Schmidt

The taxon authority Schmidt may refer to:

• Adolf Schmidt (1856–1923), German entomologist
• Adolph Johann Schmidt (1806–1889), German malacologist
• Adolf Wilhelm Ferdinand Schmidt (1812–1899, A.W.F.Schmidt), German naturalist
• Albert Schmidt (Alb.Schmidt), lichenologist
• Alexander Friedrich Wolfgang Schmidt (born 1932, A.F.W.Schmidt), lichenologist
• Antal Schmidt (1944–2010, Ant.Schmidt), phycologist
• Anton Schmidt (1842–1917, A.Schmidt), bryologist
• B. Christian Schmidt (B.C. Schmidt), Canadian entomologist
• Benedikt Schmidt, herpetologist
• Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1811–1890, C.F.Schmidt), German botanist
• Catherine Schmidt, Swiss herpetologist
• Chris A. Schmidt, U.S. entomologist
• Christian Schmidt, German zoologist
• Constantin Schmidt, German entomologist
• Daniel James Schmidt, Australian arachnologist
• Dieter Schmidt, herpetologist
• Edmund Schmidt, entomologist
• Erich Walther Schmidt (1890–1969), German entomologist
• Ernst Schmidt (botanist) (1834–1902, E.Schmidt), German botanist
• Ernst Schmidt (entomologist) (1884–1962) German entomologist
• Ernst J.D. Schmidt (fl. 2012, E.J.D.Schmidt), botanist
• Ernst Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933, E.J.Schmidt), Danish botanist and marine biologist
• Evan R. Schmidt (fl. 1992–2008), entomologist (Psocoptera)
• Franklin J.W. Schmidt (1901–1935), U.S. mammalogist and herpetologist
• Franz Schmidt (1751–1834, Schmidt), German botanist
• Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1764–1796, F.W.Schmidt), Bohemian botanist
• Friedrich Schmidt or Fedor Bogdanovich Schmidt (1832–1908, F.Schmidt), Baltic-German and Russian botanist, palaeontologist
• Gerald D. Schmidt (1934–1990), U.S. parasitologist
• Günter E.W. Schmidt (1926–2016), German arachnologist
• Hans Thomsen Schmidt, Danish entomologist
• Horst Schmidt, geologist, micropalaeontologist
• Jesper Birkedal Schmidt, arachnologist
• Joachim Schmidt, German entomologist
• Johann Anton Schmidt (1823–1905, J.A.Schmidt), German botanist
• Johann Carl Schmidt (1793–1850, J.C.Schmidt), German botanist and mycologist
• Jürgen Schmidt, ichthyologist
• Karl-Heinz Schmidt, German acarologist
• Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), U.S. herpetologist
• Kathleen Schmidt, entomologist
• Kilian Schmidt, entomologist
• Martin Schmidt, entomologist
• Olga Schmidt, German entomologist
• Oscar Schmidt (1823–1886), German zoologist
• Otto Christian Schmidt (1900–1951, O.C.Schmidt), German botanist and phycologist
• Paul Schmidt (1846–?, P.Schmidt), German botanist, and phycologist
• Peter Schmidt (1938–, Pet.Schmidt), German zoologist
• Peter Yulievich Schmidt (1872–1949, P.J. Schmidt / P.Yu. Schmidt), Russian (Soviet) zoologist, and ichthyologist
• Petra Schmidt (fl. 2012, Petra Schmidt), German botanist
• Philipp Schmidt, German herpetologist
• Ray C. Schmidt, ichthyologist
• Robet E. Schmidt, annelidologist
• Stefan Schmidt, German entomologist
• Stephanie M. Schmidt, U.S. arachnologist
• Werner Theodor Schmidt, helminthologist
• Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843, W.L.E.Schmidt), German botanist and entomologist
• William E. Schmidt, phycologist
• Wolfgang Schmidt (fl. 1981, Wolfg.Schmidt), botanist and herpetologist