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
- Günter Schmid (1932–2005), German Formula One team owner
- 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
See also
- All pages with titles containing Schmid
- F.X. Schmid
- Schmied
- Schmidt (disambiguation)
- Schmitt (disambiguation)
- Schmitz
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