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 Alex Peter Schmid (born 1943) is a scholar in terrorism studies, who from 1999 to 2005 was Officer-in-Charge of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna. He is particularly known for his work on t ...

, 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 Anton Schmid (9 January 1900 – 13 April 1942) was an Austrian recruit in the ''Wehrmacht'' who saved Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania. A devout but apolitical Roman Catholic and an electrician by profession, Schmid was conscripted int ...

, Austrian righteous among nations * Barbara Schmid-Federer (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 ...

(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 Sept ...

, Swiss pilot *

Carlo Schmid-Sutter Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 11 March 1950 in Heiden, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician. Since 1984, he has been member of the cantonal government of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Schmid was a member of the Swiss Council of States from 1980 to 2007, and ...

(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 Christopher Schmid is the baritone ex-vocalist of the German gothic doom band Lacrimas Profundere Lacrimas Profundere is a gothic metal band from Germany. Their name means "to shed tears" in Latin. Their stylistic aesthetic has changed over t ...

, German musician * Elisabeth Schmid (1912–1994), German archaeologist * Engelbert Schmid, German musician * Erich Schmid (1907–2000), Swiss conductor * Daniel Schmid (1941–2006), Swiss film director * Daniel Schmid (bobsledder) (born 1976), Swiss bobsledder * Flavio Schmid (born 1980), Swiss soccer player *

Fritz Schmid (singer) Fritz Schmid (born 18 June 1972 in Linz) is an Austrian musical singer (as tenor) who has been working in Germany and Austria since 1997. Life Fritz Schmid grew up as the youngest of three siblings in Linz, Austria. Already as a youth he perfo ...

(born 1972), Austrian singer * Fritz Schmid (football manager) 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 (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 (1915–1998), Swiss geodetic scientist * Herbert Schmid (born 1914), German pilot who defected to Scotland * Jeanette Schmid (1924–2005), German-Czech performer * John Schmid (born 1949), American country and folk singer * Josef Schmid (composer) (1890–1969), German composer * Josef Schmid (athlete) (born 1953), West German middle distance runner * Josef Schmid (flight surgeon), NASA flight surgeon * Joseph Schmid (1901–1956), German WWII Luftwaffe general * Kristian Schmid (born 1974), Australian actor * Kyle Schmid (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 Nils Schmid (born 11 July 1973, Trier) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2018, he has been the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson for foreign affairs in the German Bundestag. Early life and educ ...

(born 1973), German politician * Olaf Schmid (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) (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 (1934–2021), American artist *

Rudolf Schmid (bishop) Rudolf Schmid (26 June 1914 – 24 June 2012) was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Schmid was born in Schiers, Switzerland in 1914 and was ordained a priest on 26 June 1938, his 24th birthday, with the Augsburg Diocese. He w ...

(1914–2012), German bishop * Samuel Schmid (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 (born 1953), American soccer coach *

Walter Schmid Walter Schmid (born 8 November 1944) is a Swiss entrepreneur. He is merited with the development of the Kompogas-Process around 1989, and the Kompogas company founded in 1991 (since 2011 Axpo Kompogas AG, since 2014 Hitachi Zosen Inova AG) both ...

(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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