Schmitt (surname)

Schmitt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–K

 * Adam Schmitt (born 1968), American singer/songwriter
 * Al Schmitt (1930–2021), American recorded music engineer
 * Alain Schmitt (born 1983), French judoka
 * Alfred Schmitt (1907–1973), French astronomer
 * Allison Schmitt (born 1990), American Olympic swimmer
 * Father Aloysius Schmitt (1909–1941), Roman Catholic priest who died at Pearl Harbor
 * Antoine Schmitt (born 1961), French artist, programming engineer and designer
 * Anton Schmitt (died 1916), German sailor killed during World War I
 * Arnd Schmitt (born 1965), German fencer and Olympic champion
 * Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (1886–1969), American historian
 * Bernd Schmitt (born 1957), American scholar in marketing and business psychology
 * C. L. Schmitt (1912–1993), Pennsylvania legislator
 * Carl Schmitt (1888–1985), German intellectual, and jurist
 * Carl Schmitt (artist) (1889–1989), American artist
 * Casey Schmitt (born 1999), American baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
 * Conrad Schmitt (1867–1940), American artist and founder of Conrad Schmitt Studios in Wisconsin
 * Cornel Schmitt (1874–1958), German pedagogue, naturalist, music composer, and writer
 * David P. Schmitt, American psychologist
 * Dennis Schmitt (born 1960), American explorer
 * Donald Schmitt (born 1951), Canadian architect
 * Ernesto Schmitt (born 1972), German/Uruguayan Entrepreneur
 * Edgar Schmitt (born 1963), retired German football player
 * Else Schmitt (1921–1995), German politician
 * Eric Schmitt (born 1975), American politician from Missouri
 * Eric P. Schmitt (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist
 * Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960), French writer
 * Erich Schmitt (1912–1979), Swiss field handball player
 * Francis O. Schmitt (1903–1995), American scientist
 * Florent Schmitt (1870–1958), French composer
 * Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (1885-?), German composer
 * Gary Schmitt (born 1952), American neo conservative political analyst
 * Gladys Schmitt (1909–1972), American writer, editor, and college professor
 * Graziella Schmitt (born 1981), Brazilian actress
 * Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), American former astronaut and New Mexico Senator; twelfth man to walk on the Moon
 * Hugo Schmitt (1904-1977), German-American elephant trainer
 * Hélène Schmitt, prize-winning French violinist
 * Ingo Schmitt, German politician
 * Janis Schmitt (born 1947), American model and actress
 * Jean-Claude Schmitt (born 1946), French medievalist
 * Jim Schmitt (born 1958), American politician from Wisconsin
 * Johan Schmitt (1881–1955), Dutch gymnast
 * John Schmitt (economist) (born 1962), American economist
 * John Schmitt (American football) (born 1942), American football player
 * John Schmitt (rower) (1901–1991), American Olympic rower
 * Joseph Schmitt (1734–1791), German/Dutch composer, conductor, music director, publisher, music theorist and pedagogue
 * Julie Schmitt (1913–2002), German Olympic gymnast
 * Justin Schmitt (born 1974), Australian rules football field umpire
 * Kurt Schmitt (1886–1950), German economic leader

L–Z

 * Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (born 1985), American ice dancer
 * Ludwig Schmitt (1902–1980), German chess master
 * Mark Schmitt, American political scientist and author
 * Mark Francis Schmitt (1923–2011), American Roman Catholic bishop
 * Martin Schmitt (born 1978), German ski jumper
 * Matías Schmitt (born 1991), Argentine snowboarder
 * Michael N. Schmitt (born 1956), American law scholar
 * Morgan Schmitt (born 1985), American road bicycle racing cyclist
 * Owen Schmitt (born 1985), American football player
 * Otto Schmitt (1913–1998), American inventor and biophysicist
 * Otto Schmitt (field hockey) (born 1965), Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
 * Pál Schmitt (born 1942), ex-president of Hungary
 * Pete Schmitt (born 1984), American football fullback
 * Peter J. Schmitt (1950–2012), American politician from New York
 * Philipp Schmitt (1902–1950), German SS commandant of Nazi prison camp executed for war crimes
 * Ralf Schmitt (born 1977), German football player
 * Ricky Schmitt (born 1985), American football punter
 * Rob Schmitt (1986), American television journalist
 * Rodolfo Schmitt (born 1974), Argentine retired field hockey player
 * Roland W. Schmitt (1923–2017), American physicist, business executive and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * Rudolf Schmitt (1830–1898), German chemist and co-discoverer of the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction
 * Sebastian Schmitt (born 1996), German basketball player
 * Sven Schmitt (born 1976), German football player
 * Tchavolo Schmitt (born 1954), guitarist in gypsy jazz
 * Ted Schmitt (1916–2001), American football player
 * Thilo Schmitt (born 1982), German slalom canoer
 * Thorsten Schmitt (born 1975), German Olympic skier
 * Tyler Schmitt (born 1986), American football long snapper
 * Waldo L. Schmitt (1887–1977), American biologist