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 edit

Adriano Schmidt (born 1994), Vietnamese footballer
Alexander Schmidt (physiologist) (1831–1894), Baltic German physiologist
Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter) (1898–1972), Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist
Alica Schmidt (born 1998), German runner
Andreas Schmidt (baritone), born 1960, German classical singer
Andreas Schmidt (footballer), born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Oliver Schmidt
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 (disambiguation)
Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt camera
Bill Schmidt (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball executive
Boss Schmidt (1880–1932), American major league catcher
Brian Schmidt (born 1967), U.S.-Australian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
Brian L. Schmidt (born 1962), music composer for video games and pinball games
Bryan Schmidt (born 1981), an 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
Casper Schmidt (1842–1889), American politician
Charles J. Schmidt (1907–1966), American politician
Christian Schmidt (born 1957), German politician
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
Diane Grob Schmidt, American chemist
Earl W. Schmidt (born 1936), American jurist and politician
Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823–1886), German zoologist and phycologist
Erhard Schmidt (1876–1959), German mathematician
Eric Schmidt (born 1955), executive chairman, former CEO, of Google
Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) (1897–1964), German archaeologist
Erich Schmidt (historian) (1853–1913) German historian of literature
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) (1874–1939), Austrian composer
Frederick Schmidt (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
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
Gunter Schmidt (born 1938), German sexologist
Günter Schmidt (arachnologist) (1926–2016)
Gunther Schmidt (born 1939), German mathematician

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Hans Schmidt (disambiguation)
Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politician
Hans-Thilo Schmidt (1888–1943), German spy for France in the 1930s
Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German television entertainer
Harry Schmidt (Air National Guard), US Air National Guard pilot
Harry Schmidt (USMC) (1886–1968), US Marine Corps general
Harvey Schmidt (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
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
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
Joe Schmidt (American football) (born 1932), American football 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
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
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 (1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), German painter
Katherine Schmidt (1899–1978), American artist
Kendall Schmidt (born 1990), American actor, singer
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
Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player

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Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), Dutch-American astronomer
Marie Schmidt (1895–1971), German political activist and politician
Martin Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Max Schmidt (1818–1901), German painter
Max Schmidt (Waffen-SS) [de] (1920–2002), commandant Fürstengrube subcamp of Auschwitz, March 1944 – January 1945
Michael Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Mike Schmidt (born 1949), American baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies
Milt Schmidt (1918–2017), Canadian hockey player
Monika Schmidt, Australian judge
Nate Schmidt (born 1991), American ice hockey player
Noémie Schmidt (born 1990), Swiss actress
Olaf Schmidt (born 1962), German glider aerobatic pilot
Ole Schmidt (1928–2010), Danish conductor and composer
Oliver Schmidt, born 1973, German footballer, twin brother of Andreas Schmidt (above)
Olle Schmidt (born 1949), Swedish politician
Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), Brazilian basketball player
Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet scientist
Otto Schmidt (aviator) (1885-1944), German flying ace
Paul Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Peter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Petra Schmidt (born 1963), German soprano
Pyotr Schmidt (1867–1906, Russian revolutionary of 1905
Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairs
Rob Schmidt (born 1965), American film director and writer
Roman Schmidt (1893–1959), Austro-Hungarian flying ace
Roman Schmidt (Ukrainian politician) (born 1951), Ukrainian zoologist and politician
Sigrid Schmidt (born 1930), German ethnologist and folklorist
Sophie Schmidt, Canadian soccer player
Stefan Schmidt (born 1981), German politician
Steve Schmidt, American campaign strategist and public relations expert for the U.S. Republican Party
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
Uwe Schmidt (born 1966), German politician
Vasili Schmidt (1886–1938), Soviet politician and statesman
Vera Schmidt (born 1982), Hungarian singer-songwriter
Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (1944–2013), German art historian and professor
Walter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
William Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
Wilma Schmidt (1926–2022), German operatic soprano
Wolfgang M. Schmidt (born 1933), mathematician

In fiction edit

Hildegarde Schmidt, character in Murder on the Orient Express
Johann Schmidt, character from Marvel Comics
Mika Schmidt, playable character in Genshin Impact
Winston Schmidt, character from New Girl
Shirley Schmidt, American lawyer played by Candice Bergen in Boston Legal
Mike Schmidt, security guard played by Josh Hutcherson in Five Nights at Freddy's

References edit

This page lists people with the surname Schmidt.
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