Richard Schmidt may refer to:
Sports Richard Schmidt (basketball) (born 1942), retired men's head basketball coach at the University of Tampa Richard Schmidt (rower) (born 1987), German rower at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics Richard Schmidt (fencer), German fencer; see 2018 European Fencing Championships Richard Schmidt (tennis) (born 1965), American tennis player Richard Schmidt, surfer at Mavericks, California
Academics Richard Schmidt (linguist) (1941–2017), researcher in second-language acquisition Richard E. Schmidt (1865–1958), American architect of the Chicago School Richard Schmidt, former professor of music who taught Komitas Vardapet
Others Richard J. Schmidt, American, first person convicted of a crime on evidence from viral DNA analysis Richard Schmidt (cantor) (1877–1958), German cantor and organist Richard Schmidt (Heer), German general and Knight's Cross recipient Richard Schmidt (Indologist), German scholar who worked on the Śukasaptati
See also Richard Schmid (born 1934), American artist Richard Schmitz (1885–1954), mayor of Vienna, Austria