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, Swiss politician
- Bernhard Schmid, German missionary and botanist
- Carlo Schmid , German politician
- Carlo Schmid, Swiss pilot
- Carlo Schmid-Sutter, Swiss politician
- Charles Schmid, American serial killer
- Christopher Schmid, German musician
- Cordelia Schmid, German computer vision researcher
- Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist
- Engelbert Schmid, German musician
- Erich Schmid , Swiss composer and conductor
- Erich Schmid, physicist from Austria
- Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director
- Daniel Schmid , Swiss bobsledder
- Flavio Schmid, Swiss soccer player
- Fritz Schmid , Austrian singer
- Fritz Schmid Swiss football manager
- Günter Schmid, German Formula One team owner
- Hans-Christian Schmid, German film director
- Harald Schmid, German athlete
- Heinrich Schmid, Swiss linguist
- Hellmut Schmid, Swiss geodetic scientist
- Herbert Schmid, German pilot who defected to Scotland
- Jeanette Schmid, German-Czech performer
- Johann Schmid, Austrian-born Luftwaffe military aviator
- John Schmid, American country and folk singer
- Josef Schmid , German composer
- Josef Schmid , West German middle distance runner
- Josef Schmid, NASA flight surgeon
- Joseph Schmid, German WWII Luftwaffe general
- Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
- Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
- Lothar Schmid, German chess grandmaster
- Matti Schmid, German professional golfer
- Nils Schmid, German politician
- Olaf Schmid, UK bomb disposal officer
- Peter Schmid , Swiss olympic skier
- Peter Schmid , German archaeologist
- Peter Schmid , Austrian swimmer
- Richard Schmid, American artist
- Rudolf Schmid , German bishop
- Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
- Sandra Schmid, Canadian cell biologist
- Sigi Schmid, American soccer coach
- Shahanah Schmid, Swiss chess master
- Ute Schmid, German computer scientist
- Walter Schmid, Swiss entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Schmid , German classical scholar
- Wilhelm Schmid , German Nazi SA general
- Wilhelm Schmid , Swiss painter
- Wilhelm Schmid , Austrian ice hockey player
- Willi Schmid, German music critic