Schmitz is a common German surname (smith).

People

• 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

• Schmitz Lake, lake in South Dakota
• Schmitz Park
• Schmitz Park Creek