title: Smithson
text: # Smithson
  
  Smithson or Smythson is an English surname and (less often) a given name.
  
  Notable people bearing the name include:
  
  ## Architects
  
  * Alison and Peter Smithson, 20th-century British architects
  * Robert Smythson, 16th-century English architect, father of architect John Smythson, and grandfather of architect Huntingdon Smithson
  
  ## Artists and entertainers
  
  * Annie M. P. Smithson, novelist
  * Robert Smithson, American artist
  * Carly Smithson, singer
  * Florence Smithson, singer and actor
  * Harriet Smithson, also known as Henrietta Constance Smithson, actor and wife of Hector Berlioz
  * Henry Smithson, the musician Riton
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * Hugh Smithson, (1714–86) later Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
     * the Smithson baronets
  * Smithson E. Wright, 16th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
  
  ## Scientists
  
  * James Smithson, British scientist, eponym of the Smithsonian Institution
  * Smithson Tennant, chemist
  
  ## Sportspeople
  
  * Bryan Smithson, American basketball player
  * Fish Smithson, former NFL player
  * Forrest Smithson, American athlete
  * Gerald Smithson, English cricketer
  * Jerred Smithson, former NHL player
  * Moondog Spike, wrestler born Bill Smithson
  * Rodney Smithson, footballer who played for Oxford United
  
  ## Others
  
  * Alan Smithson, Bishop of Jarrow
  * John Smithson (university president), American college administrator
  * John Smithson, producer at the Discovery Channel
  * Mike Smithson (disambiguation), several people
  
  ## Fiction
  
  * Andrea Smithson Darling, a character on Dirty Sexy Money
  * Charles Smithson, a major character in The French Lieutenant's Woman
  * "Smithson", a webcomic by Shaenon K. Garrity
  
  ## In other languages
  
  * Ben-Hadad (Syriac)
  * Kovachevich, Kovačević, Kovalevich (Slavic)
  