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Bob Smith

New Hampshire's Bob Smith was a high school teacher and realtor before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1985. A Republican, he moved up to the U.S. Senate in 1990 and was…

Dean Smith

Name at birth: Dean Edwards SmithDean Smith coached basketball at the University of North Carolina for 36 seasons and retired in 1997 as the winningest coach in college basketball history (a record…

Dodie Smith

Name at birth: Dorothy Gladys SmithDodie Smith was a successful English playwright of the 1930s who is now more famous for her novels for young readers, I Capture the Castle and 101 Dalmations.…

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith made his movie debut in the 2006 drama The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), playing the son of his real-life father, actor Will Smith. The son of Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith,…

Joseph Smith

Name at birth: Joseph Smith, Jr.Raised a Christian in Vermont and New York, Joseph Smith was the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church.…

Maggie Smith

Name at birth: Margaret Natalie SmithDame Maggie Smith is the Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner who is best known to modern audiences as the Dowager Countess of Grantham in the TV series Downton Abbey and…

Zadie Smith

Name at birth: Sadie SmithZadie Smith is a British writer who became a literary sensation at the age of 24 with the publication of her first novel, White Teeth (2000). The novel, about multicultural…

Patti Smith

Patti Smith has her place in American culture, a corner that includes modern poetry, 1970's rock music -- and her National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids. Born in the midwest, she grew up in…

Kevin Smith

Name at birth: Kevin Patrick SmithAfter finishing film school Kevin Smith made the low-budget comedy hit Clerks (1994), a classic in the cinematic sub-genre of "slacker movies." His other movies,…

Elliott Smith

Name at birth: Steven Paul SmithElliott Smith was nominated for an Oscar for the song "Miss Misery," but he's mostly famous as a singer/songwriter whose songs from the 1990s created a loyal following…