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:Aglaja Schmid (1926–2003), Austrian stage and film actress
Akira Schmid, Swiss ice hockey player
Al Schmid (1920–1982), American marine
Alex P. Schmid, Dutch scientist on terror
Alexander Schmid, German alpine skier
Andi Schmid, Austrian luger and skeleton racer
Andre Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Andy Schmid, Swiss handballer
Anka Schmid, Swiss film director, screenwriter and video artist
Anna Katharina Schmid, Swiss pole vaulter
Anne-Françoise Schmid, Swiss-born French philosopher
Anthony Schmid, Austrian football player
Anton Schmid (politician) (1819–1893), German politician in the Landtag of Bavaria
Anton Schmid (1900–1942), Austrian Nazi army officer who was executed by the Nazis for aiding the resistance movement
Anton Schmid (writer) (1787–1857), Austrian writer
August Schmid-Lindner (1870–1959), German pianist, composer and music
Barbara Schmid-Federer, Swiss politician
Belinda Schmid, Swiss synchronized swimmer
Benedikt Schmid, German footballer
Bernhard Schmid (1788–1857), German missionary and botanist
Carl Friedrich Schmid (1840–1897), Baltic German chess player
Carlo Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Charles Schmid (1942–1975), American serial killer
Christian Friedrich Schmid (1794–1852), German Lutheran theologian
Christoph Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Christopher Schmid, German musician
Christopher H. Schmid, biostatistician
Clemens Schmid, Austrian racing driver
Constantin Schmid, German ski jumper
Cordelia Schmid, German computer vision researcher
Daniel Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Dennis Schmid, American professional tennis player
Dominik Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Eduard Schmid (1861–1933), Lord Mayor of Munich
Edy Schmid (1911–2000), Swiss field handball player
Elisabeth Schmid (1912–1994), German archaeologist
Elmar Schmid, Swiss clarinetist
Engelbert Schmid, German musician
Erich Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Ernst Fritz Schmid (1904–1960), German musicologist and scholar
Flavio Schmid, Swiss soccer player
Franz Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Friederike Schmid, German theoretical condensed-matter physicist and polymer scientist
Fritz Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Greti Schmid, Austrian politician
Günter Schmid (1932–2005), German Formula One team owner
Hans Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Harald Schmid, German athlete
Heidi Schmid, German fencer
Heinrich Schmid (1921–1999), Swiss linguist
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874–1953), German composer
Helga Schmid, German diplomat
Hellmut Schmid (1915–1998), Swiss geodetic scientist
Helmut Schmid (1925–1992), German actor
Herbert Schmid (1914–1975), German pilot who defected to Scotland
Heribert Schmid, Swiss ski jumper
Hermann Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Horst Schmid (1933–2026), German-born Canadian politician and businessman
Iwan Schmid (1947–2009), Swiss cyclist
Jacob Schmid, Australian track sprint cyclist
Jakob Schmid (1886–1964), German janitor
Jan Schmid, Norwegian Nordic combined skier
Jeanette Schmid (1924–2005), German-Czech performer
Jeffrey Schmid, American politician
Joachim Schmid, German artist
Jochen Schmid, German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Johann Schmid (1911–1941), Austrian-born Luftwaffe military aviator
John Schmid, American country and folk singer
Jonathan Schmid, French footballer
Josef Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Julia Schmid, Austrian slalom canoeist
Julian Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Juliane Schmid, German footballer
Jürgen Schmid, German footballer
Kaia Schmid, American cyclist
Karl Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Katharina Schmid, German ski jumper
Kendra Schmid, American statistician and academic administrator
Konrad Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
Kristina Schmid, Swedish photographer
Kurt Schmid (1911–2000), Swiss rower
Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
Lothar Schmid (1928–2013), German chess grandmaster
Lucas Schmid, English rugby union footballer
Lucile Schmid, French politician
Ludwig Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Maja Schmid, Swiss freestyle skier
Manuel Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Martin Schmid (1694–1772), Swiss Jesuit, missionary, musician and architect
Máté Schmid, Hungarian footballer
Mathias Schmid (1835–1923), Austrian painter
Matthias Schmid, Austrian sailor
Matti Schmid, German professional golfer
Mauro Schmid, Swiss cyclist
Max Schmid, Swiss rower
Maximilian Schmid, German footballer
Mia Schmid, Swiss footballer
Michael Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Monika S. Schmid, German linguist
Nicolas Schmid, Austrian footballer
Nils Schmid, German politician
Olaf Schmid (1979–2009), UK bomb disposal officer
Patricia Schmid, Swiss fashion model
Paul Schmid, American politician
Peter Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Pia Schmid, Swiss Paralympic athlete
Richard Schmid (1934–2021), American artist
Romano Schmid, Austrian footballer
Rudi Schmid (1922–2007), Swiss-born American medical researcher
Rudolf Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
Sandra Schmid, Canadian cell biologist
Sigi Schmid (1953–2018), American soccer coach
Shahanah Schmid, Swiss chess master
Stefan Schmid, German decathlete
Stéfanie Schmid, Swiss competitive figure skater
Susanne Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Sven Schmid, German fencer
Tabea Schmid, Swiss female handballer
Thomas Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Tommy Schmid, Swiss Nordic combined skier
Toni Schmid (1909–1932), German mountaineer
Ulrich Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Ute Schmid, German computer scientist
Walter Schmid, Swiss entrepreneur
Walter Jürgen Schmid, German diplomat
Wilfried Schmid, German-American mathematician
Wilhelm Schmid (disambiguation), multiple people
Willi Schmid (1893–1934), German music critic
Yannick Schmid, Swiss footballer