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John Smith is often regarded as the most common personal name in the United Kingdom and in some other English-speaking countries, with John being the most common First Name in the U.K. and Smith being the most common Surname. It is the archetypal pseudonym or placeholder name in those countries. There are a number of famous people called John Smith, most notably:

John Smith, former leader of the British Labour Party
John Smith of Jamestown, an American colonial pioneer
John Smith, an American football player, former placekicker with the New England Patriots
John Smith, the Director of Finance, Property and Business Affairs of the British Broadcasting Corporation
John Smith, founder of the Tadcaster brewery in North Yorkshire
John Smith, a British comics writer
John Smith, founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
John Smith, member of the Parliament of Ontario
John Smith, mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 1924-1928
John Smith, commissioner of the English Treasury in the 17th century
John Smith, sometime Acting Governor of Gibraltar
John Smith, English missionary in the West Indies
John Smith, professor at the University of Oxford from 1766 to 1797
John Smith, officer in the U.S. Navy
John Smith, a U.S. Senator from New York from 1804 until 1813
John Smith, U.S. Senator from Ohio
John Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
John Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Smith, a U.S. Representative from Vermont
John Smith, member of the United States House of Representatives for Virginia
John Smith, a Welsh MP for the Labour Party
John Smith, head coach of Oklahoma State University wrestling program
John Smith, American actor

John Armstrong Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio
John B. Smith, former Governor of New Hampshire
John Bayard Smith, signer of the American Articles of Confederation from Pennsylvania
John Christopher Smith, 18th century composer
John Cotton Smith, former Governor of Connecticut
John Cyril Smith, leading authority on English Criminal Law
John Gordon Smith, one of the founders of the first distillery in Scotland
John Orrin Smith, 19th century woodcutter
John Quincy Smith, U.S. Representative from Ohio
John Speed Smith, former Representative from Kentucky to the United States Congress
John Stafford Smith, composer of the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner"
John T. Smith, former Representative from Pennsylvania to the United States Congress
John Valentine Smith, 19th century New Zealand politician
John Walter Smith, former Governor of Maryland

There is also John Maynard Smith a geneticist, but note his surname is Maynard Smith, not Smith.
A song by the Punk-band Nofx is called "The Death of John Smith".

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