Schmitt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–K

  • Adam Schmitt (born 1968), American singer/songwriter
  • Adolph Schmitt (1905–1976), German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Al Schmitt (1930–2021), American recorded music engineer
  • Alain Schmitt (born 1983), French judoka
  • Alfred Schmitt (1907–1973), French astronomer
  • Allison Schmitt (born 1990), American Olympic swimmer
  • Aloys Schmitt (1788–1866), German composer, pianist and music teacher
  • Father Aloysius Schmitt (1909–1941), Roman Catholic priest who died at Pearl Harbor
  • Alphonse Schmitt (1875–1912), French organist and composer
  • Ana Carolina Schmitt (born 1990), Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor
  • Antoine Schmitt (born 1961), French artist, programming engineer and designer
  • Anton Schmitt (died 1916), German sailor killed during World War I
  • Arnd Schmitt (born 1965), German fencer and Olympic champion
  • Artur Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (1886–1969), American historian
  • Bernard Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bernd Schmitt (born 1957), American scholar in marketing and business psychology
  • Bertram Schmitt (born 1958), German jurist
  • Bill Schmitt (1936–2014), American stock car racing driver
  • Carlos Schmitt (1919–2006), Brazilian Catholic prelate
  • Casey Schmitt (born 1999), American baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
  • Chester Ludwig Schmitt (1912–1993), Pennsylvania legislator
  • Christine Schmitt (born 1953), German retired gymnast
  • Christopher Schmitt (1975–2020), American web designer
  • Colin Schmitt (born 1990), American businessman and politician
  • Conrad Schmitt (1867–1940), American artist and founder of Conrad Schmitt Studios in Wisconsin
  • Cornel Schmitt (1874–1958), German pedagogue, naturalist, music composer, and writer
  • Daniela Schmitt (born 1972), German politician (FDP)
  • Daryl Schmitt, American politician
  • David P. Schmitt, American psychologist
  • Dennis Schmitt (born 1960), American explorer
  • Dennis Schmitt (footballer) (born 1993), German footballer
  • Dieter Schmitt (born 1940), German fencer
  • Dominik Schmitt (born 1992), German footballer
  • Donald Schmitt (born 1951), Canadian architect
  • Dorado Schmitt (born 1957), French guitarist and violinist
  • Edgar Schmitt (born 1963), retired German football player
  • Egon Schmitt (born 1948), German footballer
  • Eleonora Schmitt (born 1931), Brazilian swimmer
  • Elisabeth Schmitt (1891–1974), German-American lawyer
  • Else Schmitt (1921–1995), German politician
  • Eric Schmitt (disambiguation)
  • Erich Schmitt (1912–1979), Swiss field handball player
  • Ernesto Schmitt (born 1972), American-born entrepreneur and investor
  • Fabian Schmitt (born 1992), German Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Florent Schmitt (1870–1958), French composer
  • Francis O. Schmitt (1903–1995), American scientist
  • Franz Schmitt (born 1937), German wrestler
  • Frauke Schmitt Gran (born 1969), German orienteer
  • Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (1885-?), German composer
  • Gary Schmitt (born 1952), American neo conservative political analyst
  • Gavin Schmitt (born 1986), Canadian former volleyball player
  • Georg Schmitt (1821–1900), French composer and organist
  • George Schmitt (born 1961), American former football player
  • Gladys Schmitt (1909–1972), American writer, editor, and college professor
  • Graziella Schmitt (born 1981), Brazilian actress
  • Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), American former astronaut and New Mexico Senator; twelfth man to walk on the Moon
  • Heinrich Schmitt (1895–1951), German politician
  • Hélène Schmitt, prize-winning French violinist
  • Henri Schmitt (1926–1982), Swiss politician
  • Hugo Schmitt (1904-1977), German-American elephant trainer
  • Ingo Schmitt (born 1957), German politician
  • Isolde Schmitt-Menzel (1930–2022), German designer, author, illustrator, graphist and ceramist
  • Jacob Schmitt (1803–1853), German composer and piano teacher
  • Janine Schmitt (born 2000), Swiss alpine skier
  • Janis Schmitt (born 1947), American model and actress
  • Jason Schmitt (born 1976), American journalist, documentary producer and professor
  • Jean-Claude Schmitt (born 1946), French medievalist
  • Jerry Schmitt (born 1960), American football coach and former player
  • Jim Schmitt (born 1958), American politician from Wisconsin
  • Johan Schmitt (1881–1955), Dutch gymnast
  • Johanna Schmitt, American ecologist
  • Johannes Schmitt (1943–2003), German athlete
  • John Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Julie Schmitt (1913–2002), German Olympic gymnast
  • Jürgen Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Justin Schmitt (born 1974), Australian rules football field umpire
  • Jutta Schmitt-Lang (born 1982), German politician
  • Klaus Schmitt (1940–2025), American mathematician
  • Kurt Schmitt (1886–1950), German economic leader

L–Z

  • Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (born 1985), American ice dancer
  • Louis Schmitt Jr. (born 1962), American attorney and politician
  • Ludwig Schmitt (1902–1980), German chess master
  • Ludwig Schmitt (footballer) (1910–after 1941), German footballer
  • Mark Schmitt, American political scientist and author
  • Mark Francis Schmitt (1923–2011), American Roman Catholic bishop
  • Martin Schmitt (born 1978), German ski jumper
  • Matías Schmitt (born 1991), Argentine snowboarder
  • Maurice Schmitt (born 1930), French soldier
  • Max Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Michael N. Schmitt (born 1956), American law scholar
  • Michelle Schmitt, American singer-songwriter and music producer
  • Morgan Schmitt (born 1985), American road bicycle racing cyclist
  • Neal Schmitt, American psychologist
  • Nicolas Schmitt (born 1936), Luxembourgish footballer
  • Norbert Schmitt (born 1956), British linguist
  • Odile Schmitt (1956–2020), French actress
  • Oliver Schmitt (born 1973), Swiss historian and professor
  • Oliver Schmitt (footballer) (born 2000), German footballer
  • Otto Schmitt (1913–1998), American inventor and biophysicist
  • Otto Schmitt (field hockey) (born 1965), Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
  • Owen Schmitt (born 1985), American football player
  • Pál Schmitt (born 1942), ex-president of Hungary
  • Pete Schmitt (born 1984), American football fullback
  • Peter J. Schmitt (1950–2012), American politician from New York
  • Petra Schmitt (born 1971), Hungarian tennis player
  • Philipp Schmitt (1902–1950), German SS commandant of Nazi prison camp executed for war crimes
  • Pierre Schmitt (born 1965), French ice hockey player
  • Ralf Schmitt (born 1977), German football player
  • Ricky Schmitt (born 1985), American football punter
  • Rico Schmitt (born 1968), German football manager and former player
  • Rob Schmitt (born 1986), American television journalist
  • Rodolfo Schmitt (born 1974), Argentine retired field hockey player
  • Roland Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rudolf Schmitt (1830–1898), German chemist and co-discoverer of the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction
  • Sally Schmitt (1932–2022), American restaurateur
  • Sandra Schmitt (1981–2000), German freestyle skier
  • Sebastian Schmitt (born 1996), German basketball player
  • Stefan Schmitt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe, German economist
  • Susie Schmitt Hanson (1860–1956), American milliner, dressmaker and entrepreneur
  • Suzanne Schmitt (1928–2019), French tennis player
  • Sven Schmitt (born 1976), German football player
  • Tate Schmitt (born 1997), American soccer player
  • Tchavolo Schmitt (born 1954), guitarist in gypsy jazz
  • Ted Schmitt (1916–2001), American football player
  • Thilo Schmitt (born 1982), German slalom canoer
  • Thorsten Schmitt (born 1975), German Olympic skier
  • Tracy Schmitt, Canadian athlete and motivational speaker
  • Tyler Schmitt (born 1986), American football long snapper
  • Uwe Schmitt (1961–1995), German sprinter and hurdler
  • Waldo L. Schmitt (1887–1977), American biologist
  • Walfriede Schmitt (born 1943), German actress
  • Walter Schmitt (1879–1945), German SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS
  • Walter Schmitt Glaeser (1933–2024), German politician and author
  • Wolfgang Schmitt (1939–2017), German boxer
  • Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, German musician and music educator

See also

  • Schmidt (disambiguation)
  • Schmit, a surname
  • Schmitt Brothers, barbershop quartet
  • Schmitten (disambiguation)