Alexander Smith is the name of:
- Alexander Smith (poet) (1830–1867), Scottish poet
- Alexander Smith (chemist) (1865–1922), American chemist and author
- Alexander Smith (bishop) (1694–1767), Roman Catholic bishop
- Alexander Gordon Smith (born 1979), British author of books for children and young adults
- Alexander Hale Smith (1838–1909), religious leader
- Alexander H. Smith (1904–1986), American mycologist
- Ross Alexander (Alexander Ross Smith, 1907–1937), actor
- Alexander Howland Smith, Scottish document forger in the 1880s
- Alexander Kennedy Smith (1824–1881), Scottish/Australian engineer and politician
- Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), "Sandy", writer and professor of medical law
- Alexander Mortimer Smith (1818–1895), soldier, businessman and political figure
- Alexander O. Smith (born 1973), English/Japanese translator and writer
- Alexander Wilson Smith (1856–1913), farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 1948), New Zealand politician
- John Adams (mutineer) (née Alexander Smith, 1768–1829), mutineer on the H.M.S. Bounty
- Alexander S. Smith (1868–1916), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Sandy Smith (Alexander Smith, born 1983), Scottish artist
- Alexander Smith (athlete) (born 1988), English hammer thrower
Famous quotes containing the word smith:
“Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.”
—Lillian Smith (1897–1966)