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Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (Chicago (Illinois), 30 december 1946) is een Amerikaanse singer-songwriter en dichteres. Zij wordt beschouwd als een van de grondleggers van het punkgenre in New York. Vandaar ook haar bijnaam "The Godmother of Punk". Haar werk is een fusie van rock en poëzie.

Smiths bekendste nummer is "Because the Night", dat ze samen schreef met Bruce Springsteen. Het nummer bereikte de 13e plaats in de Billboard Hot 100 in 1978.

In 2005 werd Smith benoemd tot Commandeur in de Franse Ordre des Arts et des Lettres door de Franse minister van cultuur en in 2007 werd haar naam toegevoegd in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio. Op 17 november 2010 won ze de National Book Award voor haar memoires Just Kids. In 2011 won Smith een Polar Music Prize.

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night," co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids, written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe, her longtime partner and friend. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of all Time, published in 2010, and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011.