Naismith

Naismith, Nasmith, Nasmyth, or Naysmith may refer to:

General

• Naismith's Rule, used in hiking
• Nasmyth telescope
• Primary enamel cuticle, also known as Nasmyth's membrane

Places

• Naismith, Montana
• Nasmyth (crater) on the Moon

Companies

• McClure Naismith, Scottish commercial solicitors
• Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company (1836–1850), production of heavy machine tools and locomotives, later James Nasmyth and Company (1850–1857), Patricroft Ironworks (1857–1867), Nasmyth, Wilson and Company (1867–1940)

People

Naismith (Nasmith, Nasmyth, Naysmith) is an occupational surname for a cutler, and may refer to:

Naismith

• Alby Naismith (1917–1981), Australian rules footballer
• Charlie Naismith (1881–unknown), Australian rules footballer
• James Naismith (1861–1939), Canadian sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball
• James Naismith (chemist) (born 1968), chemical biologist
• Jason Naismith (born 1994), Scottish footballer
• Jon Naismith (born 1965), British television producer
• Joseph Nasmith (1850–1904), British consulting engineer and author
• Kal Naismith (born 1992), Scottish footballer
• Laurence Naismith (1908–1992), English actor
• Lindley Naismith, New Zealand architect
• Sharon Naismith, Australian clinical neuropsychologist
• Steven Naismith (born 1986), Scottish footballer
• Wally Naismith (1881–1954), Australian rules footballer
• William W. Naismith (1856–1935), Scottish mountaineer

Nasmith

• David Nasmith (1799–1839), founder of the City Mission Movement
• David Dunbar-Nasmith (1921–1997), Royal Navy admiral
• James Nasmith (1740–1808), English clergyman, academic and antiquary
• James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), British conservation architect
• Martin Nasmith, later Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1883–1965), Royal Navy admiral, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ted Nasmith (born 1950s), Canadian artist, illustrator and architectural renderer

Nasmyth

• Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet (died 1720), Scottish lawyer
• Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet (c. 1704–1779), Scottish botanist and politician, son of 1st Baronet
• Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), Scottish portrait and landscape painter, father of Anne, Barbara, Charlotte, James, Jane and Patrick
• Jane Nasmyth (1787–1867), Scottish landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
• Barbara Nasmyth (1790–1870), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
• Anne Nasmyth (1798–1874), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
• Charlotte Nasmyth (1804–1884), Scottish painter, daughter of Alexander
• James Nasmyth (1808–1890), Scottish engineer, inventor of the steam hammer and the Nasmyth telescope, son of Alexander
• Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), Scottish landscape painter, son of Alexander
• Thomas Goodall Nasmyth (1855–1937), Scottish physician, medical author and historian
• Beatrice Nasmyth (1885–1977), Canadian suffragette and war correspondent
• Kim Nasmyth (born 1952), British biochemistry professor

Naysmith

• Doug Naysmith (born 1941), British politician
• John Murray Naysmith, garden designer, including York Museum Gardens
• Gary Naysmith (born 1978), Scottish footballer

See also

• Naismith College Player of the Year, for basketball
• Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, for basketball
• Nesmith (disambiguation)