Famous People with Name Schmidt

Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt: was a German astronomer and geophysicist. In 1845, he obtained a position as an assistant at the private Benzenberg observatory in Bilk near Düsseldorf, but a year later joined the Bonn Observatory under Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander. In 1853 he became director of Baron von Unkrechtsberg's private observatory at Olmütz (today Olomouc, Czech Republic). In 1858, he became director of the new Athens Observatory, where the clear skies were very suited to astronomical observation, and where he spent the rest of his career.[1]

Erich Friedrich Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Erich Friedrich Schmidt: was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology, and became professor emeritus at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. When he was young, he fought in the World War I, and was captured by the Russians. In 1923 he moved to U.S., and studied anthropology at Columbia University. He was co-director of the Oriental Institute Hittite Expedition, with H.H. Von der Osten, and later on dug in sites as Tepe Hissar near Damghan in searching for ancient city Hecatompylos, and Rayy. His most celebrated survey took place in Persepolis (Iran), from 1934 up to 1939.

Jens Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Jens Schmidt: is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He was, until 2009, the captain of the German team, but then retired from international rugby, to return onc

Robert Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Robert Schmidt: was a German politician and member of the SPD.From 1893 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1918, he was a member of the Reichstag (parliament) of the German Empire. After the German revolution, he became a member of the National Assembly of the Weimar Republic. He

Otto Anton Ferdinand Herbert Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otto Anton Ferdinand Herbert Schmidt: was a German politician of the CDU. He was mayor of Wuppertal and a long time member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Bundestag.