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Schmidt (surname)

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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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A–G

  • Alexander Schmidt (physiologist) (1831–1894), Baltic German physiologist
  • Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter) (1898–1972), Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist
  • 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
  • Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator
  • Arthur Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt camera
  • Boss Schmidt (1880–1932), American major league catcher
  • Brian Schmidt (born 1967), U.S.-Australian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
  • Burghart Schmidt (historian) (born 1962), German historian
  • Burghart Schmidt born 1942, German philosopher
  • Carl Schmidt (chemist) (1822–1894), Baltic German chemist
  • Carl Friedrich Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Carmela Schmidt (born 1962), East German freestyle swimmer
  • Casper Schmidt (1842–1889), American politician
  • Charles C. Schmidt (1907–1966), American politician
  • Diane Grob Schmidt, American chemist
  • Earl W. Schmidt, American jurist and politician
  • 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 (1874–1939), Austrian composer
  • Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician
  • Fritz Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Gavin Schmidt, Climatologist
  • Gerhard Schmidt (1919–1971), organic chemist

    • H–L

  • Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politician
  • Hans Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • 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 (born 1929), American composer
  • Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
  • Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), Danish Prime Minister
  • Helmut Schmidt (footballer) (born 1949), German football player
  • Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist), German parapsychologist
  • Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German chancellor
  • Henry C. Schmidt (born 1937), American historian
  • 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
  • Jacques Schmidt (1933–1996), French costume designer.
  • Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Jean Schmidt (born 1951), American politician
  • Joe Schmidt (born 1932), American football player
  • Johann Anton Schmidt (1823–1905), German botanist
  • Joe Schmidt (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union coach
  • 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 Friedrich Schmidt (1871–1948), German board game inventor
  • Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804–1852), professor of Obstetrics in Berlin
  • Joseph Schmidt (1904–1942), singer, actor
  • Julius Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Justin O. Schmidt (entomologist), creator of the index of insect sting pain.
  • Jürgen Schmidt (born 1941), German speed skater
  • 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 (1990–present), American actor, singer
  • Kurt Schmidt (1891–1945), German Lieutenant-General during the Second World War.
  • Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player

    • M–Z

  • Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), Dutch-American astronomer
  • Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), also called Kremser Schmidt Kremserschmidt, Austrian painter
  • Max Schmidt (1818–1901), German painter
  • Max Schmidt (Waffen-SS) (1920–2002), commandant Fürstengrube subcamp of Auschwitz, March 1944 – January 1945
  • Michael Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Mike Schmidt (born 1949), American baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies
  • Milt Schmidt (1918–2017), Canadian hockey player
  • 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
  • Paul Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Peter Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • 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
  • Sophie Schmidt, Canadian soccer player
  • Steve Schmidt, American campaign strategist and public relations expert for the U.S. Republican Party
  • Tim Schmidt (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
  • Tony Schmidt (born 1980), German racing driver
  • Torsten Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Ulla Schmidt (born 1949), German Federal Minister for health
  • Vasili Schmidt (1886–1938), Soviet politician and statesman
  • Vera Schmidt (born 1982), Hungarian singer-songwriter
  • Walter Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • William Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Wolfgang M. Schmidt (born 1933), mathematician

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