who retired in August 2008.-References:...
, as of early 2006, secretary of human services for the state of Vermont - Michael Keith SmithMichael Keith SmithMichael Keith Smith , commonly known as Mike Smith, had been founder-chairman of the Conservative Democratic Alliance, a British right-wing pressure group. He was also the successful claimant in Keith-Smith v Williams, a landmark English libel case in 2006 that confirmed that existing libel laws...
(1953–2010), chairman of United Kingdom pressure group, the Conservative Democratic Alliance - M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931), American politician
- Mike Smith (Louisiana politician)Mike Smith (Louisiana politician)Kenneth Michael Smith, Sr., known as Mike Smith , is a businessman in Winnfield, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1996 to 2008....
(born 1948), former Louisiana state senator from Winnfield - Mike Smith (mayor), mayor of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Mickey SmythMickey SmythMichael "Mickey" Smyth was an Irish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 1971 to 1972.Smyth was one of six children born to Patrick Smyth and Barbara Crowley of Prospect Hill, Galway City...
(1921–1981), Irish trade unionist and Labour Party politician, Mayor of Galway 1971–1972 - Carl Michael SmithCarl Michael SmithCarl Michael "Mike" Smith is an American businessman, energy expert, and politician from Oklahoma. Smith is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission...
(born 1944), former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy
Football
- Mike Smith (American football coach) (born 1959), head coach of the Atlanta Falcons
- Mike Smith (linebacker)Mike Smith (linebacker)Michael Lee Smith is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Ravens in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Tech...
(born 1981), who is currently a free agent - Michael Smith (American football)Michael Smith (American football)-Coaching career:Coach Michael "Mike" Smith was the head college football coach for the Southern Virginia Knights located in Buena Vista, Virginia. He held that position for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. His coaching record at Southern Virginia was 9 wins and 13 losses...
, American football coach in the United States
Baseball
- Mike Smith (1890s outfielder) (1868–1945), MLB outfielder from 1886–1901
- Mike Smith (1920s outfielder) (1904–1981), MLB outfielder who played in the 1926 season
- Mike Smith (1984–1989 pitcher) (born 1961), National League pitcher from 1984–89
- Mike Smith (1989–1990 pitcher) (born 1963), American League pitcher from 1989–90
- Mike Smith (2000s pitcher) (born 1977), MLB pitcher in the 2000s
- Mike Smith (1990s infielder)Mike Smith (1990s infielder)Michael Alexander Smith is a former professional baseball infielder.Smith attended Indiana University, where he won the 1992 Rotary Smith Award while playing for the Indiana Hoosiers baseball team....
(born 1969), Rotary Smith Award winner
Hockey
- Mike Smith (ice hockey b. 1945)Mike Smith (ice hockey b. 1945)Michael A. Smith is an American hockey executive who was best known for his stints as general manager of the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks teams in the National Hockey League...
, former general manager for the Winnipeg Jets and the Chicago Blackhawks - Mike Smith (ice hockey b. 1982), goaltender for the Phoenix Coyotes
Basketball
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1976), professional basketball player from West Monroe, Louisiana
- Michael Smith (basketball, born 1972), former NBA player from Washington, D.C.
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1965), former pro player and current Los Angeles Clippers television and radio commentator
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963)Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963)Mikel Smith Gibbs is a retired professional basketball player.Smith played college basketball for USC–Spartanburg beginning in 1982, before playing for twelve years in Spain, notably for Joventut Badalona and Real Madrid...
, former professional basketball player from the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg
Cricket
- Andrew Michael Smith (born 1967), Gloucestershire CCC and England cricketer
- Michael J. Smith (cricketer) (1942–2004), cricketer who played for Middlesex CCC and England
- Michael Jonathon SmithMichael Jonathon SmithMichael Jonathon Smith is a former Scottish cricketer.A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, Smith made his Scotland debut in 1987 against Ireland, making 79 in the first innings, but was dropped from the side in 1990. He did not make another Scottish appearance until 1994, the...
(born 1966), Scottish cricketer - M. J. K. Smith (born 1933), English cricketer and rugby union player
- Michael Smith (Oxfordshire cricketer)Michael Smith (Oxfordshire cricketer)Michael Smith was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batmsan and wicket-keeper who played for Oxfordshire.Having represented Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship since 1959, Smith made a single List A appearance for the side, during the 1967 season, against Cambridgeshire. From...
, English cricketer
Soccer
- Michael Smith (footballer)Michael Smith (footballer)Michael Smith was an Irish soccer player who played in the League of Ireland in the 1990s.Smith was an attacking player who played for Bohemians amongst others during his career in Ireland. He played a part in Bohs' 1992/93 Leinster Senior Cup and League of Ireland Cup campaigns.-References:...
, Irish soccer player - Michael Smith (footballer born 1988)Michael Smith (footballer born 1988)Michael Smith is a professional association footballer who plays as a defender for Bristol Rovers.-Career:Smith began playing football under the management of his father at Greenisland Boys Club and was picked up by his first senior club, Ballyclare Comrades in 2005...
, Northern Irish foorballer who plays for Bristol Rovers - Michael Smith (footballer born 1991)Michael Smith (footballer born 1991)Michael Smith is an English professional footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic. Smith plays as a striker.-Career:...
, English professional footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic - Mick SmythMick SmythMick Smyth was an Irish soccer player who played for Drumcondra, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Athlone Town in the League of Ireland throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and had a short spell in England with Barrow in the early 1960s.Made his Rovers debut at Drogheda on the 27th of December 1964...
(born 1940), Irish soccer player - Mike Smith (football manager)Mike Smith (football manager)Mike Smith is an English former football manager. Before becoming a manager, he had a playing career as an amateur, playing for the Corinthian Casuals and was a part of the Great Britain squad in the 1960 Olympic Games...
(born 1938), manager of Egypt and Wales national football teams and Hull City A.F.C. - Mike Smith (footballer born 1935)Mike Smith (footballer born 1935)Michael "Mike" Smith is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre half. Smith made over 150 appearances in the Football League for two clubs.-Career:...
, English defender for Derby County and Bradford City
Rugby league
- Michael Smith (rugby league)Michael Smith (rugby league)Michael Smith born 10 May 1976 in New Zealand is a rugby league player, who played for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 2002.-Playing career:Smith originally played rugby union and represented North Harbour....
, rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s for Featherstone Rovers - Michael Smith (rugby league born 1976), rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for New Zealand, Canterbury Bulldogs, Castleford Tigers, Hull F.C., and Hull Kingston Rovers
- Mike Smith (rugby league)Mike Smith (rugby league)Michael "Mike" Smith is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, playing at , , i.e...
, rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who played for Great Britain, and England, and Hull Kingston Rovers
Other sports
- Michael Smith (wrestler)Michael Smith (wrestler)Michael Maurice Smith is a second generation professional wrestler who is best known for competing under the ring name Sam Houston in the 1980s...
(born 1963), American professional wrestler - Michael Smith (darts player)Michael Smith (darts player)Michael Smith is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Smith reached the last 32 of the 2010 UK Open, knocking out Peter Manley and Matt Clark before losing to Mervyn King...
(born 1990), PDC dart player - Mike Smith (athlete) (born 1967), Canadian silver medalist in the decathlon, at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
- Mike E. Smith (born 1965), American jockey
- Michael Smith (canoer), British slalom canoer
Science
- Michael Smith (chemist)Michael Smith (chemist)Michael Smith, CC, OBC, FRS was a British-born Canadian biochemist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.-Biography:...
(1932–2000), Canadian Nobel-prize winning chemist - Michael D. SmithMichael D. SmithMichael D. Smith is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He is also the John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
, Computer Scientist - Michael D. Smith (economist)Michael D. Smith (economist)Michael D. Smith is the Heinz Career Development Associate Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University with joint-appointment at the Tepper School of BusinessSmith received his Ph.D...
, information technology and marketing professor - Michael E. SmithMichael E. SmithMichael Ernest Smith is an American archaeologist working primarily with Aztec and general Mesoamerican archaeology. He has written numerous scholarly articles about central Mexican archaeology as well as several books about the Aztecs, among them a widely used textbook...
(born 1953), American archaeologist and Mesoamerica scholar - Michael J. Smith (astronaut) (1945–1986), American astronaut
- Michael F SmithMichael F SmithMichael F Smith is an Anglo-American computer scientist and businessman. He currently is a visiting professor at University College London, U.K...
(born 1948), Anglo-American computer scientist and businessman
Others
- Michael Smith (bishop)Michael Smith (Bishop)Michael Smith is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland.- Career :He was born in Oldcastle, County Meath, the son of Julia Tuite and ? Smith. Having studied for the priesthood at the Irish College in Rome, he was ordained a priest for the diocese on 9 March 1963. Continuing his studies in...
(born 1940), Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland - Michael Smith (chef)Michael Smith (chef)Michael Dixon Smith is a Canadian chef and writer, host of The Inn Chef, Chef at Home, Chef at Large and Chef Abroad .-Life and career:...
, Canadian celebrity chef - Michael A. Smith (born 1954), philosopher at Princeton University
- M. G. SmithM. G. SmithMichael Garfield Smith OM was a Jamaican poet and social anthropologist. Smith was the son of a descendant of English army officers and merchants, and his mother a 'coloured' nurse who died in childbirth. Smith served as Franklin M. Crosby Professor Emeritus of the Human Environment at Yale...
(1921–1993), Michael G. Smith, Jamaican poet and social anthropologist - Sgt. Michael J. Smith, a U.S. army dog handler convicted for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prisonAbu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuseBeginning in 2004, human rights violations in the form of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture, rape, sodomy, and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to public attention...
- Michael John Smith (espionage)Michael John Smith (Espionage)Michael John Smith was born on 22 September 1948. He was charged in the UK with four offences under sections 1 and the Official Secrets Act 1911 in 1992 and convicted on the three of charges under section 1. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. This was later reduced to 20 years on appeal in...
(born 1948), British Cold War spy - Mike Sharwood SmithMike Sharwood SmithMichael Sharwood Smith is a researcher into the acquisition of non-native languages. He is a founding editor of Second Language Research, successor to the Interlanguage Studies Bulletin....
(born 1942), linguist - Valentine Michael Smith, chief character in Stranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores his interaction with—and...
- Michael Smith (judge)Michael Smith (judge)Michael Smith was an Irish judge and founder of a judicial dynasty whose members were noted for eccentricity.He was born at Newtown, County Offaly, son of William Smith and his wife Hester Lynch. He graduated from the University of Dublin,and was called to the Bar in 1769...
(1740–1809), Irish judge