# Ed Smith

Ed, Eddie, Edward, Edwin, and similar, surnamed Smith, may refer to:

## Military

* Edward H. Smith (sailor) (1889–1961), United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer and Arctic explorer
* Edward Smith (VC) (1898–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War
* Edwin P. Smith (born 1945), U.S. general, commander of Army, Pacific 1998–2002
* Edwin Smith (Medal of Honor) (1841–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

## Politics and law

* E. D. Smith (1853–1948), Canadian businessman and politician
* Ed Smith (alderman), alderman for Chicago's 28th ward
* Eddie Smith (politician) (born 1979), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
* Edward Clarke Smith (1864–1924), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
* Edward Curtis Smith (1854–1935), governor of Vermont
* Edward Dunlap Smith (1807–1883), Presbyterian clergyman and chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
* Edward Everett Smith (1861–1931), lieutenant governor of Minnesota
* Edward G. Smith (1961–2023), American judge in Pennsylvania
* Edward H. Smith (politician) (1809–1885), U.S. representative from New York
* Edward J. Smith (American politician) (1927–2010), member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
* Edward J. Smith (Canadian politician) (1819–1903), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
* Edward Smith (New Zealand politician) (1839–1907), New Zealand armourer and Liberal Party politician
* Edward McMurray Smith (1870–1953), Iowa Secretary of State and newspaper editor
* Edward O. Smith (1817–1892), American pioneer, businessman and politician
* Edward Parsons Smith (1860–1930), mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, 1918–1921
* Edward Percy Smith (1891–1968), British Conservative member of parliament for Ashford, 1943–1950
* Edward Samuel Smith (1919–2001), U.S. federal judge
* Edward Smith (trade unionist), of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill
* Edward Smith (judge) (1602–1682), chief justice of the Irish Common Pleas
* Edward Smith (MP) (c. 1704–1762), English member of parliament for Leicestershire, 1734–1762
* Edward "Smitty" Smith (born 1980), candidate for attorney general of the District of Columbia
* Edwin C. Smith (1852–1924), miner, rancher and political figure in British Columbia
* Edwin O. Smith (c. 1871–1960), American politician in the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Edwin Thomas Smith (1830–1919), South Australian politician
* Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), nicknamed "Cotton Ed", U.S. senator from South Carolina
* Edward Smith (governor), army officer and governor of the Isle of Man
* Sir Edward Smith, 1st Baronet (c. 1630–1707), English landowner and politician
* Ed Smith (Canadian politician) (1928-2010), Canadian politician in British Columbia
* Edward Delafield Smith (1826–1878), American lawyer and United States Attorney
* Edward L. Smith, Connecticut judge, mayor and United States Attorney

## Sports
### American football

* Ed Smith (running back) (1913–1998), American football player, model for the Heisman Trophy
* Ed Smith (halfback) (1923–2010), fullback in the American National Football League
* Ed Smith (quarterback) (born 1956), American football quarterback
* Ed Smith (defensive end) (born 1950), American football defensive end
* Ed Smith (linebacker) (born 1957), American football linebacker
* Ed Smith (tight end) (born 1969), basketball and American football player
* Edwin Smith or Alex Smith (tight end) (born 1982), American football player

### Association football

* Eddie Smith (footballer) (1929–1993), English footballer
* Eddie Smith (referee) (born 1965), Scottish football referee
* Edwin Smith (footballer), English footballer for Crystal Palace

### Baseball

* Ed Smith (1880s pitcher), Baltimore Monumentals baseball player
* Ed Smith (1900s pitcher) (1879–1956), St. Louis Browns baseball player
* Eddie Smith (pitcher) (1913–1994), baseball pitcher
* Eddie Smith (baseball coach) (born 1984), American baseball coach

### Cricket

* Ed Smith (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
* Edward Smith (cricketer, born 1831) (1831–1899), English cricketer
* Edward Smith (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1909), English cricketer and clergyman
* Edward Smith (cricketer, born 1868) (1868–1937), English cricketer and British Army officer
* Edward Smith (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1999), Australian cricketer
* Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1934), Derbyshire cricketer
* Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–1880), English cricketer
* Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1860) (1860–1939), English cricketer

### Other sports

* Ed Smith (basketball) (1929–1998), New York Knicks basketball player
* Ed Smith (streetball player), American streetball player
* Eddie Smith (cyclist) (1926–1997), Australian cyclist
* Eddie Smith (basketball) (born 1983), basketball player
* Edwin Smith (rower) (1922–1997), New Zealand rower, silver medalist at the 1950 Empire Games

## Engineers and scientists

* Edward Smith (physician) (1819–1874), British physician and medical writer
* Edwin Smith (metallurgist) (1931–2010), British metallurgy scientist
* Edwin Smith (astronomer) (1851–1912), American astronomer

## Writers and the arts

* E. E. Smith (1890–1965), better known as E.E. "Doc" Smith, science fiction author
* Eden Smith (1858–1949), Canadian architect
* Edward Smith (biographer) (1839–1919), English biographer
* Edward Gordon Smith (1857–1906), British postcard publisher
* Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935), English author, mining engineer and adventurer
* Edwin Dalton Smith, English artist and engraver
* Edwin Smith (Egyptologist) (1822–1906), American antiquities collector
* Edwin Smith (photographer) (1912–1971), English photographer
* Edwin W. Smith (1876–1957), South African born missionary, anthropologist and writer in Africa
* Ed Smith (sculptor) (born 1956), American sculptor and printmaker
* Edward Tyrrel Smith, British entrepreneur and showman

## Others

* Eddie Smith (trade unionist) (died 1945), British trade union leader
* Edward Smith (sea captain) (1850–1912), captain of the RMS Titanic when she sank
* Edward Smith (thief), committed one of the first bank robberies in the United States
* Edward B. Smith, founder of Edward B. Smith & Co., became brokerage firm Smith Barney
* Edward Parmelee Smith (1827–1876), Congregational minister in Massachusetts
* Edward Shrapnell Smith (1875–1952), British pioneer and promoter of commercial road transport
* Edwin Smith (architect) (1870–1965), New South Wales Government Architect 1929–1935
* Edwin Mitchell Smith (1847–1929), surveyor general of South Australia
* Eddie Smith, murder victim, see Jeffrey Dahmer