Schmidt is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. Other variations of the name include Schmitt, Schmitz, Schmid, Schmidtke, Schmied, Schmit, Schmits, Schmith, and Smits.

Schmidt may also refer to:

• Schmidt (lunar crater)
• Schmidt (crater on Mars)
• Schmidt (volcano), in Kamchatka
• Schmidt camera, an astronomical camera
• Schmidt Spiele, a German games manufacturer
• Schmidt Maschinenbau, a German manufacturer of dynamo hubs and lamps
• Schmidt Baking Company, makers of Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread
• von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, a German baronial dynasty in Kirchgattendorf, part of the municipality of Gattendorf near the city of Hof, Germany during the late Middle Ages
• Schmidt Island, an island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
• Schmidt Peninsula, a peninsula at the northern tip of Sakhalin, Russia
• Cape Schmidt, a cape on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, Russia
• The Schmidt reaction
• The Schmidt Number

People with the surname Schmidt

• Adolf Schmidt (1860-1944), German geophysicist
• Alexander Schmidt (physiologist) (1831-1894), Russian physiologist
• Alexander Schmidt (biochemist) (1892-?), Soviet biochemist and academician
• Alexander Eduardovich Schmidt (1871-1939), Russian/Soviet arabist and Islam scholar
• Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911-1995), Dutch writer
• Andreas Schmidt born 1961, German entrepreneur
• Arno Schmidt (1914-1979), German author and translator
• Benjamin Schmidt (born 1978), Fortune 500 Financial Analyst
• Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), German astronomer
• Carl Schmidt (chemist) (1822-1894), chemist
• Carmela Schmidt (born 1962), East German freestyle swimmer
• Charles "Boss" Schmidt (1880-1932), major league catcher
• Daniela Schmidt, Mexican actress
• Erhard Schmidt (1876–1959), German mathematician
• Eric Schmidt (born 1955), CEO of Google
• Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) (1897-1964), German archaeologist
• Erika Schmidt-McDonald (born 1975), Australian Photographer
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Austrian composer
• Fredrick Schmidt (born 1956), Canadian researcher
• Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician
• Hans Schmidt various notable people
• Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953), Danish politician
• Hans-Thilo Schmidt (1888-1943), German spy for France in the 1930s
• Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German television entertainer
• Harry Schmidt, US Air National Guard pilot
• Harry Schmidt (1886–1968), US Marine Corps general
• Harvey Schmidt (born 1929), American composer
• Heide Schmidt (born 1948), Austrian politician
• Helmut Schmidt (born 1918), German chancellor
• Helmut Schmidt, German parapsychologist
• Irmin Schmidt (born 1937), German rock keyboard player
• Isaac Jacob Schmidt (1779-1847), Dutch/Russian linguist and academician
• Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player
• Jean Schmidt (born 1951), American politician
• Joe Schmidt (born 1932), American football player
• Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901), a German linguist
• Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933), a Danish biologist
• Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), teacher at the Bauhaus
• Justin O. Schmidt (entomologist), creator of the index of insect sting pain.
• Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), Chief Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976), German painter
• Ken Schmidt (born 1962), American engineer
• Luís Eduardo Schmidt (born 1979), Brazilian football player
• Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), Dutch-American astronomer
• Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), called Kremser Schmidt oder Kremserschmidt, Austrian painter
• Mike Schmidt (born 1949), American baseball player
• Michael Schmidt (born 1977), Canadian musician/producer
• Milt Schmidt (born 1918), Canadian hockey player
• Olaf Schmidt (born 1962), German glider aerobatic pilot
• Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), Brazilian basketball player
• Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), Soviet scientist
• Paul Schmidt, translator in the German foreign ministry from 1923-1945
• Peter Schmidt (1931–1980), English artist
• 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
• Sigurd Schmidt (1922-?), Soviet historian
• Tim Schmidt (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Tony Schmidt (born 1980), German racing driver
• Torsten Schmidt (cyclist) (born 1972), German cyclist
• Torsten Schmidt (athlete) (born 1974), German discus thrower
• 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 (born 1948), German hammer thrower
• Wilhelm Schmidt (1868–1954), German priest
• Several people named William Schmidt
• Yevgeni Schmidt (1905-?), Soviet neuropathologist, academician, and Hero of Socialist Labor

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