Schmitz is a common German surname (smith).
People
edit- Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980), German musicologist, Beethoven researcher
- Bob Schmitz (1939–2004), American football player
- Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), German architect
- Danny Schmitz (born 1955), American college baseball coach
- Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), German Lutheran theologian and teacher
- Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987) German composer and pianist
- Eugene Schmitz (1864–1928), mayor of San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake
- Greg Dean Schmitz (born 1970), American online film journalist
- Hector Aron Schmitz or Ettore Schmitz (1861–1928), birthname of the Italian author Italo Svevo
- James H. Schmitz (1911–1981), American science fiction writer
- Jim Schmitz, American college baseball coach
- Johannes Andreas Schmitz (1621–1652), Dutch physician
- John G. Schmitz (1930–2001), American presidential candidate
- John Michael Schmitz (born 1999), American football player
- Johnny Schmitz (1920–2011), American baseball player
- Joseph E. Schmitz (born 1958), former US Department of Defense official and Blackwater executive
- Kim Schmitz (born 1974), German entrepreneur
- Leonhard Schmitz (1807–1890), German-born classical scholar and educator active mainly in the United Kingdom
- Marc Schmitz (born 1963), German artist
- Oliver Schmitz (born 1960), South African film director
- Peter Schmitz (born 1954), United Nations official
- Ralf Schmitz (born 1974), German actor
- Richard Schmitz (1885–1954), mayor of Vienna, Austria
- E. Robert Schmitz (1889–1949), Franco-American pianist and composer
- Sabine Schmitz (1969–2021), German race driver
- Sascha Schmitz (born 1972), German pop singer
- Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961), German behavioral physiologist
- Sybille Schmitz (1909–1955), German actress
- Todd Schmitz (born 1978), American swimming coach
Places
edit- Schmitz Lake, lake in South Dakota
- Schmitz Park
- Schmitz Park Creek