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Schmid
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 or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include: * Akira Schmid, Swiss ice hockey player * Alex P. Schmid, Dutch scientist on terror * Andy Schmid, Swiss handballer * Anton Schmid, Austrian righteous among nations * Barbara Schmid-Federer (b.1965), Swiss politician * Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), German missionary and botanist * Carlo Schmid (German politician) (1896–1979), German politician * Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot), Swiss pilot * Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 1950), Swiss politician * Charles Schmid (1942–1975), American serial killer * Christopher Schmid, German musician * Elisabeth Schmid (1912–1994), German archaeologist * Engelbert Schmid, German musician * Erich Schmid (conductor) (1907–2000), Swiss composer and conductor * Erich Schmid (physicist), physicist from Austria * Daniel Schmid (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. A–G * Adriano Schmidt (born 1994), Vietnamese footballer * Albert Schmidt, multiple people * Alexander Schmidt, multiple people * Alexandra M. Schmidt, Brazilian statistician * Alfred Schmidt, multiple people * Alica Schmidt (born 1998), German runner * Andreas Schmidt, multiple people * Andy Schmidt, American comic book editor and writer * Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), Dutch writer * Arlo Schmidt (1931-2022), American politician and auctioneer * Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator * Arthur Schmidt (other) * Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt camera * Bettina Schmidt (1960–2019), East German luger * Bill Schmidt (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball executive * Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Schmid
Anton Schmid (9 January 1900 – 13 April 1942) was an Austrian ''Wehrmacht'' recruit who saved Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania. A devout but apolitical Roman Catholic and an electrician by profession, Schmid was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and later into the ''Wehrmacht'' during World War II. Put in charge of an office to return stranded German soldiers to their units in late August 1941, he began to help Jews after being approached by two pleading for his intercession. Schmid hid Jews in his apartment, obtained work permits to save Jews from the Ponary massacre, transferred Jews in ''Wehrmacht'' trucks to safer locations, and aided the Vilna Ghetto underground. It is estimated that he saved as many as 300 Jews before his arrest in January 1942. Schmid was court-martialed for actively protecting Jews, sentenced to death, and shot on 13 April 1942. After the war, Schmid was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (magazine), ''Life'' magazine. Schmid's criminal career later formed the basis for "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (short story), Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. In 2008, The Library of America selected Moser's article for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime literature. Early life Charles Schmid was born to a single mother, he was adopted by Charles and Katharine Schmid, owners and operators of Hillcrest Nursing Home in Tucson, Arizona. He had a difficult relationship with his adoptive father, whom his adoptive mother later divorced. When Schmid tried to meet his birth mother, she angrily told him never to come back. Schmid did poorly in school, but was des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Grundgesetz, German Basic Law and the Godesberg Program of the SPD. He was intimately involved in German-French relations and served as "Federal Minister for the Affairs of the Federal Council and States" from 1966 to 1969. Biography and profession Schmid was born in Perpignan, France, and lived there for five years before his family moved to Germany. In 1908, the family moved to Stuttgart, where Schmid attended the prestigious humanist , where he passed his Abitur in 1914. From 1914 to 1918, Schmid fought in the German army. After the war he studied law at the University of Tübingen after which he successfully sat the first (1921) and second (1924) Legal State Exam. In 1923, he completed a doctoral dissertation under the supervision of the renowned legal scholar Hugo Sinzheimer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Schmid
Akira Schmid (born 12 May 2000) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the fifth round, 136th overall, in the 2018 NHL entry draft. Playing career Schmid played most of his youth and junior ice hockey in the SCL Tigers system, appearing in just one game at the National League level, a relegation match in 2018. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL entry draft at the end of the 2017–18 season, during which he was loaned multiple times from his junior team to professional teams within Switzerland. He moved to North America to start the 2018–19 season, playing three seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL) for the Omaha Lancers and Sioux City Musketeers. On 17 May 2021, Schmid signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils. Schmid made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut on 11 December 2021, in a 4–2 loss to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 making collections of specimens, many of which were deposited in Jena where his cousin J. C. Zenker published a few descriptions but died too early to produce a more complete work. Several plant species have been named after Schmid including the fossil trees '' Peuce schmidiana'' and '' Mesembrioxylon schmidianum'' from Thiruvakkarai near Pondicherry. Biography Schmid was the son of Rudolf Ludwig, a deacon and pastor at Wöllnitz and later a preacher in Sulzbach near Apolda in 1796. Schmid's mother died in 1806 and his father remarried. After being schooled at Lobeda and Sulzbach, he was taught in Jena by Carl Christian Schmid, and studied classical languages as well as botany, with lectures by August Batsch. From 1807 to 1809 he stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. As a member of the National Council, Schmid-Federer spearheaded family policy and children's safety initiatives, including public breastfeeding and cyberbullying prevention in her platforms. She was appointed as president of Pro Juventute in 2019 and served in that capacity until 2022, when she assumed the role of Vice President. She served as President of the Swiss Red Cross between 2022 and 2023. Early life, family, and education Barbara Federer was born on 10 November 1965 in Zürich, the daughter of an international businessman. She is a member of the Federer family, who are part of the Bürgergemeinde of Berneck, St. Gallen, and is the sister of the Catholic prelate Urban Federer, who serves as the Abbot of Einsiedeln Abbey. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 dancing.Sieveking, P. (2005). "Necrolog", ''Fortean Times'' 201, p. 26. Dennis Consumer Division, London. Schmid did not fit in with the Nazi ideal of the Aryan male but enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1941 and was posted to Udine, Italy until sent home due to typhoid fever. At the end of the war, Schmid fled to Munich where she began a career as a female impersonator. She rapidly gained fame for her talent, bawdy material, and slinky outfits. The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife Queen Soraya, saw Schmid perform in Hamburg and invited her to Tehran, but Schmid's material and dress were considered inappropriate by many in Iran, and she was forced to devise a new routine. She instead whistled a Strauss polka and Offenbach' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 West German 4 × 400 m relay team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as well as an individual bronze in the 400 m hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984. In addition, he won silver at the 1983 World Championships in the 400 m hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay and a further bronze in 400 m hurdles at the 1987 World Championships. At the latter, he finished only 0.02 s behind the gold medalist Edwin Moses; Schmid's duels with Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s were famous and Schmid was the last person to beat Moses before his streak of 122 consecutive victories. Moses said of him: "I would wake up at the morning, and in California we’re about nine hours behind Germany. I’d say to myself, ‘Harald has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Schmid
Elisabeth Schmid (1912–27 March 1994) was a German archaeologist and osteologist. She is best known for her work concerning the prehistoric ivory statue, the lion-man, and for her book, ''Atlas of Animal Bones''. Schmid was the first woman to serve as dean of the natural sciences faculty of the University of Basel. In 1953 she co-founded the Swiss Archaeological Society with Rudolf Laur-Belart. Early life and career Schmid was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1912 and graduated with a PhD from the University of Freiburg. She was habilitated in Freiburg and Basel. Over her career, Schmid published over two hundred papers and two books. She began studying animal bones from Augusta Raurica in the 1950s, and her analysis of those bones was the subject of her most well-known book, ''Atlas of Animal Bones'', which was published in 1972 and is still used worldwide today. In 1953, she established a laboratory at the University of Basel for prehistoric studies. In 1975 she became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Champions League twice. In 2018, he was appointed manager of the New Zealand national team. In April 2022, Schmid stepped in as interim head coach of Ghanaian team Kotoku Royals for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. On 15 February 2024, he was appointed as the technical director of Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...'s academy. Managerial Statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmid, Fritz 1959 births Living people People from Zug Sportspeople from the canton of Zug Swiss football m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 performed worldwide with the Bachl choir. He had his first stage experiences at the BRG Hamerling as Greaseball in ''Starlight Express'' in 1989. Schmid studied technical physics and mathematics at the University of Linz after his matriculation in 1990, and he took part in ''Les Miserables'' as “Marius” in the same year. In 1994, the Austrian decided to go on a musical career and graduated in acting and singing at the prestigious Conservatory of the City of Vienna. Already during his training he appeared as “Rocky” in ''The Rocky Horror Show'', as "Pippin" in '' Pippin'', and as "Tony" in ''West Side Story'', as well as in the theater Akzent in Vienna in the musicals ''Into the Woods'' as "Hans" and as "Jesus" in ''Jesus Christ Supersta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
