Smuts is an Afrikaans surname most commonly associated with Jan Smuts (1870–1950), a South African statesman, military leader and prime minister of the Union of South Africa. Other notable people with the surname include:

• Barbara Smuts (born 1950), American anthropologist
• Dave Smuts (David, flor. 1980–2023..), Namibian Supreme Court judge
• Dene Smuts (1949–2016), South African politician
• JJ Smuts (Jon-Jon Trevor, born 1988), South African cricketer
• J. J. L. Smuts (Johannes Joachim Lodewyk, 1785–1869), South African public official
• John Christopher Smuts (1910–1979), known as Christopher Smuts, South African-born British politician
• Kelly Smuts (born 1990), South African cricketer
• Lulama Smuts Ngonyama (born 1952), known as Smuts Ngonyama, South African politician
• Neil Smuts (1898–?), South African aviator
• Olive Smuts-Kennedy (1925–2013), New Zealand politician
• Tobias Smuts (1861-1916), Boer war Boer general

See also

• Smut (disambiguation)

Name list

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