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

Aaron Brookner (born 1981), American film director and screenwriter Anita Brookner (1928–2016), British writer and art historian Howard Brookner (1954–1989), American film director Jackie Brookner (1945–2015), American artist Janine Brookner (1940–2021), American lawyer and Central Intelligence Agency officer

See also Bruckner