Peter or Pete Schmidt may refer to:Peter Schmidt (1782–1845), Norwegian merchant and politician Peter Schmidt (zoologist) (1872–1949), Russian zoologist and ichthyologist Pete Schmidt (baseball) (1890–1973), Major League Baseball pitcher Peter Schmidt (artist) (1931–1980), British artist and teacher Peter Lebrecht Schmidt (1933–2019), German classical scholar Peter Schmidt, German Olympic water polo player Peter Schmidt (footballer), Austrian footballer Peter Schmidt (author), German author, recipient of the Deutscher Krimi Preis Peter Schmidt (economist), American economist and econometrician Pete Schmidt (1948–2000), American football coach Peter Schmidt, see Werner Bergmann Peter Schmidt, American politician Peter B. Schmidt, Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives