Schild (German for shield) is the surname of:
- Alfred Schild (1921–1977), a leading American physicist
- André Schild (1910–1981), a Swiss linguist
- Bernadette Schild (born 1990), Austrian female alpine skier
- Charles Schild (1902–1980), an American inventor
- Christina Schild (?, Vienna), an Austrian-Canadian actress of Vancouver
- Edi ("Edy") Schild (born 1919), a Swiss cross-country skier
- Rabbi Erwin Schild (born 1920, Cologne), a German-Canadian Conservative rabbi and author
- Ewald Schild (de) (1899–1962), Austrian biologist
- Heinz Otto Schild (de) (1906–1984), pharmacologist
- Heinrich Schild (de) (1895–1978), German politician (DP, later CDU)
- Hermann Schild (de) (1913–2006), German racing cyclist
- Irving Schild, an American commercial photographer
- Johannes Schild (de) (born 1961), composer and conductor
- Jörg Schild (de) (born 1946), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Marlies Schild (born 1981, Admont, Austria), an Austrian female ski racer
- Martina Schild (born 1981), a Swiss alpine skier
- René Schild (de) (born 1983), German racing cyclist
- Rolf Schild (1924–2003), a Jewish German-born British-based businessman
- Romuald Włodzimierz Schild, a Polish professor for the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Rudolph E. Schild, an astrophysicist at Harvard University
- Wolfgang Schild (de)
- Wolfgang Schild (legal historian) (born 1946), German jurist and legal historian
- Wolfgang Schild (permanent secretary) (born 1952), German politician (CDU), Permanent Secretary of Saarland