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.
Adriano Schmidt (born 1994), Vietnamese footballerAlexander Schmidt (physiologist) (1831–1894), Baltic German physiologistAlfred Schmidt (weightlifter) (1898–1972), Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalistAlica Schmidt (born 1998), German runnerAndreas Schmidt (baritone) , born 1960, German classical singerAndreas Schmidt (footballer) , born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Oliver SchmidtAnnie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), Dutch writerArlo Schmidt (1931-2022), American politician and auctioneerArno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translatorArthur Schmidt (disambiguation) Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt cameraBill Schmidt (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball executiveBoss Schmidt (1880–1932), American major league catcherBrian Schmidt (born 1967), U.S.-Australian astrophysicist and Nobel laureateBrian L. Schmidt (born 1962), music composer for video games and pinball gamesBryan Schmidt (born 1981), an American ice hockey playerBryan Schmidt (footballer) (born 1995), Argentine footballerBryan Thomas Schmidt (born 1969), American writer and editorBurghart Schmidt (1942–2022), German philosopherBurghart Schmidt (historian) (born 1962), German historianCarl Schmidt (chemist) (1822–1894), Baltic German chemistCarl Friedrich Schmidt (disambiguation) Carmela Schmidt (born 1962), East German freestyle swimmerCarolina Schmidt (born 1967), Chilean politician and businesswomanCarsten Schmidt (born 1963), German business executiveCasper Schmidt (1842–1889), American politicianCharles J. Schmidt (1907–1966), American politicianChristian Schmidt (born 1957), German politicianChristian Martin Schmidt (1942-2024), German musicologist and music theoristClarke Schmidt (born 1996), American baseball playerColton Schmidt (born 1990), American football playerCornelia Schmidt-Liermann (born 1963), Argentine politicianCristian Schmidt (born 1982), Argentine judokaDagmar Schmidt (born 1973), German politicianDamián Schmidt (born 1992), Argentine retired footballerDavid Schmidt (disambiguation) , several peopleDiane Grob Schmidt , American chemistEarl W. Schmidt (born 1936), American jurist and politicianEduard Oscar Schmidt (1823–1886), German zoologist and phycologistErhard Schmidt (1876–1959), German mathematicianEric Schmidt (born 1955), executive chairman, former CEO, of GoogleErica Schmidt (born 1975), American theatre director and writerErich Schmidt (archaeologist) (1897–1964), German archaeologistErich Schmidt (historian) (1853–1913) German historian of literatureFerenc Schmidt (1941–2011), Hungarian politician and MPFirmin Martin Schmidt (1918–2005), American Roman Catholic bishopFrancis Schmidt (1885–1944), American college baseball coachFranklin J. W. Schmidt (1901–1935), American naturalist, brother of Karl PattersonFranz Schmidt (composer) (1874–1939), Austrian composerFrederick Schmidt (born 1984), British actorFrederick D. Schmidt (1932–2003), American politicianFrederick W. Schmidt (1932–2003), American theologian and Episcopal priestFriedrich August Schmidt (lexicographer) (Georg Friedrich August Schmidt ; 1785–1858), German clergyman, bibliographer and lexicographerFriedrich August Schmidt (engraver) (1787–1855), German engraver, lithographer and painterFriedrich August Schmidt (painter) (1796–1866), German painter and lithographerFriedrich August von Schmidt (1844–1907), German judge and juristFrithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politicianFritz Schmidt (disambiguation) Gavin Schmidt , ClimatologistGerhard Schmidt (art historian) (1924–2010), professor of the history of artGerhard Schmidt (crystallographer) (1919–1971), organic chemist and chemical crystallographerGerhard Carl Schmidt (1865–1949), German chemistGunter Schmidt (born 1938), German sexologistGünter Schmidt (arachnologist) (1926–2016)Gunther Schmidt (born 1939), German mathematician
Hans Schmidt (disambiguation) Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politicianHans-Thilo Schmidt (1888–1943), German spy for France in the 1930sHarald Schmidt (born 1957), German television entertainerHarry Schmidt (Air National Guard) , US Air National Guard pilotHarry Schmidt (USMC) (1886–1968), US Marine Corps generalHarvey Schmidt (1929–2018), American composerHeide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politicianHeinrich Schmidt (footballer) (1912–1988), German footballerHeinrich Schmidt (philosopher) (1874-1935), German archivist, naturalist, philosopher, professor and disciple of Ernst HaeckelHeinrich Schmidt (physician) (1912–2000), medic at Majdanek extermination campHeinrich Schmidt (politician) (1902–1960), NSDAP politicianHeinrich Julian Schmidt (1818–1886), German journalistHelle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), Danish Prime MinisterHelmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German chancellorHelmut Schmidt (footballer) (born 1949), German football playerHelmut Schmidt (parapsychologist) , German parapsychologistHerbert B. Schmidt (born 1931), German economistHoward A. Schmidt (1949–2017), American computer security specialistIrmin Schmidt (born 1937), German rock keyboard playerIsaac Jacob Schmidt (1779–1847), Dutch/Russian linguist and academicianJan Schmidt (director) , Czech film directorJacques Schmidt (1933–1996), French costume designerJason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball playerJean Schmidt (born 1951), American politicianJean Dolores Schmidt (born 1919), American nun better known as Sister Jean
Jessica Schmidt (born 1979), German chess grandmasterJoe Schmidt (American football) (1932–2024), American football playerJohann Anton Schmidt (1823–1905), German botanistJohann Kaspar Schmidt (1806–1856), German philosopher known as Max StirnerJohannes Schmidt (biologist) (1877–1933), Danish biologistJohannes Schmidt (linguist) (1843–1901), German linguistJoost Schmidt (1893–1948), teacher at the BauhausJordan Schmidt (born 1989), American music producerJosef Schmidt (rugby union) (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union coachJosef Friedrich Schmidt (1871–1948), German board game inventorJoseph Schmidt (1904–1942), singer, actorJoseph Hermann Schmidt (1804–1852), professor of Obstetrics in BerlinJoshua Schmidt (born 1986), American Army Iraq War VeteranJózef Szmidt (1935-2024), Polish Olympic athleteJulius Schmidt (disambiguation) Justin O. Schmidt (entomologist), creator of the index of insect sting painJürgen Schmidt (born 1941), German speed skaterKarl August von Schmidt (1840–1929), German geophysicistKarl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural HistoryKarl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), German painterKatherine Schmidt (1899–1978), American artistKendall Schmidt (born 1990), American actor, singerKonstanty 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 WarLuís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player
Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), Dutch-American astronomerMarie Schmidt (1895–1971), German political activist and politicianMartin Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMax Schmidt (1818–1901), German painterMax Schmidt (Waffen-SS) [de ] (1920–2002), commandant Fürstengrube subcamp of Auschwitz, March 1944 – January 1945Michael Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMike Schmidt (born 1949), American baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia PhilliesMilt Schmidt (1918–2017), Canadian hockey playerMonika Schmidt , Australian judgeNate Schmidt (born 1991), American ice hockey playerNoémie Schmidt (born 1990), Swiss actressOlaf Schmidt (born 1962), German glider aerobatic pilotOle Schmidt (1928–2010), Danish conductor and composerOliver Schmidt , born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Andreas Schmidt (above)Olle Schmidt (born 1949), Swedish politicianOscar Schmidt (born 1958), Brazilian basketball playerOtto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet scientistOtto Schmidt (aviator) (1885-1944), German flying ace Paul Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePeter Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePetra Schmidt (born 1963), German sopranoPyotr Schmidt (1867–1906, Russian revolutionary of 1905Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairsRob Schmidt (born 1965), American film director and writerRoman Schmidt (1893–1959), Austro-Hungarian flying aceRoman Schmidt (Ukrainian politician) (born 1951), Ukrainian zoologist and politicianSigrid Schmidt (born 1930), German ethnologist and folkloristSophie Schmidt , Canadian soccer playerStefan Schmidt (born 1981), German politicianSteve Schmidt , American campaign strategist and public relations expert for the U.S. Republican PartyThomas Schmidt (footballer) Tim Schmidt (born 1986), Australian rules footballerTony Schmidt (born 1980), German racing driverTorge Schmidt (born 1988), German politicianTorsten Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleUlla Schmidt (born 1949), German Federal Minister for healthUwe Schmidt (born 1966), German politicianVasili Schmidt (1886–1938), Soviet politician and statesmanVera Schmidt (born 1982), Hungarian singer-songwriterViktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (1944–2013), German art historian and professorWalter Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilliam Schmidt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilma Schmidt (1926–2022), German operatic sopranoWolfgang M. Schmidt (born 1933), mathematician
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Celtic Germanic Romance Semitic Slavic Other From "spark"
