Schmidt (surname)

Distribution of the name Schmidt in Germany

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
• Aki Schmidt (1935–2016), German 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, multiple people
• Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-German astronomer, inventor of the Schmidt camera
• Bettina Schmidt (1960–2019), East German luger
• Brian Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 1986), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Burghart Schmidt (1942–2022), German philosopher
• Burghart Schmidt (historian) (born 1962), German historian
• Carl Schmidt, multiple people
• Carl Friedrich Schmidt, multiple people
• 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 Schmidt, multiple people
• Christen Schmidt (1727–1804), Norwegian bishop
• Christfried Schmidt (1932–2025), German composer and arrangeur
• 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
• Dallas Schmidt (1922–2007), Canadian fighter pilot
• Damián Schmidt (born 1992), Argentine retired footballer
• Daniel Schmidt, multiple people
• David Schmidt, multiple people
• Dennis Schmidt, multiple people
• Diane Grob Schmidt, American chemist
• Doke Schmidt (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Douglas C. Schmidt (born 1962), American computer scientist
• Earl W. Schmidt (1936–2024), American jurist and politician
• Edna Schmidt (1969–2021), American journalist
• Eduard Oscar Schmidt (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 (born 1955), executive chairman, former CEO, of Google
• Erica Schmidt (born 1975), American theatre director and writer
• Erich Schmidt, multiple people
• 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, multiple people
• Frederick Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Friedrich Schmidt, multiple people
• Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician
• Fritz Schmidt, multiple people
• Gabriele Schmidt (born 1956), German politician
• Gavin Schmidt, Climatologist
• Georg Schmidt, multiple people
• George Schmidt (1927–1995), American football player
• Gerhard Schmidt, multiple people
• Grant Schmidt (born 1948), Canadian politician
• Gunter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people

H–L

• Hans Schmidt (disambiguation)
• Hansjörg Schmidt (born 1974), German politician
• Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German television entertainer
• Harry Schmidt, multiple people
• Harv Schmidt (1935–2020), American baseball player
• Harvey Schmidt (1929–2018), American composer
• Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
• Heinrich Schmidt, multiple people
• Helga Schmidt-Neuber (1937–2018), German swimmer
• Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (1906–1982), Danish actor
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), Danish Prime Minister
• Helmut Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herbert B. Schmidt (1931–2024), German economist
• Howard A. Schmidt (1949–2017), American computer security specialist
• Ines Schmidt (born 1960), German politician
• Ingrid Schmidt (1945–2023), German backstroke swimmer
• Irmin Schmidt (born 1937), German rock keyboard player
• Isaac Jacob Schmidt (1779–1847), Dutch/Russian linguist and academician
• Jan Schmidt, multiple people
• Jacques Schmidt (1933–1996), French costume designer
• Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player
• Jean Schmidt (born 1951), American politician
• Jean Dolores Schmidt (1919–2025), American nun better known as Sister Jean
• Jessica Schmidt (born 1979), German chess grandmaster
• Jeff Schmidt, multiple people
• Jimmy Schmidt (born 1981), Uruguayan footballer
• Joan Schmidt (1920–2003), Australien cricket player
• João Schmidt (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
• Johann Schmidt, multiple people
• Johannes Schmidt, multiple people
• John Schmidt, American lawyer and politician
• Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), teacher at the Bauhaus
• Jordan Schmidt (born 1989), American music producer
• Joseph Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joshua Schmidt (born 1986), American Army Iraq War Veteran
• Józef Szmidt (1935-2024), Polish Olympic athlete
• Julian Schmidt, multiple people
• Julius Schmidt (disambiguation)
• Justin Schmidt, multiple people
• Jürgen Schmidt (born 1941), German speed skater
• 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
• Lissy Schmidt (1959-1994), German journalist
• Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player
• Lukas Schmidt (born 1988), German badminton player

M–Z

• Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), Dutch-American astronomer
• Mae Doelling Schmidt (1888–1965), American pianist
• Manuela Schmidt (born 1963), German politician
• Mária Schmidt (born 1953), Hungarian historian
• Marie Schmidt (1895–1971), German political activist and politician
• Markus Schmidt, multiple people
• Martin Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Matthew Schmidt (born 1971), American film editor
• Max Schmidt (1818–1901), German painter
• Max Schmidt (Waffen-SS)  [ de ] (1920–2002), commandant Fürstengrube subcamp of Auschwitz, March 1944 – January 1945
• Melanie Schmidt, Marfan Syndrome Survivor
• Melissa Schmidt, American politician
• Micaela Schmidt (born 1970), German rower
• Michael Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Milt Schmidt (1918–2017), Canadian hockey player
• Monika Schmidt (born 1956), 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, multiple people
• Olle Schmidt (born 1949), Swedish politician
• Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), Brazilian basketball player
• Otto Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Pascal Schmidt, German footballer
• Patrick Schmidt, multiple people
• Paul Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Peter Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Petra Schmidt (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 (born 1965), American film director and writer
• Rodger Gustaf Schmidt (born 1952), Canadian–German curler
• Roger Schmidt (academic) (1931–2018), American theologian and academic
• Roger Schmidt (footballer) (born 1967), German football manager and former player
• Roman Schmidt, multiple people
• Sebastian Schmidt, multiple people
• Sebestyén Schmidt (1901–1987), Hungarian cyclist
• Signe Torborg Schmidt-Nielsen (1878–1959), Swedish-Norwegian physicist and nutritionist
• 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
• Susan Schmidt, American investigative reporter
• Thomas Schmidt, multiple people
• 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
• Trudeliese Schmidt (1934–2004), German opera singer
• 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
• Wendy Schmidt (1955), American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Wilhelm Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wilma Schmidt (1926–2022), German operatic soprano
• Wolfgang Schmidt, multiple people
• 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
• 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
• Mike Schmidt, the security guard protagonist of the first Five Nights at Freddy's game and in the Five Nights at Freddy's film 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
• Winston Schmidt, character from New Girl
• Dr Klaus Schmidt, leader of the Hellfire Club in the film X-Men: First Class

See also

• Smith (surname)
• Schmitt (disambiguation)
• Schmitz
• Schmid
• Schmied
• Smits
• Šmits
• Smeets