List of Famous people with last name Schmidt

Samuel "Sam" Schmidt is a former Indy Racing League driver and current NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights series team owner. Schmidt's brief IndyCar career included a win in 1999, but an accident before the 2000 season left him a quadriplegic.

Nathan Thomas Schmidt is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights.

María Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar is a Chilean politician and businesswoman who is the current Minister of the Environment. She also served as the Minister of Education from April 2013 to March 2014.

Renate Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician.

Hans Schmidt was a German international footballer and manager.

Erik Schmidt is a German handball player for SC Magdeburg and the German national team.

Heide Schmidt is an Austrian politician.

Josef Friedrich Schmidt was a German board game inventor.

Marlene Schmidt is a German actress, TV host and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1961.

Arno Schmidt was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators. Although he is not one of the popular favourites within Germany, critics and writers often consider him to be one of the most important German-language writers of the 20th century.