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.

Distribution of the name Schmidt in Germany

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
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
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 (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

References

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