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 Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer * Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater * Schmidt (Martian c ...

or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include: *

Akira Schmid Akira Schmid (born 12 May 2000) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the fifth round, 136th overall, in the 2018 NHL entry dr ...

, Swiss ice hockey player * Alex P. Schmid, Dutch scientist on terror *

Andy Schmid André Schmid (born 30 August 1983) is a Swiss retired handballer. He retired in February 2024. At the same time he announced that he would be taking over as a head coach of the Swiss national team. He has the record for both most matches and mo ...

, Swiss handballer *

Anton Schmid Anton Schmid (9 January 1900 – 13 April 1942) was an Austrian ''Wehrmacht'' recruit who saved Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania. A devout but apolitical Roman Catholic and an electrician by profession, Schmid was conscripted into the A ...

, Austrian righteous among nations *

Barbara Schmid-Federer Barbara Schmid-Federer (born 10 November 1965) is a Swiss politician, educator, and philanthropist. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, she was elected to a seat in the National Council in 2007, serving until 2018 ...

(b.1965), Swiss politician *

Bernhard Schmid Ludwig Bernhard Ehregott Schmid (March 20, 1788 – October 20, 1857) was a German Lutheran clergyman and missionary who worked in India. Ill health led him to choose to live in Ootacamund and he spent considerable time examining local plants, and ...

(1788–1857), German missionary and botanist *

Carlo Schmid (German politician) Carlo Schmid (3 December 1896 – 11 December 1979) was a German academic and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Schmid is one of the most important authors of both the Grundgesetz, German Basic Law and the Godesb ...

(1896–1979), German politician * Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot), Swiss pilot * Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 1950), Swiss politician *

Charles Schmid Charles Howard Schmid Jr. (July 8, 1942 – March 30, 1975), also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson, was an American serial killer whose crimes were detailed by journalist Don Moser in an article featured in the March 4, 1966, issue of Life (magaz ...

(1942–1975), American serial killer * Christopher Schmid, German musician *

Elisabeth Schmid Elisabeth Schmid (1912–27 March 1994) was a German archaeologist and osteologist. She is best known for her work concerning the prehistoric ivory statue, the lion-man, and for her book, ''Atlas of Animal Bones''. Schmid was the first woman to ...

(1912–1994), German archaeologist *

Engelbert Schmid Engelbert Schmid is a classical musician and horn maker. After playing with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, solo-horn with the Munich Radio Orchestra The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: ''Münchner Rundfunkorc ...

, German musician *

Erich Schmid (conductor) Erich Schmid was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was born on 1 January 1907 in Balsthal, Switzerland and died on 17 December 2000 in Zürich. He studied composition with Bernhard Sekles at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and later with Arno ...

(1907–2000), Swiss composer and conductor *

Erich Schmid (physicist) Erich Schmid (4 May 1896, in Bruck an der Mur – 22 October 1983, in Vienna) was a physicist from Austria. He made important discoveries in the field of crystal plasticity. Schmid studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna and re ...

, physicist from Austria *

Daniel Schmid Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Biography In 1982, his film ''Hécate'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film ''Beresina, or the Last Days of Sw ...

(1941–2006), Swiss film director * Daniel Schmid (bobsledder) (born 1976), Swiss bobsledder * Flavio Schmid (born 1980), Swiss soccer player *

Fritz Schmid (singer) Fritz Schmid (born 18 June 1972 in Linz) is an Austrian musical singer (as tenor) who has been working in Germany and Austria since 1997. Life Fritz Schmid grew up as the youngest of three siblings in Linz, Austria. Already as a youth he perfo ...

(born 1972), Austrian singer *

Fritz Schmid (football manager) Fritz Schmid (born 10 September 1959) is a Swiss football coach. He spent seven years as the assistant manager of FC Basel under head coach Christian Gross, a period in which the club won the Swiss Cup four times and qualified for the UEFA Cha ...

Swiss football manager *

Günter Schmid Günter Schmid (13 August 1932 – 29 May 2005) was the founder and principal of the Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Féd� ...

(1932–2005), German Formula One team owner *

Hans-Christian Schmid Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for '' 23 — Nichts ist so wie es sch ...

(born 1965), German film director *

Harald Schmid Harald Schmid (; born 29 September 1957) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the sprints and hurdles. He was one of the best 400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career. Career Schmid won bronze with the Wes ...

(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 Jeanette Schmid (6 November 1924 – 9 March 2005) was a professional transgender whistler. Life Born Rudolf Schmid in a German family in Volary, Czechoslovakia, Schmid began to dress in feminine clothing at a young age and loved singing and ...

(1924–2005), German-Czech performer * John Schmid (born 1949), American country and folk singer *

Josef Schmid (composer) Josef Schmid (1890, in Germany – 1969, in New York City) was a conductor, composer, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of Alban Berg, with whom he studied before World War I. As a conductor Schmid had been an assistan ...

(1890–1969), German composer *

Josef Schmid (athlete) Josef Schmid (born 15 February 1953, in Altshausen) is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He won a gold medal in 4 × 720 metres relay at the 1973 European Indoor Championships with teammates Reinhold ...

(born 1953), West German middle distance runner *

Josef Schmid (flight surgeon) Josef F. Schmid (born 6 July 1965) is a German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves. He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12 underwater exploration mission in May ...

, NASA flight surgeon *

Joseph Schmid Joseph "Beppo" Schmid (24 September 1901 – 30 August 1956) was a German general who served in the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. Schmid commanded the Luftwaffe's Military Intelligence Branch during the Battle of Britain. Career A close f ...

(1901–1956), German WWII Luftwaffe general *

Kristian Schmid Kristian Schmid (born 28 November 1974) is an Australian actor best known for his roles as Todd Landers in ''Neighbours'' and Leading Seaman Robert Dixon in ''Sea Patrol''. Early life Schmid was born in Geelong, Australia to Hungarian parent ...

(born 1974), Australian actor *

Kyle Schmid Kyle Schmid (born August 3, 1984) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Alex Caulder in History's ''Six'', Henry Durham in Syfy's '' Being Human'', Robert Morehouse in BBC America's ''Copper'' and Aaron Abbot in '' The Covenant'' (2006 ...

(born 1984), Canadian actor * Lothar Schmid (1928–2013), German chess grandmaster *

Matti Schmid Matthias Schmid (born 18 November 1997) is a German professional golfer. He won the European Amateur in both 2019 and 2020 and was the leading amateur at the 2021 Open Championship. Amateur career Schmid competed for the Louisville Cardinals f ...

(born 1997), German professional golfer * Nils Schmid (born 1973), German politician *

Olaf Schmid Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid, George Cross, GC (11 June 1979 – 31 October 2009) was a British Army bomb disposal expert (Ammunition Technician) who was killed in action in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Afghanistan conflic ...

(born 1979), UK bomb disposal officer * Peter Schmid (skier) (1898–?), Swiss olympic skier *

Peter Schmid (archaeologist) Peter Schmid (29 November 1926 – 28 November 2022) was a German archaeologist. He spent his entire career at the , of which he was director from 1973 to 1991. Life and career Schmid was born in Hamburg on 29 November 1926. In 1944, while attendi ...

(1926–2022), German archaeologist *

Peter Schmid (swimmer) Peter Schmid (born 27 April 1949) is an Austrian former freestyle and medley swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially br ...

(born 1949), Austrian swimmer *

Richard Schmid Richard Schmid (October 5, 1934—April 18, 2021) was an American realist artist. Early career Richard Schmid's maternal grandfather, Julian Oates, was an architectural sculptor. Richard's initial studies in landscape painting, figure drawing, ...

(1934–2021), American artist *

Rudolf Schmid (bishop) Rudolf Schmid (26 June 1914 – 24 June 2012) was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Schmid was born in Schiers, Switzerland in 1914 and was ordained a priest on 26 June 1938, his 24th birthday, with the Augsburg Diocese. He was ...

(1914–2012), German bishop *

Samuel Schmid Samuel Schmid (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense mini ...

(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 Shahanah Dawn Schmid (born 13 February 1976) is a Swiss chess player, Woman FIDE Master (1999), two time Swiss Women's Chess Championship winner (1994, 1999). Biography Shahanah Schmid grew up in Saanen. She studied sociology, social anthropo ...

(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) Wilhelm Schmid (3 June 1889 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and an SA-''Gruppenführer'' in the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the Nazi Party's paramilitary organization. He held high level positions in the Supreme SA Leadership and as ...

(1889–1934), German Nazi SA general *

Wilhelm Schmid (painter) Wilhelm Schmid (1892–1971) was a Switzerland, Swiss Painting, painter, who focuses on New Objectivity and Magic Realism.Edith Krebs''Neue Sachlichkeit in der Schweiz.''in: ''Sikart'', retrieved 31 January 2018. References

1892 births ...

(1892–1971), Swiss painter * Wilhelm Schmid (ice hockey) (1921–1980), Austrian ice hockey player *

Willi Schmid Wilhelm Eduard Schmid (April 12, 1893 – June 30, 1934), better known as Willi Schmid, was a German music critic, and an accidental victim of the Night of the Long Knives in a case of mistaken identity. Biography Born in 1893, Willi Schmid ser ...

(1893–1934), German music critic

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