Schochet or Shochet is a surname, from the Hebrew word for "ritual slaughterer". Notable persons with that name include:
- Aryeh Leib Schochet (1845–1928), Russian rabbi
- Avraham Shochat (born 1936), Israeli former politician; twice served as Minister of Finance.
- Boruch Meir Yaakov Shochet (born 1955), Karlin-Stolin Rebbe
- Chaim Schochet (born 1987), American real estate manager and developer
- Ezra Schochet, American rabbi
- Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), Canadian rabbi
- Yitzchak Schochet, British rabbi
- Yochanan Shochet, Loitzker rebbe