Benjamin Smith

Ben or Benjamin Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Ben Smith (artist), Australian artist, finalist in the 2024 Archibald Prize
• Ben Smith (musician) (1905–?), American alto saxophonist and clarinetist
• Ben Fox Smith (born 1978), singer of band Serafin
• Benjamin Smith (actor) (born 1989), television actor
• Benjamin Smith (engraver) (1754–1833), British engraver
• Bennie Smith (1933–2006), guitarist
• Doc Brown (rapper) (Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith, born 1977), British entertainer

Media

• Ben Smith (journalist) (Benjamin Eli Smith, born 1976), journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of news website Semafor in 2022
• Benjamin Eli Smith (1857–1913), editor of the Century Dictionary

Politics

• Benjamin Smith (Whig politician) (1783–1860), British politician, MP for Sudbury, 1835–1837, and then Norwich, 1838–1847
• Ben Smith (Labour politician) (1879–1964), British politician and government minister
• Benjamin Smith (North Carolina politician) (1756–1826), U.S. politician and Governor of North Carolina
• Benjamin A. Smith II (1916–1991), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1960–1962
• Benjamin H. Smith (1797–1887), American politician in Virginia and West Virginia
• Benjamin Smith (Nova Scotia politician) (1786–1873), Canadian farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia
• Benjamin Franklin Smith (1865–1944), Canadian produce dealer and political figure in New Brunswick

Sports

• Ben Smith (cornerback) (born 1967), former NFL player
• Ben Smith (curler) (born 1999), New Zealand curler
• Ben Smith (English cricketer) (born 1972), English cricketer
• Ben Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
• Ben Smith (end) (1911–1941), American football player
• Ben Smith (footballer, born 1978), English footballer
• Ben Smith (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper
• Ben Smith (ice hockey, born 1988), American NHL ice hockey player
• Ben Smith (ice hockey coach), Harvard University alumni, US Olympic team coach
• Ben Smith (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
• Ben Smith (rugby union) (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
• Ben Smith (squash player) (born 2002), English squash player
• Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828–1913), British yachtsman and explorer
• Ben Smith (golfer) (1921–2009), American golfer
• Ben Smith (CrossFit) (born 1990), American CrossFit competitor

Others

• Benjamin F. Smith (1831–1868), Union Brevet Brigadier General, see Siege of Corinth Union order of battle
• Benjamin B. Smith (1784–1884), Episcopal presiding bishop
• Benjamin Nathaniel Smith (1978–1999), perpetrator of the 1999 Independence Day weekend shootings
• Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith (1884–1951), British fighter ace
• Benjamin Smith (priest) (1819–1900), Archdeacon of Maidstone
• Benjamin Smith (political scientist) (born 1970), political scientist and academic at the University of Florida
• Benjamin Smith (executive) (born 1971), airline executive, CEO of Air France-KLM
• Benjamin Smith (slave trader) (1717–1770), early American slave trader, plantation owner, shipowner, merchant banker and politician

See also

• Ben Roberts-Smith (born 1978), Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia