title: Peter Smith
text: # Peter Smith
  
  Peter Smith may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * Peter Smith (oboist), American oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra
  * Peter Smith (painter) (born 1967), contemporary British painter
  * Peter C. Smith (born 1940), British author of aeronautical, naval and military history books
  * Peter Moore Smith (born 1965), American writer
  * Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), Australian artist
  * Peter Smith, member of the British boyband Phixx
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * Peter Smith (Canadian politician) (1877–1934), Canadian politician involved in the Ontario Bond Scandal
  * Peter Smith (South African politician) (born 1954), member of the National Assembly of South Africa
  * Peter Smith (diplomat) (born 1942), governor of the Cayman Islands, 1999–2002
  * Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (1945–2021), leader of Wigan council and member of the House of Lords
  * Peter J. Smith (politician) (1867–1947), Wisconsin state senator
  * Peter Plympton Smith (born 1945), lieutenant-governor and congressman from Vermont, president of California State University, Monterey Bay
  
  ## Sports
  
  ### Association football (soccer)
  
  * Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1935), English footballer (Gillingham)
  * Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1969), English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion)
  * Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1980), English footballer (Exeter City)
  * Peter Smith (English footballer, born 1985), English footballer (Hong Kong Football Club)
  * Peter Smith (Scottish footballer) (born 1937), Scottish footballer
  * Peter Smith (Welsh footballer) (born 1978), retired Welsh professional footballer
  
  ### Cricket
  
  * Peter Smith (Australian cricketer) (born 1968), Australian cricketer
  * Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1908) (1908–1967), English cricketer
  * Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1934), English former cricketer
  * Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1944), former English cricketer
  * Peter Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (1935–2013), New Zealand cricketer
  
  ### Other sports
  
  * Peter Smith (curler) (born 1964), Scottish curler
  * Peter Smith (Australian footballer, born 1960), Australian rules footballer at North Melbourne and Brisbane
  * Peter Smith (ice hockey), current head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team
  * Peter Smith (rugby league, born 1955), rugby league international for Great Britain and England
  * Peter Smith (rugby league, born 1958), Australian rugby league player
  * Peter Smith (rugby union) (1924–1954), New Zealand rugby player
  * Peter V. Smith (born 1947), Australian rules footballer and son of Norm Smith
  
  ## Scientists and engineers
  
  * Peter Smith (biologist), professor at the University of Aberdeen
  * Peter Smith (epidemiologist) (born 1942), professor of tropical epidemiology
  * Peter Smith (computer scientist), emeritus professor at the University of Sunderland
  * Peter Smith (physicist), American physicist, principal investigator for the Phoenix spacecraft Mars mission
  * Peter K. Smith (born 1943), British professor of psychology
  
  ## Other
  
  * Peter Smith (bishop) (1943–2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark (formerly the Archbishop of Cardiff)
  * Peter Smith (businessman) (born 1946), English businessman, currently chairman of estate agents Savills
  * Peter Smith (historian), British historian specializing in Bahá'í studies
  * Peter Smith (judge) (born 1952), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
  * Peter Smith (trade unionist) (1940–2006), general secretary of the British trade union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
  * Peter H. Smith (born 1940), former president of the Latin American Studies Association
  * Peter J. Smith, United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2010–2016
  * Peter Leslie Smith (born 1958), South African–born American Catholic bishop
  * Peter W. Smith (1936–2017), American investment banker and Republican activist
  * Peter J. Smith (attorney) (born 1949), American attorney
  * Peter Smith (architectural historian) (1926–2013)
  