I. Smith BrE AmE
a very common name in the UK and the US. There is a joke that it is used by people who do not want their real name to be known, especially in the past by people who were sharing a hotel room when they were not married:
They checked into the hotel as Mr and Mrs John Smith.
II. Smith, Adam BrE AmE
(1723–90) a Scottish ↑ economist who strongly believed in ↑ free enterprise (=an economic system in which private businesses are free to make money, and there is not much government control) . He developed his ideas in his book The Wealth of Nations , which has had an important influence on modern economic and political ideas ⇨ ↑ Adam Smith Institute
III. Smith, Bes ‧ sie /ˈbesi/ BrE AmE
(1895–1937) a US BLUES singer who was very popular in the 1920s, and whose style influenced many later musicians. Many people know the story of how she died after a car crash, when she was not allowed to enter a hospital for white people because she was African-American.
IV. Smith, Dame Maggie BrE AmE
(1934–) a British film and theatre actress. Her many films include two for which she won an Oscar: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978). Her other films include A Room with a View and the Harry Potter series of films.
V. Smith, De ‧ li ‧ a /ˈdiːliə/ BrE AmE
(1941–) a British woman who writes books and makes very popular television programmes that teach people how to cook. People often simply call her Delia.
VI. Smith, I ‧ ain Dun ‧ can /ˈiːən ˈdʌŋkən/ BrE AmE
(1954–) the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain from September 2001 until October 2003. Many people thought he was rather boring and not a strong leader, and he lost the leadership of the party before he was able to lead the party into a general election.
VII. Smith, I ‧ an /ˈiːən/ BrE AmE
(1919–2007) the Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1978. He is remembered for making Rhodesia independent of the UK in 1965 without British agreement, with a government of only white people, although most people in the country are black. ⇨ ↑ Zimbabwe
VIII. Smith, John BrE AmE
(1938–94) a British politician who became leader of the Labour Party in 1992. He was a popular leader, and a clever and amusing speaker in Parliament. His sudden death from a heart attack caused great shock in the UK.
IX. Smith, Joseph BrE AmE
(1805–44) a US religious leader who started the ↑ Mormon religion. He described how an ↑ angel showed him where two golden ↑ tablet s (=flat pieces of metal with words cut into them) were buried in a hill in the state of New York. He translated the writing on the tablets and it became the Book of Mormon , the holy book of the Mormon religion ⇨ ↑ Mormon
X. Smith, Oz ‧ zie /ˈɒzi $ ˈɑː-/ BrE AmE
(1954–) a former US baseball player who played ↑ shortstop for the St Louis Cardinals team. He won the Golden Glove Award every year from 1980 to 1992, and was known as ‘the Wizard’.
XI. Smith, Paul BrE AmE
(1946–) a British FASHION DESIGNER , known especially for his high-quality men's clothing. His official title is Sir Paul Smith.
XII. Smith, WH BrE AmE ( also WH Smith's, Smith's ) trademark
a shop that sells books, pens, newspapers, cards, etc, and often also ↑ CD s and ↑ videotape s . Most towns in the UK and many cities in the US have a WH Smith.
XIII. Smith, Will BrE AmE
a US film actor and ↑ pop singer who started acting in 1990 in a TV comedy series called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air . His films include Independence Day and Men in Black .
XIV. Smith, Win ‧ ston /ˈwɪnstən/ BrE AmE
the main character in the book ↑ Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George ↑ Orwell , who lives in a time when the government controls everything that people do. Smith is punished by the government because he tries to have a romantic relationship with a woman.
XV. Smith, Zadie BrE AmE
(1975-) an English writer whose books include White Teeth (2000) and On Beauty (2005)