Smyth
{{Infobox surname
|name = Smyth
|image= Blacksmith at work02.jpg |image_size= 150 |caption = Blacksmith at work
|pronunciation = |meaning = Smith (metalwork)
|region = Originally England |language origin = Old English
|footnotes =
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Smyth is an early variant of the common surname Smith commonly found in Ireland.Citation: Bardsley, 1901 Shown below are notable people who share the surname "Smyth".
Notable people sharing the Smyth surname
Listed here are people who share the 'Smyth' surname, organized by birth year.
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| Name | Birth | Death | Nationality{{•}}Notability{{•}}Notes
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1400
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| William SmythSurname can be found as either 'Smyth' or 'Smith' | c. 1460 | 1514 | English{{•}}Roman Catholic Bishop; Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches; co-founder of Brasenose College
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| Richard Smyth (Regius Professor) | c. 1499 | 1563 | English{{•}}first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford{{•}}migrated to France late in life
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1500
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| John Smyth | 1570 | 1612 | English{{•}}founder of the modern Baptist denomination in England
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1600
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1700
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| Thomas SmythBrothers: Thomas 1740 and John 1742. | 1740 | 1785 | Irish{{•}}Mayor of Limerick; member of Parliament{{•}}Smyth's children bore the surname 'Stuart' rather than 'Smyth'
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| John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort | 1742 | 1817 | Irish{{•}}Member of the House of Commons; Peer of Ireland as Baron Kiltarton and Viscount Gort{{•}}Born 'John Smyth'; took the name 'Pendergast' in 1760; reverted to name 'Smyth' in 1785.
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| John Smyth | 1748 | 1811 | British{{•}}Master of the Mint of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer; Member of Parliament
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| Alexander Smyth | 1765 | 1830 | Irish-American{{•}}National politician; General during the War of 1812{{•}}Born in Ireland and immigrated to the American colony of Virginia in 1775, at the age of 10Virginia declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
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| George Stracey Smyth | 1767 | 1823 | English-Canadian{{•}}Second Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Canada{{•}}Born in England and migrated to Canada before 1798
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| James Carmichael Smyth | 1779 | 1838 | British{{•}}First Baron of Nutwood, Surrey; twenty-seventh Colonial Governor of the Bahamas; second Colonial Governor of British Guiana
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| John Henry Smyth | 1780 | 1822 | English{{•}}Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge
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| William Henry SmythFather and sons: William 1788 and sons Charles 1819 and Warington 1817 | 1788 | 1865 | English{{•}}Astronomer and author of the Bedford Catalogue of deep sky objects{{•}}Born to a Colonial American who immigrated to England after the American Revolution
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| William Smyth (professor) | 1797 | 1868 | American{{•}}Mathematician and theologian; author of several widely used mathematics textbooks
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1800
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| George W. Smyth | 1803 | 1866 | American{{•}}National politician: third Representative from the Texas 1st Congressional District
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| Clement Smyth | 1810 | 1865 | Irish-American{{•}}Roman Catholic Bishop{{•}}Immigrated to the United States before 1849
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| Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth | 1817 | 1890 | English{{•}}Geologist; member of the Royal Society; President of the Geological Society of London; Knighted in 1867{{•}}Born to an English father while in Italy on a military posting
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| Sir Edward Selby Smyth | 1819 | 1896 | Irish-Canadian{{•}}British General; first General Officer commanding the Militia of Canada; Knight of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George{{•}}Immigrated to Canada before 1874
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| Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician) | 1819 | 1899 | American{{•}}Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire
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| Charles Piazzi Smyth | 1819 | 1900 | English{{•}}Astronomer Royal for Scotland; recipient of the Makdougall Brisbane Prize; pioneer in the field of infrared astronomy{{•}}Born to English father during Naval service in the Mediterranean
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| William Smyth (congressman) | 1824 | 1870 | Irish-American{{•}}National politician: eighth Representative from the Iowa 2nd District (died in office){{•}}Immigrated (with his parents) to the United States in 1838, at the age of 14
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| Richard Smyth (minister) | 1826 | 1878 | IrishSmyth 1826 was born in a region that would later be a part of Northern Ireland, which came into existence as a separate entity in 1920.{{•}}Academic; Member of Parliament
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| Robert Brough Smyth | 1830 | 1899 | English-Australian{{•}}Secretary for the Department of Mines at the height of the Australian gold rushes; author of a significant work on the Australian aborigines of Victoria{{•}}Immigrated to Australia in 1852, at the age of 22
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| Thomas Alfred Smyth | 1832 | 1865 | Irish-American{{•}}Union Army General during the American Civil War{{•}}Immigrated to the United States in 1854, at the age of 22
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| Joseph Grigsby Smyth | 1847 | 1915 | American politician. Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873.
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| William Ross Smyth | 1857 | 1932 | Scottish-Canadian{{•}}National politician: second member of Parliament from Algoma East, Ontario{{•}}it is unclear when Mr. Smyth immigrated to Canada
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| Herbert Weir Smyth | 1857 | 1937 | American{{•}}author of a notable comprehensive grammar of Ancient Greek
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| Dame Ethel Smyth | 1858 | 1944 | English{{•}}Composer and leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom of the early 20th century
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| Albert Henry Smyth | 1863 | 1907 | Professor, writer, editor, curator for the American Philosophical Society; Widely noted among historians for finding hundreds of lost letters of Benjamin Franklin and publishing them for the first time.
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| George Smyth (Canadian politician) | 1864 | 1938 | Canadian{{•}}Ontario Provincial politician
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| Nevill Maskelyne Smyth | 1868 | 1941 | English{{•}}Victoria Cross recipient
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| Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet | 1893 | 1983 | English{{•}}Victoria Cross recipient; Member of Parliament; holder of the first Baronet of Teignmouth
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| Henry DeWolf Smyth | 1898 | 1986 | American{{•}}physicist; author of the Smyth Report (first history of the Manhattan Project)
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"| Born after 1900
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| Larry Smyth | 1902 | 1960 | American{{*}}Journalist and public official
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| Bill Smyth (umpire) | 1916 | 2007 | Australian{{•}}Cricket test match umpire; Officer of the Order of Australia
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| Brendan Smyth (priest) | 1927 | 1997 | Northern Irish{{•}}Catholic priest, who used his position to facilitate the molestation of hundreds of children over a period of four decades
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| Jimmy Smyth (hurler) | 1931 | 2013 | Irish{{•}}prominent hurling athlete
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| Martin Smyth | 1931 | (living) | Northern Irish{{•}}Grand Master of the Orange Order; eleventh Member of Parliament from the Belfast South constituency
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| Gilli Smyth | 1933 | 2016 | English{{•}}Musician; co-founder of the band Gong and founder of the band Mother Gong
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| Hugh Smyth | 1941 | 2014 | Northern Irish{{•}}Fifty-first Lord Mayor of Belfast; first leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
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| John Smyth | 1941 | 2018 | English Barrister
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| Clifford Smyth | 1944 | (living) | Northern Irish{{•}}Historian and politician; second member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the North Antrim constituency
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| Tommy Smyth | 1946 | (living) | Irish-American{{•}}Sports journalist; football (soccer) commentator{{•}}Immigrated to the United States in 1963
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| Paul Smyth | 1947 | (living) | Australian{{•}}Professor of social policy
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| Ken Smyth
|1948 |(living) |Australian{{•}}Politician | | |||
| William James Smyth
|1949 |(living) |Irish{{•}}Professor of geography; first university president of National University of Ireland Maynooth | | |||
| Alan Smyth | before 1990 | (living) | English{{•}}Music producer
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| Anthony Smyth | before 1999 | (living) | Northern Irish{{•}}Arms smuggler
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| Eric Smyth | before 1981 | (living) | Northern Irish{{•}}Fifty-second Lord Mayor of Belfast
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| Malcolm Smyth | before 1972 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Academic analytical chemist
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| Seán Smyth | before 1993 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Musician; All-Ireland Champion on fiddle and whistle
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| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;" | Born after 1950
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| Des Smyth | 1953 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Professional golfer
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| Patty Smyth | 1957 | (living) | American{{•}}Singer
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| Phil Smyth | 1958 | (living) | Australian{{•}}Professional basketball player
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| Brendan Smyth (politician) | 1959 | (living) | Australian{{•}}Politician; fourth Member of Parliament for the Division of Canberra
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| Chas Smash | 1959 | (living) | English{{•}}Singer and dancer for the band Madness{{•}}born to the name "Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth" to Irish–English immigrant parents
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| Gerry Smyth | 1961 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Academic in the areas of Irish literature and music history
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| William Smyth
|1962 |(living) |Northern Irish award-winning press photographer | | |||
| Bryan Smyth | 1963 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Singer, television personality and actor
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| Karin Smyth
|1964 |(living) |English{{•}}Politician | | |||
| Brian Smyth | 1967 | (living) | Irish{{•}}Painter
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| Stephen Smyth | 1968 | (living) | Northern Irish{{•}}Cricket player
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| Jim Smyth | approx. 1970 | (living) | Canadian{{•}}Law enforcement officer
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| Cameron Smyth | 1971 | (living) | American{{•}}California state politician
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| Ryan Smyth | 1976 | (living) | Canadian{{•}}Professional ice hockey player
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| Clare Smyth
|1978 |(living) |Northern Irish{{•}}Chef | | |||
| Sarah Smyth | 1982 | (living) | Canadian{{•}}Actress
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| Mark Smyth | 1985 | (living) | English{{•}}Professional football player
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| Eloise Smyth
|1995 |(living) |English{{•}}Actress | | |||
| Oisin Smyth
|2000 |(living) |Northern Irish{{•}}Professional football player | | |||
| Keith Smyth
|2003 |(living) |Irish{{•}}Professional hurler | | |||
| Justine Smyth
|unknown |(living) |New Zealand{{•}}Professional director | |
= Families =
- Smyth baronets, several independently created British hereditary titles
- Bowyer-Smyth baronets, holders of a single British hereditary title
= Smyth disambiguation pages =
Notes
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Other uses
- Smyth County, Virginia
- Smyth (restaurant) - a restaurant in Chicago
References
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- {{cite book |title= English and Welsh Surnames |last= Bardsley |first= Charles Wareing
|url= https://archive.org/details/adictionaryengl00bardgoog |format= PDF |access-date= 2008-03-03
|year= 1901 |publisher= Henry Frowde| location= London |pages= 699
|isbn= 978-0-8063-0022-1 |quote= The y in Smyth is the almost invariable spelling in early rolls, so that it cannot exactly be styled a modern affectation. }}
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