Pachner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lukas Pachner (born 1991), Austrian snowboarder Paul Pachner (1871–1937), Austro–Hungarian admiral Valerie Pachner (born 1987), Austrian actress William Pachner (1915–2017), Czech-born American painter
See also Pachner moves, are also called bistellar flips (Geometric topology)