David Smith may refer to:

• David Paige Smith (1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale
• David Eugene Smith (1860–1944), American professor of mathematics
• D. M. Smith (1884–1962), American professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech
• David Smith (amateur mathematician), discoverer of an aperiodic tiling
• D. Nichol Smith (1875–1962), Scottish professor of literature at Oxford University
• David Chadwick Smith (1931–2000), Canadian professor of economics, Queen's University
• David C. Smith (historian) (1929–2009), American professor of history, University of Maine
• David Martyn Smith (1921–2009), American professor of forestry at Yale
• David Smith (botanist) (1930–2018), British professor of botany
• Dai Smith (academic) (born 1945), Welsh professor of history
• David J. Smith (physicist) (born 1948), Australian professor of physics at Arizona State
• David Livingstone Smith (born 1953), professor of philosophy at the University of New England
• David Smith (historian) (born 1963), British professor of history at Cambridge
• David K. Smith, British professor of chemistry at University of York
• David R. Smith (physicist), American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University

• David Forbes Smith (1865–1923), Scottish architect
• David Smith (director) (1872–1930), English film director of the silent era
• David Stanley Smith (composer) (1877–1949), American classical composer, professor of music at Yale
• David Smith (sculptor) (1906–1965), American Abstract Expressionist
• David C. Smith (author) (born 1952), American novelist of heroic fantasy
• David Smith, Australian artist, founding member of the art collective Optronic Kinetics in 1970s Sydney
• David G. Smith (musician), American singer-songwriter from the 1970s to the present
• David Bruce Smith (born 1958), American publisher, real estate executive
• David Alan Smith (actor) (born 1959), American actor and writer
• David Lee Smith (born 1963), American film actor
• David A. Smith (designer) (born 1968), British designer, glass embosser, sign writer
• David B. Smith (born 1977), American multi-disciplinary artist
• David Brian Smith (born 1981), English artist
• David Branson Smith (born 1984), American film screenwriter
• David Smith (reality TV star), participant in The Next Joe Millionaire (2003)
• David P. Smith, American animator and voice actor, creator of Mixels (2014–2016)

• David Canfield Smith (born 1945), American computer scientist who invented graphical interface icons
• David A. Smith (computer scientist) (born 1957), American computer scientist and entrepreneur
• David L. Smith (hacker) (born c. 1968), author of the Melissa virus

• David Boyes Smith (1833–1889), deputy surgeon general of the Indian Medical Service
• David M. Smith (virologist) (born 1971), American translational research virologist
• David Weyhe Smith (1926–1981), American pediatrician and dysmorphologist

• David D. Smith (born 1950), American president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group
• David Andrew Smith (born 1952), British journalist
• David Smith (journalist and author) (born 1954), economics editor of the UK Sunday Times
• David Smith (journalist) (born 1975), Washington, DC, Bureau Chief of the UK The Guardian

• David Hyrum Smith (1844–1904), missionary of the Latter Day Saint movement
• David A. Smith (Mormon) (1879–1952), bishop and first president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• David Smith (bishop) (1935–2024), English Bishop of Bradford

• David John Smith (1907–1976), president of British retailer W. H. Smith, 1948–1968
• David M. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1926–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• David Smith (chef) (born 1982), Australian chef
• David Smith (executive), Welsh banking and sporting administrator
• David Smith (murderer) (born 1956), English rapist and murderer
• David R. Smith (general) (born 1942), United States Air Force general
• David J. Smith (author), Canadian teacher and educational consultant, children's writer
• David Smith, co-founder of the Media Molecule video game development company
• David Smith (hobbyist), discoverer of aperiodic monotiles.
• David J. Smith, accountant and Managing Director of Post Office Limited in 2010 before Paula Vennells

• Dave Smith (disambiguation)

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