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, ( 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 ( 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 Tim Bückner (born 1983), German politician William Buckner (1605–1657), Archdeacon of Salisbury, England William Buckner (?-1700), Member of the Irish Parliament for Dungarvan