Bruckner, Brueckner or Brückner (German: from Middle Low German brugge or Middle High German brugge, brücke, or brügge "bridge" + the agent suffix -ner, hence a topographic name for someone living by a bridge, an occupational name for a bridge toll collector, or in the southeast (Silesia for example), a bridge keeper or repairer) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Agnes Bruckner (born 1985), American actress Aleksander Brückner (1856–1939), Polish philologist Alexander Brückner (1834–1896), Baltic German historian Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer, music theorist and classical organist David Bruckner (c. 1977), American film director D. J. R. Bruckner (1933–2013), American journalist Eduard Brückner (1862–1927), German scientist Ferdinand Bruckner (1891–1958), Austrian-German writer and theater manager Helmuth Brückner (1896–1951), German politician Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), American politician Karl Bruckner (1906–1986), Austrian writer Karel Brückner (born 1939), Czech football coach Maik Brückner (born 1992), German politician Max Brückner (1860–1934), German geometer Pascal Bruckner (born 1948), French writer Ronny Bruckner (1957–2013), Belgian businessman Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954) Wilhelm Brückner (murderer) (c.1894–1925) Wilhelm Brückner (luthier) (1932–2025), German violin maker Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (1906–1985)
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