Michael Smith may refer to:
Arts
Music and sound
- Michael Joseph Smith (born 1938), American classical composer and pianist
- Mike Smith (singer-songwriter) (born 1939), American singer-songwriter
- Michael Peter Smith (born 1941), American songwriter and performer
- Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) (1943–2008), English singer-songwriter (The Dave Clark Five)
- Michael S. Smith (1946–2006), American jazz drummer (Roberta Flack)
- Mike Smith (born 1947), Welsh saxophonist (Amen Corner)
- Michael W. Smith (born 1957), American Christian singer and musician
- Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist) (born 1957), American jazz saxophonist (Frank Sinatra)
- Mike Smith (drummer) (born 1970), American drummer (Suffocation)
- Mike Smith (guitarist) (born 1973), American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
- Mike Smith (A&R man), managing director of Columbia Records UK
- Mike Smith (saxophonist), English saxophonist (The Ailerons)
- Mike Prestwood Smith, sound mixer
Stage and screen
- Michael Bailey Smith (born 1957), American film and television actor
- Mike Smith (actor) (born 1972), Canadian who portrayed Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys
- Michael Smith (director), American film and television series director
Writing
- Michael Smith (author) (born 1946), British author and journalist
- Michael Smith (poet) (1942–2014), Irish poet and translator
- Mikey Smith (1954–1983), Jamaican dub poet and performance artist
- Michael Marshall Smith (born 1965), English novelist and screenwriter
- Michael Smith (writer) (born 1976), English writer and broadcaster
- Michael V. Smith, Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker
Visual Arts and design
- Michael Smith (performance artist) (born 1951), American performance artist
- Michael S. Smith (interior designer) (born 1964), American interior designer
Journalists
- Michael Townsend Smith (born 1935), theatre critic, music and dance critic, and playwright
- Mike Smith (broadcaster) (1955–2014), English television and radio presenter
- Michael Smyth (born 1972 or 1973), South Australian television newsreader
- Michael Smith (sports reporter) (born 1979), American sports reporter for The Boston Globe and ESPN
- Michael Smith (newspaper reporter), reporter on defence issues at the Sunday Times who obtained and published the Downing Street Memos
- Michael David Smith, American sportwriter and blogger
- Michael Smith (American journalist), American journalist for Bloomberg News
- Michael Smith (Irish journalist) (born 1965)
Politicians
- M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931), American politician
- Mickey Smyth (1921–1981), Irish trade unionist and Labour Party politician, Mayor of Galway 1971–1972
- Michael Smith (Irish politician) (born 1940), Irish politician
- Michael Smyth (Irish politician) (died 1973), Irish senator
- Carl Michael Smith (born 1944), known as Mike, former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy
- Mike Smith (Louisiana politician) (born 1948), former Louisiana state senator from Winnfield
- Michael Keith Smith (1953–2010), chairman of United Kingdom pressure group, the Conservative Democratic Alliance
- Michael K. Smith (Illinois politician) (1966–2014), former member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Michael K. Smith (Vermont), secretary of human services for the state of Vermont, 2006–2008
- Mike Smith (Nova Scotia politician), mayor of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Michael Adye Smith (1886–1965), Australian politician
Sports
- Mike Smith (American football coach) (born 1959), former head coach of the NFL Atlanta Falcons
- Mike Smith (linebacker) (born 1981), former NFL linebacker, current co-defensive coordinator for the Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Michael Smith (running back) (born 1988), American football running back who is currently a free agent
- Michael Smith (American football coach), American football coach in the United States
- Mike Smith (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2013), English defender for Derby County and Bradford City
- Mike Smith (football manager) (born 1937), manager of Egypt and Wales national football teams and Hull City A.F.C.
- Mick Smyth (born 1940), Irish football player
- Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988), Northern Irish footballer who plays for Peterborough United
- Michael Smith (footballer, born 1991), English professional footballer who plays for Swindon Town
Baseball
- Mike Smith (1890s outfielder) (1868–1945), MLB outfielder from 1886–1901
- Mike Smith (1920s outfielder) (1904–1981), MLB outfielder who played in the 1926 season
- Mike Smith (1984–89 pitcher) (born 1961), National League pitcher from 1984–89
- Mike Smith (1989–1990 pitcher) (born 1963), American League pitcher from 1989–90
- Mike Smith (infielder) (born 1969), Rotary Smith Award winner
- Mike Smith (2000s pitcher) (born 1977), MLB pitcher in the 2000s
Hockey
- Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1945), former general manager for the Winnipeg Jets and the Chicago Blackhawks
- Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1982), goaltender for the Arizona Coyotes
Basketball
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963), former professional basketball player from the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg
- Michael Smith (basketball, born 1965), former pro player and current Los Angeles Clippers television and radio commentator
- Michael Smith (basketball, born 1972), former NBA player from Washington, D.C.
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1976), professional basketball player from West Monroe, Louisiana
- Mike Smith (basketball, born 1987), professional basketball player from East Tennessee State University
Cricket
- M. J. K. Smith (born 1933), English cricketer and rugby union player
- Michael J. Smith (cricketer) (1942–2004), cricketer who played for Middlesex CCC and England
- Mike Smith (Scottish cricketer) (born 1966), Scottish cricketer
- Andrew Michael Smith (born 1967), Gloucestershire CCC and England cricketer
- Michael Smith (Oxfordshire cricketer), English cricketer
Rugby league
- Michael Smith (rugby league, born 1976), rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for New Zealand, Canterbury Bulldogs, Castleford Tigers, Hull F.C., and Hull Kingston Rovers
- Michael Smith (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s for Featherstone Rovers
- Mike Smith (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who played for Great Britain, and England, and Hull Kingston Rovers
Other sports
- Michael Smith (Australian footballer) (born 1959), former Australian rules footballer
- Michael Smith (wrestler) (born 1963), American professional wrestler
- Mike E. Smith (born 1965), American jockey
- Mike Smith (decathlete) (born 1967), Canadian silver medalist in the decathlon, at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
- Michael Smith (darts player) (born 1990), PDC dart player
- Michael Smith (canoeist), former British slalom canoeist
Science
- Michael Smith (chemist) (1932–2000), Canadian Nobel Prize–winning chemist
- Michael J. Smith (astronaut) (1945–1986), American astronaut
- Michael F Smith (born 1948), Anglo-American computer scientist and businessman
- Michael E. Smith (born 1953), American archaeologist and Mesoamerica scholar
- Michael D. Smith (computer scientist), Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
- Michael D. Smith (economist), information technology and marketing professor
- C. Michael Smith (born 1950), clinical psychologist and scholar
Others
- Michael Smith (judge) (1740–1809), Irish judge
- M. G. Smith (Michael G. Smith, 1921–1993), Jamaican poet and social anthropologist
- Michael Smith (bishop) (born 1940), Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland
- Michael G. Smith (born 1955), Episcopal Bishop of North Dakota, United States
- Mike Sharwood Smith (born 1942), linguist
- Michael John Smith (espionage) (born 1948), British Cold War spy
- Michael A. Smith (born 1954), philosopher at Princeton University
- Michael Acton Smith (born 1974), CEO and founder of online games developer and entertainment company Mind Candy
- Michael Smith (chef) (born 1966), American born celebrity chef residing in Canada
- Michael S. Smith II, counter-terrorism advisor to members of the United States Congress
- Michael J. Smith, U.S. army sergeant, dog handler convicted for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison
- Valentine Michael Smith, chief character in Stranger in a Strange Land
- Michael Smith (PR consultant), PR consultant and former editor of The Age
- Michael Smith, a police sergeant killed during the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers