People
- Smedley Butler (1881–1940), U.S. Marine Corps major general and double recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Smedley Darlington (1827–1899), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Agnes Smedley (1892–1950), American journalist and writer
- Brian Smedley (1934–2007), British judge
- Francis Edward Smedley (1818–1864), English novelist and writer
- John Smedley (disambiguation)
- Larry E. Smedley (1949–1967), American USMC corporal and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor in Vietnam
- Oliver Smedley (1911–1989), English businessman and activist
- Ralph C. Smedley (1878–1965), American teacher and YMCA director who founded Toastmasters International
- Rob Smedley (born 1973), English engineer for F1 driver Felipe Massa
- Robert Smedley (born 1963), American professional wrestler
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“I hadn’t an illusion in my handbag
About the people being better there
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I thought they couldn’t be. And yet they were.”
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