thumb|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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexander Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexandra M. Schmidt, Brazilian statistician
  • Alfred Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alica Schmidt (born 1998), German runner
  • Andreas Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Carl Friedrich Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • David Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dennis Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frederick Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Friedrich Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician
  • Fritz Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Gabriele Schmidt (born 1956), German politician
  • Gavin Schmidt, climatologist
  • Georg Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Schmidt (1927–1995), American football player
  • Gerhard Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harv Schmidt (1935–2020), American baseball player
  • Harvey Schmidt (1929–2018), American composer
  • Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
  • Heinrich Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jimmy Schmidt (born 1981), Uruguayan footballer
  • Joan Schmidt (1920–2003), Australien cricket player
  • João Schmidt (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
  • Jochen Schmidt (born 1970), German writer and translator
  • Jochen Schmidt (dance critic) (1936–2010), German journalist, critic and book author
  • Johann Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Johannes Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Julius Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Justin Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Martin Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Matthew Schmidt (born 1971), American film editor
  • Max Schmidt (1818–1901), German painter
  • (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
  • (19282010), Danish conductor and composer
  • Oliver Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Olle Schmidt (born 1949), Swedish politician
  • Oscar Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Oscar Schmidt (1958–2026), Brazilian basketball player
  • Otto Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Pascal Schmidt, German footballer
  • Patrick Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation)
  • Roman Schmidt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sebastian Schmidt (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation), 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

References