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.

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* 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 Alica Megan Schmidt (; born 8 November 1998) is a German runner. She was part of the national team that came second in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships, and third in the same discipline at the 2019 ...

(born 1998), German runner * Andreas Schmidt, multiple people *

Andy Schmidt Peter Andrewes "Andy" Schmidt is an American comic book editor and writer. He is best known for his work at Marvel and is now editing and writing at other companies. Career At Marvel, Schmidt was an Associate Editor and mainly worked on the "Mar ...

, American comic book editor and writer * Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), Dutch writer *

Arlo Schmidt Arlo E. Schmidt (September 6, 1931 – November 30, 2022) was a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 7th district from 1995 to 2010. Schmidt served in the United States Army and ...

(1931-2022), American politician and auctioneer * Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator * Arthur Schmidt (disambiguation) * 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 * Boss Schmidt (1880–1932), American major league catcher *

Brian Schmidt Brian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is an American Australian astrophysics, astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor o ...

(born 1967), U.S.-Australian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate * Brian L. Schmidt (born 1962), music composer for video games and pinball games * Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 1986), Brazilian beach volleyball player * Bryan Schmidt (born 1981), American ice hockey player * Bryan Schmidt (footballer) (born 1995), Argentine footballer * Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born 1969), American writer and editor * Burghart Schmidt (1942–2022), German philosopher * Burghart Schmidt (historian) (born 1962), German historian * Carl Schmidt (chemist) (1822–1894), Baltic German chemist * Carl Friedrich Schmidt (disambiguation) * Carmela Schmidt (born 1962), East German freestyle swimmer * Carolina Schmidt (born 1967), Chilean politician and businesswoman * Carsten Schmidt (born 1963), German business executive * Casimir Schmidt (born 1995), Dutch artistic gymnast * Casper Schmidt (1842–1889), American politician * Charles J. Schmidt (1907–1966), American politician * Christen Schmidt (1727–1804), Norwegian bishop * Christfried Schmidt (1932–2025), German composer and arrangeur *

Christian Schmidt Hans Сhristian Friedrich Schmidt (born 26 August 1957) is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since August 2021. ...

(born 1957), German politician * Christian Martin Schmidt (1942-2024), German musicologist and music theorist * Christoph M. Schmidt (born 1962), German economist * Clarke Schmidt (born 1996), American baseball player * Colton Schmidt (born 1990), American football player * Cornelia Schmidt-Liermann (born 1963), Argentine politician * Cristian Schmidt (born 1982), Argentine judoka * Dagmar Schmidt (born 1973), German politician * Damián Schmidt (born 1992), Argentine retired footballer * David Schmidt (disambiguation), several people * Dennis Schmidt, multiple people * Diane Grob Schmidt, American chemist * Earl W. Schmidt (born 1936), American jurist and politician * Edna Schmidt (1969–2021), American journalist *

Eduard Oscar Schmidt Eduard Oscar Schmidt (21 February 1823, in Torgau – 17 January 1886, in Kappelrodeck) was a German zoologist and phycology, phycologist. Biography He initially studied mathematics and science at University of Halle, Halle, then continued his ...

(1823–1886), German zoologist and phycologist * Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper (born 1961), German field hockey player * Elisa Sophia Schmidt, see Femme Schmidt * Erhard Schmidt (1876–1959), German mathematician *

Eric Schmidt Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's chairman, executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the ...

(born 1955), executive chairman, former CEO, of Google * Erica Schmidt (born 1975), American theatre director and writer * Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) (1897–1964), German archaeologist * Erich Schmidt (historian) (1853–1913) German historian of literature * Eugen Schmidt (1862–1931), Danish athlete * Eugen Schmidt (born 1975), German politician * Femme Schmidt (born 1990), German singer * Ferenc Schmidt (1941–2011), Hungarian politician and MP * Firmin Martin Schmidt (1918–2005), American Roman Catholic bishop * Francis Schmidt (1885–1944), American college baseball coach * Franklin J. W. Schmidt (1901–1935), American naturalist, brother of Karl Patterson *

Franz Schmidt (composer) Franz Schmidt, also Ferenc Schmidt (, 22 December 1874 – 11 February 1939) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer, cellist and pianist.Franz Schmidt (1874–1939) and Dohnányi Ernö (1877–1960): A study in Austro-Hungarian Alterna ...

(1874–1939), Austrian composer *

Frederick Schmidt Frederick Schmidt is a British actor who has appeared in such films as '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) and '' Angel Has Fallen'' (2019). Career In his early career, he starred in many British films. In '' Mission: Impossible – Fal ...

(born 1984), British actor * Frederick D. Schmidt (1932–2003), American politician * Frederick W. Schmidt (1932–2003), American theologian and Episcopal priest * Friedrich August Schmidt (lexicographer) (''Georg Friedrich August Schmidt''; 1785–1858), German clergyman, bibliographer and lexicographer * Friedrich August Schmidt (engraver) (1787–1855), German engraver, lithographer and painter * Friedrich August Schmidt (painter) (1796–1866), German painter and lithographer * Friedrich August von Schmidt (1844–1907), German judge and jurist * Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician * Fritz Schmidt (disambiguation) * Gavin Schmidt, Climatologist * Georg Schmidt, multiple people * George Schmidt (1927–1995), American football player * Gerhard Schmidt (art historian) (1924–2010), professor of the history of art * Gerhard Schmidt (crystallographer) (1919–1971), organic chemist and chemical crystallographer * Gerhard Carl Schmidt (1865–1949), German chemist * Grant Schmidt (born 1948), Canadian politician *

Gunter Schmidt Gunter Schmidt (born 22 November 1938) is a Germans, German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist. He was born in Berlin. Schmidt was the director of the centre for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Ham ...

(born 1938), German sexologist * Günter Schmidt (arachnologist) (1926–2016) *

Gunther Schmidt Gunther Schmidt (born 1939, Rüdersdorf) is a Germans, German mathematician who works also in informatics. Life Schmidt began studying Mathematics in 1957 at Göttingen University. His academic teachers were in particular Kurt Reidemeister, W ...

(born 1939), German mathematician

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* Hans Schmidt (disambiguation) * Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politician * Hans-Dieter Schmidt (born 1948), German footballer * Hansjörg Schmidt (born 1974), German politician * Hans-Thilo Schmidt (1888–1943), German spy for France in the 1930s *

Harald Schmidt Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. Early and private life A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Cz ...

(born 1957), German television entertainer * Harry Schmidt (Air National Guard), US Air National Guard pilot * Harry Schmidt (USMC) (1886–1968), US Marine Corps general * Harv Schmidt (1935–2020), American baseball player *

Harvey Schmidt Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, ''The Fantasticks'', which ran off ...

(1929–2018), American composer * Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician * Heinrich Schmidt (footballer) (1912–1988), German footballer * Heinrich Schmidt (philosopher) (1874-1935), German archivist, naturalist, philosopher, professor and disciple of Ernst Haeckel * Heinrich Schmidt (physician) (1912–2000), medic at Majdanek extermination camp * Heinrich Schmidt (politician) (1902–1960), NSDAP politician * Heinrich Julian Schmidt (1818–1886), German journalist * Helga Schmidt-Neuber (1937–2018), German swimmer * Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (1906–1982), Danish actor * Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), Danish Prime Minister * Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German chancellor * Helmut Schmidt (footballer) (born 1949), German football player * Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist), German parapsychologist * Herbert B. Schmidt (born 1931), German economist * Howard A. Schmidt (1949–2017), American computer security specialist * Irmin Schmidt (born 1937), German rock keyboard player * Isaac Jacob Schmidt (1779–1847), Dutch/Russian linguist and academician * Jan Schmidt (director), Czech film director * Jan Wenzel Schmidt (born 1991), German politician * Jacques Schmidt (1933–1996), French costume designer * Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player * Jean Schmidt (born 1951), American politician * Jean Dolores Schmidt (born 1919), American nun better known as Sister Jean * Jessica Schmidt (born 1979), German chess grandmaster * Jimmy Schmidt (born 1981), Uruguayan footballer * Joan Schmidt (1920–2003), Australien cricket player * Joe Schmidt (American football) (1932–2024), American football player * Joe Schmidt (soccer) (born 1998), American soccer player * Johann Anton Schmidt (1823–1905), German botanist * Johann Kaspar Schmidt (1806–1856), German philosopher known as Max Stirner * Johannes Schmidt (biologist) (1877–1933), Danish biologist * Johannes Schmidt (linguist) (1843–1901), German linguist * John Schmidt, American lawyer and politician * Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), teacher at the Bauhaus * Jordan Schmidt (born 1989), American music producer * Josef Schmidt (rugby union) (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union coach * Josef Friedrich Schmidt (1871–1948), German board game inventor * Joseph Schmidt (1904–1942), singer, actor * Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804–1852), professor of Obstetrics in Berlin * Joshua Schmidt (born 1986), American Army Iraq War Veteran * Józef Szmidt (1935-2024), Polish Olympic athlete * Julian Schmidt (politician) (born 1989), German politician * Julius Schmidt (disambiguation) * Justin O. Schmidt (entomologist), creator of the index of insect sting pain * Jürgen Schmidt (born 1941), German speed skater * Karl August von Schmidt (1840–1929), German geophysicist *

Karl Patterson Schmidt Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was an American herpetologist. Family Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. George W. Schmidt was a German professor, who, at the time of Karl ...

(1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History * Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), German painter * Kate Schmidt (born 1953), American javelin thrower * Katrin Schmidt (born 1986), German-Swedish football player * Katrin Schmidt (badminton) (born 1967), German badminton player * Katherine Schmidt (1899–1978), American artist * Kendall Schmidt (born 1990), American actor, singer * Klaus Schmidt, multiple people * Konstanty Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818–1889), Polish collector and art connoisseur, who donated a large collection to the National Museum in Kraków * Kurt Schmidt (1891–1945), German Lieutenant-General during the Second World War * Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (born 1978), American TV producer and screenwriter * Leni Schmidt (1906–1985), German athlete * Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player * Lukas Schmidt (born 1988), German badminton player

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* Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), Dutch-American astronomer * Mae Doelling Schmidt (1888–1965), American pianist * Mária Schmidt (born 1953), Hungarian historian * Marie Schmidt (1895–1971), German political activist and politician * Markus Schmidt, multiple people * Martin Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), Austrian painter * Matthew Schmidt (born 1971), American film editor *

Max Schmidt Max Schmidt (23 August 1818 – 8 January 1901) was a German people, German landscape Painting, painter. Biography Schmidt was a native of Berlin, Province of Brandenburg. He studied in the Akademie der Künste, Berlin Art Academy under Carl Jo ...

(1818–1901), German painter * (1920–2002), commandant Fürstengrube subcamp of Auschwitz, March 1944 – January 1945 * Melissa Schmidt, American politician * Micaela Schmidt (born 1970), German rower * Michael Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people *

Mike Schmidt Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1989. Schmidt was a 12-time Al ...

(born 1949), American baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies * Mike Schmidt (lawyer) (born 1980/81), American lawyer and politician * Milt Schmidt (1918–2017), Canadian hockey player * Monika Schmidt, Australian judge *

Nate Schmidt Nathan Thomas Schmidt (born July 16, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouv ...

(born 1991), American ice hockey player * Noémie Schmidt (born 1990), Swiss actress * Olaf Schmidt (born 1962), German glider aerobatic pilot * (19282010), Danish conductor and composer * Oliver Schmidt, multiple people * Olle Schmidt (born 1949), Swedish politician *

Oscar Schmidt Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958), nicknamed ''Mão Santa'' (Holy Hand), is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. Schmidt primarily played the power forward and small forward position, was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 i ...

(born 1958), Brazilian basketball player * Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet scientist * Otto Schmidt (aviator) (1885-1944), German

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

* Pascal Schmidt, German footballer * Paul Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Peter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people *

Petra Schmidt Petra Schmidt (born 18 March 1963) is a German operatic soprano and academic. A member of the Musiktheater im Revier (MiR), she has appeared in title roles such as Dvořák's Rusalka and Ponchielli's La Gioconda. She has also worked as a voice ...

(born 1963), German soprano * Pyotr Schmidt (1867–1906, Russian revolutionary of 1905 * Rachel Schmidt (born 1994), New Zealand trampolinist * Rainer Schmidt, multiple people * Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairs *

Rob Schmidt Rob Schmidt Barracano (born September 25, 1965) is an American filmmaker. His film credits include ''Wrong Turn (2003 film), Wrong Turn'' and ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia''. He also created a pilot called American Town for Twentieth Cent ...

(born 1965), American film director and writer * Rodger Gustaf Schmidt (born 1952), Canadian–German curler * Roman Schmidt (1893–1959), Austro-Hungarian flying ace * Roman Schmidt (Ukrainian politician) (born 1951), Ukrainian zoologist and politician * Sebastian Schmidt (born 1993), German politician * Sebestyén Schmidt (1901–1987), Hungarian cyclist * Sigrid Schmidt (born 1930), German ethnologist and folklorist * Sophie Schmidt, Canadian soccer player * Sophie Schmidt (publisher), American publisher * Stefan Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Steve Schmidt, American campaign strategist and public relations expert for the U.S. Republican Party * Susan Schmidt, American investigative reporter * Thomas Schmidt (footballer) * Tim Schmidt (born 1986), Australian rules footballer * Tony Schmidt (born 1980), German racing driver * Torge Schmidt (born 1988), German politician * Torsten Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Ulla Schmidt (born 1949), German Federal Minister for health * Ulrich Schmidt (born 1957), German serial killer and rapist * Uwe Schmidt (born 1966), German politician * Vasili Schmidt (1886–1938), Soviet politician and statesman * Vera Schmidt (born 1982), Hungarian singer-songwriter * Victoria Schmidt, New Zealand actress * Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (1944–2013), German art historian and professor * Vivien A. Schmidt (born 1949), political science academic * Walter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Wayne Schmidt (born 1966), American politician * Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * William Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people * Wilma Schmidt (1926–2022), German operatic soprano * Wolfgang M. Schmidt (born 1933), mathematician * Yuri Schmidt (1937–2013), Russian human rights lawyer * Zygmunt Schmidt (born 1941), Polish footballer

In fiction

* Anna Schmidt, West German student in ''Mind Your Language'', played by Jacki Harding * Hildegarde Schmidt, character in ''

Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...

'' * Johann Schmidt, alias Red Skull, villain character from Marvel Comics * Kimmy Schmidt, title character in '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' played by Ellie Kemper * Mika Schmidt, playable character in ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

'' * Mike Schmidt, security guard in ''

Five Nights at Freddy's ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' (''FNaF'') is a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon that includes video games, novels, graphic novels, and films. The story arcs typically follow a night guard or other character trying t ...

'' played by Josh Hutcherson * Shirley Schmidt, American lawyer in '' Boston Legal'' played by Candice Bergen * Warren R. Schmidt, title character in '' About Schmidt'' played by

Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-de ...

* Winston Schmidt, character from '' New Girl''

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