Schlichting is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:Bernard Schlichting, (1838–1884) American politician in Wisconsin Hermann Schlichting (1907–1982), German engineer Joachim Schlichting (1914–1982), German major Jonas Schlichting, 17th-century German-Polish Socinian theologian Kurt C. Schlichting, American sociologist and anthropologist Lars Schlichting (1982), German footballer Mark Schlichting, American publisher and author Sigismund von Schlichting (1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist Reinhard Schlichting (1835-1897), American politician in Wisconsin