John Smith

John Smith is popularly regarded as the most prevalent personal name in England and in some other English-speaking countries. For this reason there are a number of famous people of that name including:

• John Smith of Jamestown an American colonial pioneer
• John Smith (brewer), founder of the Tadcaster[?] brewery in North Yorkshire
• John Smith (dentist), founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
• John Smith (missionary)
• John Smith (UK politician) at one time, leader of the UK Labour Party
• John Maynard Smith a geneticist

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