Schmidt
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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
[edit] People with the surname Schmidt
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- 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
