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 (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 (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 Provided by Wikipedia