Buckner (surname)

Buckner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Bill Buckner (1949–2019), American baseball first baseman and outfielder
 * Billy Buckner (born 1983), American baseball pitcher
 * Brentson Buckner, former National Football League player
 * Charles Buckner, (c. 1735–1811) admiral in the British Royal Navy
 * Dave Buckner, drummer of Papa Roach
 * DeForest Buckner (born 1994), American football player
 * Derek Buckner, 21st-century New York painter
 * George Washington Buckner (1855-1943), American physician and diplomat
 * Jack Buckner, British track athlete
 * John Buckner (bishop), LL.D. (1734–1824), Bishop of Chichester, England
 * Lena Northern Buckner (1875-1939), American social worker
 * M. M. Buckner, science-fiction author
 * Milt Buckner, (10 July 1915 – 27 July 1977), American jazz pianist and organist
 * Mordecai Buckner (c. 1735–1787), American Continental Army officer
 * Randy Buckner, American neuroscientist
 * Richard Buckner (1812–1883), English portraitist
 * Richard Buckner, American singer-songwriter
 * Robert Buckner (1906-1989), American writer and film producer
 * Simon Bolivar Buckner, Confederate general during the American Civil War
 * Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886-1945), American general during World War II
 * Susan Buckner (1952–2024), American actress
 * Thomas Buckner (born 1941), New York baritone
 * William Buckner (1605-1657), Archdeacon of Salisbury, England
 * William Buckner (?-1700), Member of the Irish Parliament for Dungarvan