# 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), Nazi 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
* Daryl Schmitt, American politician
* 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