Schmid is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. The spelling is more common in Switzerland than

Schmidt Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname * Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer * Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater * Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...

or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex P. Schmid, Dutch scientist on terror *

Andy Schmid Andre Schmid (born 30 August 1983) is a Swiss handballer for HC Kriens-Luzern and the Swiss national team. Achievements *EHF Cup: **''Winner'': 2013 * Swiss Handball League: **''Winner'': 2008, 2009 *Handball-Bundesliga: **''Winner'': 2016, 201 ...

, Swiss handballer * Anton Schmid, Austrian righteous among nations *

Barbara Schmid-Federer Barbara Schmid-Federer (born 10 November 1965) is a Swiss politician, educator, and philanthropist. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, she was elected to a seat in the National Council in 2007, serving until 2018. ...

(b.1965), Swiss politician *

Bernhard Schmid Ludwig Bernhard Ehregott Schmid (March 20, 1788 – October 20, 1857) was a German Lutheran clergyman and missionary who worked in India. Ill health led him to choose to live in Ootacamund and he spent considerable time examining local plants, and m ...

(1788–1857), German missionary and botanist *

Carlo Schmid (German politician) Carlo Schmid (3 December 1896 – 11 December 1979) was a German academic and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Schmid is one of the most important authors of both the German Basic Law and the Godesberg Program of ...

(1896–1979), German politician *

Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot) Carlo Schmid is a Swiss pilot. In 2012 he became the youngest solo pilot to fly around the world at the age of 22, breaking the previous record held by Barrington Irving. The 110-hour flight of his Cessna 210 lasted 80 days from July 11 to Septe ...

, Swiss pilot * Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 1950), Swiss politician *

Charles Schmid Charles Howard Schmid, Jr. (July 8, 1942 – March 30, 1975), also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson, was an American serial killer whose crimes were detailed by journalist Don Moser in an article featured in the March 4, 1966, issue of ''Life'' ...

(1942–1975), American serial killer * Christopher Schmid, German musician *

Elisabeth Schmid Elisabeth Schmid (1912–27 March 1994) was a German archaeologist and osteologist. She is best known for her work concerning the prehistoric statue, the lion-man, and for her book, ''Atlas of Animal Bones''. Early life and career Schmid was bo ...

(1912–1994), German archaeologist *

Engelbert Schmid Engelbert Schmid is a classical musician and horn maker. After playing with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, solo-horn with the Munich Radio Orchestra The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: ''Münchner Rundfunkorc ...

, German musician * Erich Schmid (1907–2000), Swiss conductor *

Daniel Schmid Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Biography In 1982, his film '' Hécate'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film '' Beresina, or the Last Days of ...

(1941–2006), Swiss film director *

Daniel Schmid (bobsledder) Daniel Schmid (born 22 January 1976) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 1997. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was third in the two-man event at Igls in January 2007. His best finish at the FIBT World Championships was fifth in the t ...

(born 1976), Swiss bobsledder *

Flavio Schmid Flavio Schmid (born 6 February 1980) is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for FC Baden in Switzerland. He has previously played for FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss football club based in Aarau. They play in the Swi ...

(born 1980), Swiss soccer player * Fritz Schmid (singer) (born 1972), Austrian singer *

Fritz Schmid (football manager) Fritz Schmid (born 10 September 1959) is a Swiss football coach. He spent seven years as the assistant manager of FC Basel under head coach Christian Gross, a period in which the club won the Swiss Cup four times and qualified for the UEFA Cha ...

Swiss football manager *

Hans-Christian Schmid Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for ''23 (film), 23 — Nichts ist so ...

(born 1965), German film director *

Harald Schmid Harald Schmid (; born 29 September 1957) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the sprints and hurdles. He was one of the best 400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career. Career Schmid won bronze with the We ...

(born 1957), German athlete *

Heinrich Schmid Heinrich Schmid (6 April 1921 – 23 February 1999) was a Swiss linguist and "father" of the Rhaeto-Romance Dachsprachen ("umbrella languages") Rumantsch Grischun and Ladin Dolomitan. Heinrich Schmid lived his entire life in the same house in Z ...

(1921–1999), Swiss linguist *

Hellmut Schmid Hellmut H. Schmid (12 September 1914 – 27 April 1998) was Professor of geodesy and photogrammetry on the ETH Zürich (Switzerland), where he emerited in 1985. In the 1950s, he worked on research projects of space exploration in the United States ...

(1915–1998), Swiss geodetic scientist *

Herbert Schmid Oberleutnant Herbert Schmid (1 April 1914 – 1975) was a German World War II pilot who defected to north-east Scotland in May 1943, piloting a German nightfighter with advanced interception radar which allowed British scientists to jam German nig ...

(born 1914), German pilot who defected to Scotland *

Jeanette Schmid Jeanette Schmid (6 November 1924 – 9 March 2005) was a professional transgender whistler. Life Born Rudolf Schmid in a German family in Volary, Czechoslovakia, Schmid began to dress in feminine clothing at a young age and loved singing and d ...

(1924–2005), German-Czech performer *

John Schmid John Schmid (born 1949) is an American country and folk singer and songwriter who is popular among the Amish and Old Order Mennonites. He sings songs both in English and in Pennsylvania German. He is especially popular in the Holmes/ Wayne Amish ...

(born 1949), American country and folk singer *

Josef Schmid (composer) Josef Schmid (1890, in Germany – 1969, in New York City) was a conductor, composer, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of Alban Berg, with whom he studied before World War I. As a conductor Schmid had been an assist ...

(1890–1969), German composer *

Josef Schmid (athlete) Josef Schmid (born 15 February 1953, in Altshausen) is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He won a gold medal in 4 x 720 metres relay at the 1973 European Indoor Championships with teammates Reinhold ...

(born 1953), West German middle distance runner *

Josef Schmid (flight surgeon) Josef F. Schmid (born 6 July 1965) is a German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves. He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12 underwater exploration mission in May 20 ...

, NASA flight surgeon *

Joseph Schmid Joseph "Beppo" Schmid (24 September 1901 – 30 August 1956) was a German general who served in the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. Schmid commanded the Luftwaffe's Military Intelligence Branch during the Battle of Britain. Career A close ...

(1901–1956), German WWII Luftwaffe general *

Kristian Schmid Kristian Schmid (born 28 November 1974) is an Australian actor best known for his roles as Todd Landers in ''Neighbours'' and Leading Seaman Robert Dixon in ''Sea Patrol''. Early life Schmid was born in Geelong, Australia to Hungarian parents ...

(born 1974), Australian actor *

Kyle Schmid Kyle Schmid (born August 3, 1984) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Alex Caulder in History's ''Six'', Henry Durham in Syfy's '' Being Human'', Robert Morehouse in BBC America's ''Copper'' and Aaron Abbot in '' The Covenant'' (2006) ...

(born 1984), Canadian actor *

Lothar Schmid Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 – 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels. ...

(1928–2013), German chess grandmaster * Nils Schmid (born 1973), German politician *

Olaf Schmid Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid, GC (11 June 1979 – 31 October 2009) was a British Army bomb disposal expert (Ammunition Technician) who was killed in action in the Afghanistan conflict. Schmid was posthumously awarded the George Cros ...

(born 1979), UK bomb disposal officer *

Peter Schmid Peter Schmid (born 1898) was a Swiss skier. He competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes reg ...

(1898–?), Swiss olympic skier *

Peter Schmid (archaeologist) Peter Schmid (29 November 1926 – 28 November 2022) was a German archaeologist. He spent his entire career at the , of which he was director from 1973 to 1991. Life and career Schmid was born in Hamburg on 29 November 1926. In 1944, while attendi ...

(1926–2022), German archaeologist *

Peter Schmid (swimmer) Peter Schmid (born 27 April 1949) is an Austrian former freestyle and medley swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games o ...

(born 1949), Austrian swimmer *

Richard Schmid Richard Schmid (October 5, 1934—April 18, 2021) was an American realist artist. Early career Richard Schmid's maternal grandfather, Julian Oates, was an architectural sculptor. Richard's initial studies in landscape painting, figure drawing, ...

(1934–2021), American artist * Rudolf Schmid (bishop) (1914–2012), German bishop *

Samuel Schmid Samuel Schmid (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense minis ...

(born 1948), Swiss politician *

Sandra Schmid Sandra Louise Schmid (born March 7, 1958 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is the first Chief Scientific Officer of the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub. She is a Canadian cell biologist by training; prior to her move to CZI, she was Professor and Chair of th ...

(born 1958), Canadian cell biologist *

Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German-American Association football, soccer Manager (association football), coach who had the most wins in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS). Born in Tübingen, West ...

(born 1953), American soccer coach * Walter Schmid (born 1944), Swiss entrepreneur *

Wilhelm Schmid (scholar) Wilhelm Schmid (24 February 1859, in Künzelsau, Kingdom of Württemberg – 6 November 1951) was a German classical scholar, born at Künzelsau. After studies at the universities of Tübingen and Strassburg, he taught at Tübingen (1887 et seq.) ...

(1859-1951), German classical scholar

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