Notable Residents
- Sydney Barnes, England fast bowler, was born in Smethwick
- Ann George, actress
- Liza Goddard, actress
- Matt Hayes, TV angler, was born in Smethwick
- Lee Hughes, footballer
- Jamelia, singer
- Oswald Rayner, Secret Intelligence Service agent during World War I and possible assassin of Rasputin
- Frank Skinner, comedian
- Herbert Lewis Turner, footballer
- Julie Walters, actress
- Richard Swinburne, philosopher, was born in Smethwick
- Philip Lynott, lead singer/bassist with Irish rock band Thin Lizzy was actually born in Smethwick
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