Schmitz is a common German surname (''smith''), which may refer to: * Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980), German musicologist, Beethoven researcher * Bob Schmitz (1939–2004), American football player * Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), German architect * Danny Schmitz (born 1955), American college baseball coach * Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), German Lutheran theologian and teacher * Eugene Schmitz (1864–1928), mayor of San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake * Greg Dean Schmitz (born 1970), American online film journalist * Hector Aron Schmitz or Ettore Schmitz (1861–1928), birthname of the Italian author Italo Svevo * James H. Schmitz (1911–1981), American science fiction writer * Jim Schmitz, American college baseball coach * Johannes Andreas Schmitz (1621–1652), Dutch physician * John G. Schmitz (1930–2001), American presidential candidate * Johnny Schmitz (1920–2011), American baseball player * Joseph E. Schmitz (born 1958), former US Department of Defense official and Blackwater executive * Kim Schmitz (born 1974), German entrepreneur * Leonhard Schmitz (1807–1890), German-born classical scholar and educator active mainly in the United Kingdom * Marc Schmitz (born 1963), German artist * Oliver Schmitz (born 1960), South African film director * Peter Schmitz (born 1954), United Nations official * Ralf Schmitz (born 1974), German actor * Richard Schmitz (1885–1954), mayor of Vienna, Austria * E. Robert Schmitz (1889–1949), Franco-American pianist and composer * Sabine Schmitz (1969–2021), German race driver * Sascha Schmitz (born 1972), German pop singer * Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961), German behavioral physiologist * Sybille Schmitz (1909–1955), German actress * Todd Schmitz (born 1978), American swimming coach The following places bear the name Schmitz: * Schmitz Lake, lake in South Dakota * Schmitz Park (Seattle) * Schmitz Park Creek

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