Rackstraw is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charlie Rackstraw (born 1938), English footballer Loree Rackstraw (1931–2018), American literary critic Rob Rackstraw (born 1965), British voice actor Robert Rackstraw, suspect in the D. B. Cooper skyjacking case
Fictional The Rackstraw family, characters in the 1922 silent film A Soul's Awakening