Richard Smith

Richard Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * RAS-1, stage name of Richard Arthur Smith, American musician
 * Richard Bernhard Smith (1901–1935), American composer who wrote the lyrics to "Winter Wonderland"
 * Richard Curson Smith, British television director and producer
 * Richard H. E. Smith II, American software engineer, computer consultant and science fiction fanzine publisher
 * Richard John Smith (1786–1855), British actor
 * Richard Langham Smith (born 1947), British academic, head of music at the Open University
 * Richard Penn Smith (1799–1854), American playwright
 * Richard O'Brien (born 1942), stage name of Richard Timothy Smith, British-New Zealander writer and actor
 * Richard Smith (American guitarist), jazz guitarist in California
 * Richard Smith (artist) (1931–2016), English painter
 * Richard Smith (English guitarist) (born 1971), English-born fingerstyle guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee
 * Rick Smith (musician) (born 1959), member of English dance duo Underworld
 * Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, film director, BAFTA-winning writer of Trauma
 * Richard Smith (silent film director) (1886–1937), American silent film director
 * Richard Zane Smith (born 1955), American sculptor

Journalism

 * Richard Mills Smith (born 1946), American editor and journalist, Chairman of Newsweek magazine
 * Richard Smith (editor), British medical doctor, former editor of the British Medical Journal

Military

 * Richard Smith (soldier) (c. 1790–1819), Canadian soldier and magistrate
 * Richard Baird Smith (1818–1861), British engineer officer
 * Richard Abel Smith (1933–2004), British Army officer
 * Richard Smith (East India Company officer) (1734–1803), Commander-in-Chief, India

Politics

 * Richard Smith (MP for Devizes), MP for Devizes, 1402
 * Richard Smith (died 1516), MP for Reading
 * Richard Smith (died 1581), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
 * Richard Smith (fl. 1584), MP for Cricklade
 * Richard Smith (Canadian politician) (1931–1978), former Liberal MPP for Nipissing, Ontario
 * Richard Smith (Continental Congress) (1735–1803), lawyer and New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress
 * Richard B. Smith (New York politician) (1878–1937), New York politician
 * Richard M. Smith (1828–1888), legislator from Mineral Point, Wisconsin
 * Richard Smith (diplomat) (1934–2015), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
 * Richard Joseph Smith (1819–1883), member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council
 * Richard A. Smith (Connecticut politician), American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives
 * Ric Smith (Richard C. Smith, born 1944), Australian public servant
 * Richard H. Smith (1945–2024), member of the Georgia House of Representatives

Science

 * Richard Smith (mining engineer) (1783–1868), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia
 * Richard Smith (historical geographer) (born 1946), British academic, historical geographer and demographer
 * Richard A. Smith (physician) (1932–2017), African-American physician
 * Richard Bowyer Smith (1837–1919), Australian inventor
 * Richard D. Smith (born 1949), American chemist, Director of Pan-omics and Proteomics Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 * Richard G. Smith (engineer) (1929–2019), director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
 * Richard G. Smith (geographer), British geographer
 * Richard Harbert Smith (1894–1957), professor and researcher of aeronautical engineering
 * Richard J. Smith (born 1948), American dentist, anthropologist, head of graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis
 * R. N. Smith (Richard Norman Smith), president of the British Veterinary Association

Sports

 * Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973), former Wales international rugby union player
 * Richard Smith (rugby league) (born 1973), rugby league player
 * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1967), English footballer for Mansfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers
 * Richard Smith (footballer, born 1970), English footballer for Leicester City, Cambridge United and Grimsby Town
 * Richard Smith (wide receiver) (born 1980), American football player
 * Richard Smith (American football coach) (born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Houston Texans
 * Richard Shore Smith (1877–1953), American football player and coach
 * Rick Smith (American football executive), general manager of the Houston Texans
 * Rick Smith (ice hockey) (born 1948), professional hockey player
 * Richard Smith (field hockey) (born 1987), British field hockey player
 * Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1987), Cardiff Blues centre
 * Richard Smith (umpire) (born 1972), Irish cricket umpire
 * Richard Smith (Costa Rican footballer) (born 1967), former footballer with Alajuelense, Antigua and Carmelita
 * Richard Smith (sport shooter) (born 1950), American sports shooter
 * Richard Smith (Barbadian cricketer) (1873–1954), Barbadian cricketer
 * Richard Smith (Trinidadian cricketer) (born 1971), Trinidadian cricketer
 * Richard Smith (South African cricketer) (born 1972), South African cricketer

Other

 * Richard A. Smith (businessman) (1925–2020), American business executive
 * Richard Smith (businessman) (1836–1919) managing director of Australian company Harris Scarfe
 * Richard Gordon Smith (1858–1918), British traveller, sportsman and naturalist
 * Dick Smith (entrepreneur) (Richard Harold Smith), Australian businessman
 * Richard Norton Smith (born 1953), U.S. Presidential historian
 * Richard Sharp Smith (1852–1924), English then American architect
 * Richard Smith (merchant) (1707–1776), English merchant in the West Indies trade
 * Richard Smith (settler) (1596–1666), one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island
 * Richard Smith (bishop) (1568–1655), English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor
 * Richard William Smith (born 1959), Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Richard F. Smith (born c. 1961), American business executive
 * Richard Tilden Smith (1865–1929), British businessman
 * Richard Patrick Smith, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad
 * Sir Richard Smith, High Court judge of England and Wales