Francis Smith

Francis Smith may refer to:

Government and politics

 * Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), member of parliament (MP) for Truro and Stafford
 * Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 1701), English peer
 * Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806–1876), US representative from Maine
 * Francis Smith (Australian politician) (1819–1909), premier of Tasmania
 * Frank Smith (British politician) (1854–1940), MP for Nuneaton, 1929–1931
 * Francis Henry Smith (1868–1936), Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand
 * Francis Smith (Missouri politician) (1905–1984), American politician from Missouri
 * Francis R. Smith (1911–1982), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania

Military

 * Francis Smith (British Army officer) (1723–1791), British officer during the American Revolutionary War
 * Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890), first superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
 * Francis Smith (RAAF officer) (1896–1961), Australian World War I flying ace
 * F. Neale Smith (1930–2020), rear admiral in the United States Navy

Business

 * Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874), British inventor of the screw propeller
 * Francis Shubael Smith (1819–1887), American publisher
 * Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931), American borax magnate

Sports and entertainment

 * Frank Smith (rugby union) (Francis Bede Smith; 1886–1954), Australian rugby union player
 * Fran Smith Jr. (born 1952), bass guitarist for The Hooters
 * Francie Larrieu Smith (born 1952), American track and field athlete

Science and academia

 * Francis Graham-Smith (born 1923), British astronomer
 * Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer
 * Francis P. Smith (Duquesne University) (1907–1990), American Catholic priest and university president
 * Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), English architect
 * Francis Smith (explorer), captain of an exploration vessel, during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746

Others

 * Francis Wilford-Smith (1927–2009), British cartoonist, graphic artist, and producer and archivist of blues music
 * Francis Smith (priest) (fl. 1917–1959), South African Anglican priest
 * Francis Palmer Smith (1886–1971), American architect based in Atlanta, Georgia, also known as Francis P. Smith
 * Francis Smith (judge) (1847–1912), Sierra Leonean judge in the Gold Coast
 * Francis Jagoe Smith (1873–1969), Postmaster General of Ceylon