Smyth

Smyth
	Blacksmith at work
Origin
Meaning	Smith (metalwork)
Region of origin	Originally England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Smith, Smythe

Smyth is an early variant of the common surname Smith commonly found in Ireland.^[1] 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.

Name	Birth	Death	Nationality • Notability • Notes
Born after 1400
William Smyth^[2]	c. 1460	1514	English • Roman Catholic Bishop; Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches; co-founder of Brasenose College
Richard Smyth (Regius Professor)^[2]	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
Born after 1500
John Smyth	1570	1612	English • founder of the modern Baptist denomination in England
Born after 1600
Born after 1700
Thomas Smyth^[3]	1740	1785	Irish • Mayor of Limerick; member of Parliament • Smyth's children bore the surname 'Stuart' rather than 'Smyth'
John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort^[3]	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.
John Smyth	1748	1811	British • Master of the Mint of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer; Member of Parliament
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 10^[4]
George Stracey Smyth	1767	1823	English-Canadian • Second Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Canada • Born in England and migrated to Canada before 1798
James Carmichael Smyth	1779	1838	British • First Baron of Nutwood, Surrey; twenty-seventh Colonial Governor of the Bahamas; second Colonial Governor of British Guiana
John Henry Smyth	1780	1822	English • Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge
William Henry Smyth^[5]	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
William Smyth (professor)	1797	1868	American • Mathematician and theologian; author of several widely used mathematics textbooks
Born after 1800
George W. Smyth	1803	1866	American • National politician: third Representative from the Texas 1st Congressional District
Clement Smyth	1810	1865	Irish-American • Roman Catholic Bishop • Immigrated to the United States before 1849
Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth^[5]	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
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
Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician)	1819	1899	American • Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire
Charles Piazzi Smyth^[5]	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
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
Richard Smyth (minister)	1826	1878	Irish^[6] • Academic; Member of Parliament
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
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
Joseph Grigsby Smyth	1847	1915	American politician. Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873.
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
Herbert Weir Smyth	1857	1937	American • author of a notable comprehensive grammar of Ancient Greek
Dame Ethel Smyth	1858	1944	English • Composer and leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom of the early 20th century
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.
George Smyth (Canadian politician)	1864	1938	Canadian • Ontario Provincial politician
Nevill Maskelyne Smyth	1868	1941	English • Victoria Cross recipient
Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet	1893	1983	English • Victoria Cross recipient; Member of Parliament; holder of the first Baronet of Teignmouth
Henry DeWolf Smyth	1898	1986	American • physicist; author of the Smyth Report (first history of the Manhattan Project)
Born after 1900
Larry Smyth	1902	1960	American • Journalist and public official
Bill Smyth (umpire)	1916	2007	Australian • Cricket test match umpire; Officer of the Order of Australia
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
Jimmy Smyth (hurler)	1931	2013	Irish • prominent hurling athlete
Martin Smyth	1931	(living)	Northern Irish • Grand Master of the Orange Order; eleventh Member of Parliament from the Belfast South constituency
Gilli Smyth	1933	2016	English • Musician; co-founder of the band Gong and founder of the band Mother Gong
Hugh Smyth	1941	2014	Northern Irish • Fifty-first Lord Mayor of Belfast; first leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
John Smyth	1941	2018	English Barrister
Clifford Smyth	1944	(living)	Northern Irish • Historian and politician; second member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the North Antrim constituency
Tommy Smyth	1946	(living)	Irish-American • Sports journalist; football (soccer) commentator • Immigrated to the United States in 1963
Paul Smyth	1947	(living)	Australian • Professor of social policy
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
Anthony Smyth	before 1999	(living)	Northern Irish • Arms smuggler
Eric Smyth	before 1981	(living)	Northern Irish • Fifty-second Lord Mayor of Belfast
Malcolm Smyth	before 1972	(living)	Irish • Academic analytical chemist
Seán Smyth	before 1993	(living)	Irish • Musician; All-Ireland Champion on fiddle and whistle
Born after 1950
Des Smyth	1953	(living)	Irish • Professional golfer
Patty Smyth	1957	(living)	American • Singer
Phil Smyth	1958	(living)	Australian • Professional basketball player
Brendan Smyth (politician)	1959	(living)	Australian • Politician; fourth Member of Parliament for the Division of Canberra
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
Gerry Smyth	1961	(living)	Irish • Academic in the areas of Irish literature and music history
William Smyth	1962	(living)	Northern Irish award winning press photographer
Bryan Smyth	1963	(living)	Irish • Singer, television personality and actor
Karin Smyth	1964	(living)	English • Politician
Brian Smyth	1967	(living)	Irish • Painter
Stephen Smyth	1968	(living)	Northern Irish • Cricket player
Jim Smyth	approx. 1970	(living)	Canadian • Law enforcement officer
Cameron Smyth	1971	(living)	American • California state politician
Ryan Smyth	1976	(living)	Canadian • Professional ice hockey player
Clare Smyth	1978	(living)	Northern Irish • Chef
Sarah Smyth	1982	(living)	Canadian • Actress
Mark Smyth	1985	(living)	English • Professional football player
Eloise Smyth	1995	(living)	English • Actress
Oisin Smyth	2000	(living)	Northern Irish • Professional football player
Keith Smyth	2003	(living)	Irish • Professional hurler

Families

Smyth baronets, several independently created British hereditary titles
Bowyer-Smyth baronets, holders of a single British hereditary title

Smyth disambiguation pages

Notes

^ Citation: Bardsley, 1901
^ ^a ^b Surname can be found as either 'Smyth' or 'Smith'
^ ^a ^b Brothers: Thomas 1740 and John 1742.
^ Virginia declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
^ ^a ^b ^c Father and sons: William 1788 and sons Charles 1819 and Warington 1817
^ Smyth 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.

Other uses

Smyth County, Virginia
Smyth (restaurant) - a restaurant in Chicago

References

Bardsley, Charles Wareing (1901). English and Welsh Surnames (PDF). London: Henry Frowde. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-8063-0022-1. Retrieved 2008-03-03. The y in Smyth is the almost invariable spelling in early rolls, so that it cannot exactly be styled a modern affectation.