Richard Smith
Richard Smith may refer to:

Arts and entertainment
Richard Penn Smith (1799–1854), American playwright
Richard Smith (silent film director) (1886–1937), American silent film director
Richard Smith (screenwriter), Scottish screenwriter, film director, BAFTA-winning writer of Trauma
Richard Smith (artist) (1931–2016), English painter
Richard Bernhard Smith (1901–1935), American composer who wrote the lyrics to "Winter Wonderland"
Richard Smith (American guitarist), jazz guitarist in California
Richard Smith (English guitarist) (born 1971), English-born fingerstyle guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee
Richard John Smith (1786-1855), British actor
Richard Langham Smith (born 1947), British academic, head of music at the Open University
Richard Curson Smith, British television director and producer
Richard H.E. Smith II, American software engineer, computer consultant and science fiction fanzine publisher
Richard Zane Smith, American sculptor
Rickey Smith (singer), contestant on American Idol
Richard O'Brien (Richard Timothy Smith, born 1942), TV presenter
Ricky Smith (Doctor Who), fictional character in British TV series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke
Rick Smith (musician) (born 1959), member of English dance duo Underworld
RAS-1 (Richard Arthur Smith), American musician

Journalism
Richard Mills Smith (born 1946), American editor and journalist, Chairman of Newsweek magazine
Richard Smith (editor), British medical doctor, former editor of the British Medical Journal
Richard Allen  Smith, front page writer at VetVoice, the blog of VoteVets.org

Military
Richard Smith (soldier) (c. 1790 - 1819), Canadian soldier and magistrate
Richard Baird Smith (1818–1861), British engineer officer
Richard Abel Smith (1933–2004), British Army officer
Richard Smith (East India Company officer) (1734–1803), Commander-in-Chief, India

Politics
Richard Smith (MP for Devizes), MP for Devizes, 1402
Richard Smith (died 1516), MP for Reading
Richard Smith (died 1581), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Richard Smith (fl. 1584), MP for Cricklade
Richard Smith (Canadian politician) (1931–1978), former Liberal MPP for Nipissing, Ontario
Richard Smith (Continental Congress) (1735–1803), lawyer and New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress
Richard B. Smith (New York politician) (1878–1937), New York politician
Richard M. Smith (1828–1888), legislator from Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Richard Smith (diplomat) (1934–2015), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Richard Joseph Smith (1819–1883), member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council
Richard A. Smith (Connecticut politician), American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives
Ric Smith (Richard C. Smith, born 1944), Australian public servant
Richard H. Smith (born 1945), member of the Georgia House of Representatives

Science
Richard Smith (mining engineer) (1783–1868), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia
Richard Smith (historical geographer) (born 1946), British academic, historical geographer and demographer
Richard A. Smith (physician) (1932–2017), African-American physician
Richard Bowyer Smith (1837–1919), Australian inventor
Richard D. Smith (born 1949), American chemist, Director of Pan-omics and Proteomics Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard G. Smith (engineer) (born 1929), director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
Richard G. Smith (geographer), British geographer
Richard Harbert Smith (1894–1957), professor and researcher of aeronautical engineering
Richard J. Smith (born 1948), American dentist, anthropologist, head of graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis
R. N. Smith (Richard Norman Smith), president of the British Veterinary Association

Sports
Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973), former Wales international rugby union player
Richard Smith (rugby league) (born 1973), rugby league player
Richard Smith (footballer, born 1967), English footballer for Mansfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers
Richard Smith (footballer, born 1970), English footballer for Leicester City, Cambridge United and Grimsby Town
Richard Smith (wide receiver) (born 1980), American football player
Richard Smith (American football coach) (born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Houston Texans
Richard Shore Smith (1877–1953), American football player and coach
Ricky Smith (American football) (born 1960), former American football cornerback
Rick Smith (American football executive), general manager of the Houston Texans
Rick Smith (ice hockey) (born 1948), professional hockey player
Richard Smith (field hockey) (born 1987), British field hockey player
Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1987), Cardiff Blues centre
Richard Smith (umpire) (born 1972), Irish cricket umpire
Richard Smith (Costa Rican footballer) (born 1967), former footballer with Alajuelense, Antigua and Carmelita
Richard Smith (sport shooter) (born 1950), American sports shooter
Richard Smith (Barbadian cricketer) (1873-1954), Barbadian cricketer
Richard Smith (Trinidadian cricketer) (born 1971), Trinidadian cricketer
Richard Smith (South African cricketer) (born 1972), South African cricketer

Other
Richard A. Smith (businessman) (1925–2020), American business executive
Richard Smith (businessman) (1836–1919) managing director of Australian company Harris Scarfe
Richard Gordon Smith (1858–1918), British traveller, sportsman and naturalist
Dick Smith (entrepreneur) (Richard Harold Smith), Australian businessman
Richard Norton Smith (born 1953), U.S. Presidential historian
Richard Sharp Smith (1852–1924), English then American architect
Richard Smith (merchant) (1707–1776), English merchant in the West Indies trade
Richard Smith (settler) (1596–1666), one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island
Richard Smith (bishop) (1568–1655), English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor
Richard William Smith (born 1959), Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Richard F. Smith (born c. 1961), American business executive
Richard Tilden Smith (1865–1929), British businessman
Richard Patrick Smith, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad
Sir Richard Smith, High Court judge of England and Wales

See also
Dick Smith (disambiguation)
Richard Smyth (disambiguation)
Rick Smith (disambiguation)