Schmid () is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. The spelling is more common in Switzerland than Schmidt or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include: * Akira Schmid, Swiss ice hockey player * Alex P. Schmid, Dutch scientist on terror * Andy Schmid, Swiss handballer * Anton Schmid, Austrian righteous among nations * Barbara Schmid-Federer (b.1965), Swiss politician * Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), German missionary and botanist * Carlo Schmid (German politician) (1896–1979), German politician * Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot), Swiss pilot * Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 1950), Swiss politician * Charles Schmid (1942–1975), American serial killer * Christopher Schmid, German musician * Elisabeth Schmid (1912–1994), German archaeologist * Engelbert Schmid, German musician * Erich Schmid (conductor) (1907–2000), Swiss composer and conductor * Erich Schmid (physicist), physicist from Austria * Daniel Schmid (1941–2006), Swiss film director * Daniel Schmid (bobsledder) (born 1976), Swiss bobsledder * Flavio Schmid (born 1980), Swiss soccer player * Fritz Schmid (singer) (born 1972), Austrian singer * Fritz Schmid (football manager) Swiss football manager * Günter Schmid (1932–2005), German Formula One team owner * Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965), German film director * Harald Schmid (born 1957), German athlete * Heinrich Schmid (1921–1999), Swiss linguist *

Hellmut Schmid Hellmut H. Schmid (12 September 1914 – 27 April 1998) was a Swiss professor of geodesy and photogrammetry. He taught at ETH Zürich (Switzerland). In the 1950s, he worked on space exploration in the United States. Between 1968 and 1974, he promo ...

(1915–1998), Swiss geodetic scientist * Herbert Schmid (1914–1975), German pilot who defected to Scotland * Jeanette Schmid (1924–2005), German-Czech performer * John Schmid (born 1949), American country and folk singer * Josef Schmid (composer) (1890–1969), German composer * Josef Schmid (athlete) (born 1953), West German middle distance runner * Josef Schmid (flight surgeon), NASA flight surgeon * Joseph Schmid (1901–1956), German WWII Luftwaffe general * Kristian Schmid (born 1974), Australian actor * Kyle Schmid (born 1984), Canadian actor * Lothar Schmid (1928–2013), German chess grandmaster * Matti Schmid (born 1997), German professional golfer * Nils Schmid (born 1973), German politician * Olaf Schmid (born 1979), UK bomb disposal officer * Peter Schmid (skier) (1898–?), Swiss olympic skier * Peter Schmid (archaeologist) (1926–2022), German archaeologist * Peter Schmid (swimmer) (born 1949), Austrian swimmer * Richard Schmid (1934–2021), American artist * Rudolf Schmid (bishop) (1914–2012), German bishop * Samuel Schmid (born 1948), Swiss politician * Sandra Schmid (born 1958), Canadian cell biologist *

Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German soccer coach. Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the U ...

(1953–2018), American soccer coach * Shahanah Schmid (born 1976), Swiss chess master *

Ute Schmid Ute Maria Schmid (born 1965) is a German computer scientist whose research interests include interpretable artificial intelligence and inductive programming. She is a professor at the University of Bamberg, in charge of the chair for cogniti ...

(born 1965), German computer scientist * Walter Schmid (born 1944), Swiss entrepreneur * Wilhelm Schmid (scholar) (1859-1951), German classical scholar * Wilhelm Schmid (SA-Gruppenführer) (1889–1934), German Nazi SA general * Wilhelm Schmid (painter) (1892–1971), Swiss painter * Wilhelm Schmid (ice hockey) (1921–1980), Austrian ice hockey player * Willi Schmid (1893–1934), German music critic

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