Famous People with Name Schmidt

Paul Felix Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Paul Felix Schmidt: German-American chess International Master, chess writer, and chemist.

Arno Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Arno Schmidt: German author and translator.

Franz Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Franz Schmidt: was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist.

Josef Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Josef Schmidt: was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidende (Ukrainian: Davideny), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine.As a child of musical parents, young Josef was influenced by many cultures. In addition to his native Yiddish, he learned Hebrew and became fluent in Romanian, German, French and English. His first vocal training was as an alto boy in the Czernowitz Synagogue. His talents were quickly recognised and by 1924 he was featured in his first solo recital in Czernowitz singing traditional Jewish songs and arias by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and Bizet. Soon he moved to Berlin and took piano and singing lessons from Professor Hermann Weissenborn. He returned to Romania for his military service and became cantor of the Czernowitz synagogue.

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt: is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting Foreign Minister.