Francis Smith may refer to: Government and politics Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro and Stafford Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 1701), English peer Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806–1876), US Representative from Maine Francis Smith (Australian politician) (1819–1909), former Premier of Tasmania Frank Smith (British politician) (1854–1940), MP for Nuneaton, 1929–1931 Francis Henry Smith (1868–1936), Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand Francis Smith (Missouri politician) (1905–1984), American politician from Missouri Francis R. Smith (1911–1982), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Military Francis Smith (British Army officer) (1723–1791), British officer during the American Revolutionary War Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890), first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute Francis Smith (RAAF officer) (1896–1961), Australian World War I flying ace Francis N. Smith (born 1930), rear admiral in the United States Navy Business Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874), British inventor of the screw propeller Francis Shubael Smith (1819–1887), American publisher Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931), American borax magnate Sports and entertainment Frank Smith (rugby union) (Francis Bede Smith; 1886–1954), Australian rugby union player Fran Smith Jr. (born 1952), bass guitarist for The Hooters Francie Larrieu Smith (born 1952), American track and field athlete Science and academia Francis Graham-Smith (born 1923), British astronomer Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer Francis P. Smith (Duquesne University) (1907–1990), American Catholic priest and university president Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), English architect Francis Smith (explorer), captain of an exploration vessel, during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746 Others Francis Wilford-Smith (1927–2009), British cartoonist, graphic artist, and producer and archivist of blues music Francis Smith (priest) (fl. 1917–1959), South African Anglican priest Francis Palmer Smith (1886–1971), American architect based in Atlanta, Georgia, also known as Francis P. Smith Francis Smith (judge) (1847–1912), Sierra Leonean judge in the Gold Coast Francis Jagoe Smith (1873–1969), Postmaster General of Ceylon See also Frank Smith (disambiguation) Frances Smith (disambiguation)