Smithson is a common English and American surname that may refer to:

• Alison and Peter Smithson, British architects
• Forrest Smithson, American athlete
• Gerald Smithson, English cricketer
• Harriet Smithson, actor and wife of Hector Berlioz
• Henrietta Constance Smithson
• Henry Smithson, the musician Riton
• Hugh Smithson, later Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
• James Smithson, British scientist, eponym of the Smithsonian Institution
• John Smithson, Discovery Channel producer
• Mike Smithson, political journalist
• Robert Smithson, American artist
• Charles Smithson, a major character in The French Lieutenant's Woman

In other languages

• Ben-Hadad (Syriac)^[1]

See also

• Smith (surname)

References

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