Alfred Schmitt (30 November 1907 – 2 April 1975[6]) was a French astronomer.
He extensively studied minor planets and comets and is credited with having discovered four asteroids.
[7] Between 1940 and 1948 he married his colleague, astronomer Odette Bancilhon and thereafter she signed her work as O.
In 1932, Schmitt discovered an asteroid while working at the Algiers Observatory and named it in honor of his colleague, Louis Boyer – asteroid 1215 Boyer.
[9] 20 years later, Boyer named 1617 Alschmitt in Schmitt's honor.