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

Henry F. Pulitzer (1899–1979), Austrian-born English art dealer J. Hutton Pulitzer, entrepreneur Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), American newspaper publisher and journalist Joseph Pulitzer Jr. (1913–1993), American newspaper publisher, grandson of Joseph Lilly Pulitzer (1931–2013), American socialite and fashion designer Lisa Pulitzer (born c. 1962), author and journalist Patsy Pulitzer (1928–2011), American model and socialite, granddaughter of Joseph Ralph Pulitzer (1879–1939), son of Joseph Roxanne Pulitzer (born 1951), American socialite, actress, novelist