Kühner, also spelled Kuehner, and sometimes anglicised as Kuhner, is a German surname.

Notable people with this surname include: Herbert Kuhner (born 1935), Austrian writer and translator Jeff Kuhner (born 1969), Canadian-American radio host Jochen Kühner (born 1980), German rower Jody Kuehner (born c. 1980), better known as Cherdonna Shinatra, American dancer Martin Kühner (born 1980), German rower Nikolai Kuehner (1877-1955), Soviet scientist Raphael Kühner (1802-1878), German classical scholar Robert Kühner (1903-1996), French mycologist Sebastian Kühner (born 1987), German volleyball player