Schmid

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
 * Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965), German film director
 * Harald Schmid (born 1957), German athlete
 * Heinrich Schmid (1921–1999), Swiss linguist
 * Hellmut Schmid (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
 * Nils Schmid (born 1973), German politician
 * Olaf Schmid (born 1979), UK bomb disposal officer
 * Peter Schmid (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 (1953–2018), American soccer coach
 * Shahanah Schmid (born 1976), Swiss chess master
 * Ute Schmid (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