Peter Smith
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Arts and entertainment
- Peter Smith (oboist)Peter Smith (oboist)Peter Smith has been associate principal oboe of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 1991. He has spent summers participating in such festivals as the Colorado Music Festival, where he was principal oboe in 1991...
- Peter Smith (painter)Peter Smith (painter)Born in Mansfield 1967 , Peter Smith is an artist based in Britain. The subject for which he is most well known is a striped rotund creature with the form of a hippopotamus but the stripes of a zebra...
(born 1967), contemporary British painter - Peter C. SmithPeter C. SmithPeter C Smith is the published author of 67 books of aeronautical, naval and military history including Midway: Dauntless Victory.Born in North Walsham, Norfolk, UK in 1940, he currently resides in Bedford, UK and is a member of The Society of Authors, London, and The London Press Club.-External...
(born 1940), author of aeronautical, naval and military history books - Peter James Smith (born 1971), American actor
- Peter Moore SmithPeter Moore SmithPeter Moore Smith is an American writer and was the recipient of the 2000 Pushcart Prize for his short story "Oblivion, Nebraska."Smith has written two novels, Raveling and Los Angeles, both published by Little, Brown. His short story "Oblivion, Nebraska" was adapted into a 2006 film by director...
, American writer - Peter Purves SmithPeter Purves SmithPeter Purves Smith , born Charles Roderick Purves Smith, was an Australian painter. Born in Melbourne, Purves Smith studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London and under progressive art teacher George Bell in Melbourne.In his student years, Purves Smith emerged as a uniquely confident...
(1912–1949), Australian artist - Peter Smith, a member of the British boyband PhixxPhixxPhixx were an English boy band formed in 2003 from the five runners up on British TV show Popstars: The Rivals. The original members were Andrew Kinlochan, Chris Park, Mikey Green, Peter Smith, and Nikk Mager. Between 2003 and 2005 they had four top 20 singles in the UK...
Politicians
- Peter Smith (Canadian politician)Peter Smith (Canadian politician)Peter Smith was a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Perth South from 1919 to 1923 representing the United Farmers of Ontario....
(born c.1870s), Canadian politician involved in the Ontario Bond Scandal - Peter Plympton SmithPeter Plympton SmithPeter Plympton Smith is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 74th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and an education administrator...
(born 1945), lieutenant-governor and congressman from Vermont, president of California State University, Monterey Bay - Peter Smith (diplomat)Peter Smith (diplomat)Peter Smith, CBE is a retired British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Madagascar, the British High Commissioner to Lesotho and in his final position was Governor of the Cayman Islands. He held this position from May 1999 until retirement in May 2002.-References:...
(born 1942), Governor of the Cayman Islands, 1999–2002 - Peter Smith, Baron Smith of LeighPeter Smith, Baron Smith of LeighPeter Richard Charles Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh is a British politician and Life Peer.-Life:Smith has been a member of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council since 1978 and was chairman of finance committee 1982 to 1991...
(born 1945), leader of Wigan council and member of the House of Lords
Sports
- Peter Smith (cricketer)Peter Smith (cricketer)Peter Smith, was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played for Essex from 1929 to 1951.-Life and career:...
(1908–1967), English cricketer - Peter Smith (curler)Peter Smith (curler)Peter "Pete" Smith is a Scottish curler. He plays second for David Murdoch.Smith started curling in 1979. He plays in second position and is right-handed. He has won many prizes in his career, but never featured on the Winter Olympics medal podium. Peter Smith is the tallest male curler at the...
(born 1964), Scottish curler - Peter Smith (footballer born 1935)Peter Smith (footballer born 1935)Peter John Smith is an English former professional association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham between 1958 and 1960, and in total made 39 appearances in the Football League, scoring two goals.-References:...
, English footballer - Peter Smith (footballer born 1937), Scottish footballer
- Peter Smith (footballer born 1978)Peter Smith (footballer born 1978)Peter Smith in Rhuddlan, Wales, is a retired Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for several teams in the Football League.-References:...
, retired Welsh professional footballer - Peter Smith (ice hockey)Peter Smith (ice hockey)Peter Smith is the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. He served as assistant coach under Melody Davidson for 3 years.Native of Lachine, Quebec, he is also the head coach of the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team.-External links:...
, current head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team - Peter Smith (rugby league)Peter Smith (rugby league)Peter Smith is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and Scarborough Pirates, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league international for Great Brittan and England - Peter J. SmithPeter J. SmithPeter J. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
(born 1960), Australian rules footballer at North Melbourne and Brisbane - Peter V. SmithPeter V. SmithPeter Victor Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League ....
(born 1947), Australian rules footballer and son of Norm Smith
Other
- Peter Smith (archbishop) (born 1943), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark (formerly the Archbishop of Cardiff)
- Peter Smith (businessman)Peter Smith (businessman)Peter Smith is an English businessman. He currently is the Chairman of Savills, a British firm of estate agents. His other non-executive appointments are: N M Rothschild & Sons, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and Associated British Foods...
, English businessman, currently Chairman of estate agents Savills - Peter Smith (epidemiologist)Peter Smith (epidemiologist)Peter G Smith CBE BSc DSc HonMFPHM FMedSci, is an eminent epidemiologist and Professor of Tropical Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine .-Background:...
, eminent epidemiologist - Peter Smith (judge)Peter Smith (judge)Sir Peter Winston Smith , styled The Hon Mr Justice Peter Smith, is a Judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, appointed to that office on 15 April 2002 and assigned to the Chancery Division...
(born 1952), British High Court judge - Peter Smith (scientist)Peter Smith (scientist)Peter H. Smith is a Senior Research Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, where he holds the inaugural Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science...
, American physicist, principal investigator for the Phoenix spacecraft Mars mission - Peter Smith (union leader)Peter Smith (union leader)Peter Smith CBE was general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2002...
(1940–2006), general secretary of the British trade union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers - Peter H. Smith (Latin America scholar)Peter H. Smith (Latin America scholar)Peter H. Smith is a scholar on United States and Latin American relations, and the Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at University of California in San Diego.He has been president of the Latin American Studies Association...
, former president of the Latin American Studies Association