Edward Ralph Smouha OBE (17 December 1908 – 1 April 1992) was a British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

His father was an Iraqi Jew born in Baghdad who emigrated to Manchester, England, and became a successful cotton manufacturer.

He later drained swampland outside Alexandria, Egypt to create a new suburb, Smouha City.

[2] He competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Cyril Gill, Walter Rangeley and Jack London.

[2] Smouha's family included other athletes: his son Brian sprinted for Great Britain in the early 1960s, and his grandson James Espir competed for Britain in middle-distance events in the late 1970s and early 1980s.