Paul Smith may refer to:

In music:

• Paul Smith (music industry), British record label manager and art event producer
• Paul Smith (composer), prominent composer of American film music
• Paul Smith (pianist) (born 1922), Los Angeles jazz pianist
• Paul Smith (musician), vocalist and songwriter of British indie rock band Maxïmo Park
• Paul Reed Smith, luthier and founder/owner of PRS Guitars

In writing:

• Paul Smith (Irish writer) (1920-1997), Irish writer and playwright
• Paul Smith (writer), wrote episodes of The Brittas Empire
• Paul Girard Smith (1894-1968), American screenwriter
• Dale Smith (writer), pseudonym of Paul Dale Smith, writer and playwright

In film and television:

• Paul Smith (Australian actor) (born 1968), starred in Australian sitcom Hey Dad...!
• Paul Smith (television) (born 1959), executive for British children's television
• Paul J. Smith (director), American animator and director, best known for his work in Woody Woodpecker cartoons
• Paul L. Smith (born 1939), Hollywood television actor

In Association football:

• Paul Smith (footballer born 1962), Scottish football player and manager
• Paul Smith (footballer born 1971), ex-Gillingham and Brentford, currently with A.F.C. Sudbury
• Paul Smith (footballer born 1979), goalkeeper currently at Nottingham Forest
• Paul Antony Smith (born 1976), former Lincoln City midfielder, currently with Glapwell
• Ian Paul Smith (born 1976), former Burnley, Hartlepool United and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder, currently with Sheffield F.C.

In American football:

• Paul Smith (defensive end) (born 1945), former NFL defensive end
• Paul Smith (fullback) (born 1978), current NFL fullback
• Paul Smith (quarterback) (born 1984), former collegiate quarterback for the University of Tulsa

In other sports:

• Paul Smith (boxer) (born 1982), Middleweight fighter from Liverpool, fought on the third series of The Contender
• Paul Smith (cricketer), former allrounder for Warwickshire

In other fields:

• Paul Smith (artist) (born 1921), the father of ASCII art
• Paul Smith (fashion designer) (born 1947), British fashion designer
• Paul Smith (comics), comic book artist
• Paul Smith (hotelier) (1825-1912), born Apollos Smith, after whom the hotel, village, and college are named:
  • Paul Smith's Hotel was a famous hotel in the Adirondacks in New York
  • Paul Smiths, New York is a village in Franklin County, New York
  • Paul Smith's College is a small college in Paul Smiths, New York
• Paul A. Smith, mathematician
• Paul M. Smith, American attorney, argued "Lawrence v. Texas"
• Paul Ray Smith (1969-2003), US Army Sergeant First Class, Medal of Honor recipient
• Paul Smith, founder of British motorist lobby group Safe Speed

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