Hammerschmidt (from "smith of hammers") is a German surname. People Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611–1675), German Bohemian composer Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt (1800-1874), Austrian mineralogist Frank Hammerschmidt, clarinet maker John Paul Hammerschmidt (1922-2015), American politician Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel (born 1944), German professor Maren Hammerschmidt (born 1989), German biathlete See also Hammerschmidt (disambiguation) German-language surnames Occupational surnames