Schmidt
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Schmidt is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith.
Schmidt may also refer to:
- Schmidt (lunar crater)
- Schmidt (crater on Mars)
- Schmidt (volcano), in Kamchatka
- Schmidt camera, an astronomical camera
- Schmidt Spiele, a German games manufacturer
- Schmidt Baking Company, makers of Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread
- von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, a German baronial dynasty in Kirchgattendorf, part of the municipality of Gattendorf near the city of Hof, Germany during the late Middle Ages
[edit] People with the surname Schmidt
- Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), a German astronomer
- Crazy Schmidt (1866–1940), an American baseball player (Frederick Schmidt)
- Daniela Schmidt, a Mexican actress
- Erhard Schmidt (1876–1959), a German mathematician
- Eric Schmidt (born 1955), CEO of Google
- Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) (1897-1964), a German archaeologist
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), an Austrian composer
- Fredrick Schmidt (born 1956), a Canadian researcher
- Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), a German politician
- Hans Schmidt (1877-1948), a German general
- Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), a Danish politician
- Hans-Thilo Schmidt (1888-1943), a German spy for France in the 1930s
- Harald Schmidt (born 1957), a German television entertainer
- Harry Schmidt, a US Air National Guard pilot
- Harry Schmidt (1886–1868), US Marine Corps general
- Harvey Schmidt (born 1929), an American composer
- Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
- Helmut Schmidt (born 1918), German chancellor
- Irmin Schmidt (born 1937), a German rock keyboard player
- Jason Schmidt (born 1973), an American baseball player
- Jean Schmidt (born 1951), an American politician
- Joe Schmidt (born 1932), an American baseball player
- Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901), a German linguist
- Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933), a Danish biologist
- Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), a teacher at the Bauhaus
- Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History
- Ken Schmidt (born 1962), an American engineer
- Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), a Dutch-American astronomer
- Mike Schmidt (born 1949), an American baseball player
- Milt Schmidt (born 1918), a Canadian hockey player
- Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), a Brazilian basketball player
- Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), a Soviet scientist
- Paul Schmidt translator in the German foreign ministry from 1923-1945
- Peter Schmidt (1931–1980), an English artist
- Pyotr Schmidt (1867–1906, a Russian revolutionary of 1905
- Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairs
- Rob Schmidt (born 1965), an American film director and writer
- Ulla Schmidt (born 1949), German Federal Minister for health
- Vera Schmidt (born 1982), a Hungarian singer-songwriter
- Wilhelm Schmidt (1868–1954), a German priest