Schmidt (surname)
Schmidt is a common German occupational surname derived from the German word "schmied" meaning "blacksmith" and/or "metalworker". This surname is the German equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world.
- Alexander Schmidt (physiologist) (1831–1894), Baltic German physiologist
- Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter) (1898–1972), Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist
- Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), Dutch writer
- Andreas Schmidt (baritone), born 1960, German classical singer
- Andreas Schmidt (footballer), born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Oliver Schmidt
- Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator
- Arthur Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt camera
- Brian Schmidt (born 1967), U.S.-Australian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
- Burghart Schmidt (historian) (born 1962), German historian
- Burghart Schmidt born 1942, German philosopher
- Carl Schmidt (chemist) (1822–1894), Baltic German chemist
- Carmela Schmidt (born 1962), East German freestyle swimmer
- Boss Schmidt (1880–1932), major league catcher
- Erhard Schmidt (1876–1959), German mathematician
- Eric E. Schmidt (born 1955), CEO of Google
- Erich Schmidt (historian) (1853–1913) German historian of literature
- Erich Schmidt (1897–1964), German archaeologist
- Ferenc Schmidt (1941–2011), Hungarian politician and MP
- Franklin J. W. Schmidt (1901–1935), American naturalist, brother of Karl Patterson
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Austrian composer
- Friedrich Schmidt (1832–1908), Baltic German/Russian geologist and botanist
- Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician
- Gavin Schmidt, Climatologist
- Hans Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politician
- Hans-Thilo Schmidt (1888–1943), German spy for France in the 1930s
- Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German television entertainer
- Harry Schmidt (Air National Guard), US Air National Guard pilot
- Harry Schmidt (USMC) (1886–1968), US Marine Corps general
- Harvey Schmidt (born 1929), American composer
- Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
- Helmut Schmidt (born 1918), German chancellor
- Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist), German parapsychologist
- Henry C. Schmidt (born 1937), American historian
- Herbert B. Schmidt (born 1931), German economist
- Howard A. Schmidt, American computer security specialist
- Irmin Schmidt (born 1937), German rock keyboard player
- Isaac Jacob Schmidt (1779–1847), Dutch/Russian linguist and academician
- Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player
- Jean Schmidt (born 1951), American politician
- Joe Schmidt (born 1932), American football player
- Johannes Schmidt (linguist) (1843–1901), German linguist
- Johannes Schmidt (biologist) (1877–1933), Danish biologist
- Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), teacher at the Bauhaus
- Josef Schmidt (1904–1942), singer, actor
- Josef Friedrich Schmidt (1871–1948), German board game inventor
- Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804–1852), professor of Obstetrics in Berlin
- Justin O. Schmidt (entomologist), creator of the index of insect sting pain.
- Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), German painter
- Kendall Schmidt (1990–present), American actor, singer
- Kurt Schmidt (1891–1945), German Lieutenant-General during the Second World War.
- Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player
- Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), Dutch-American astronomer
- Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), also called Kremser Schmidt Kremserschmidt, Austrian painter
- Mike Schmidt (born 1949), American baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Michael Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Milt Schmidt (born 1918), Canadian hockey player
- Olaf Schmidt (born 1962), German glider aerobatic pilot
- Oliver Schmidt, born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Andreas Schmidt (above)
- Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), Brazilian basketball player
- Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet scientist
- Paul Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Peter Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Pyotr Schmidt (1867–1906, Russian revolutionary of 1905
- Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairs
- Rob Schmidt (born 1965), American film director and writer
- Sophie Schmidt, Canadian soccer player
- Steve Schmidt, American campaign strategist and public relations expert for the U.S. Republican Party
- Tim Schmidt (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Schmidt (born 1980), German racing driver
- Torsten Schmidt (athlete) (born 1974), German discus thrower
- Ulderico Schmidt (born 1515), German writer
- Ulla Schmidt (born 1949), German Federal Minister for health
- Vasili Schmidt (1886–1938), Soviet politician and statesman
- Vera Schmidt (born 1982), Hungarian singer-songwriter
- Walter Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation)
- William Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Wolfgang M. Schmidt (born 1933), mathematician
See also