Werkmeister (German for "foreman" or "master workman") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister (1745–1823), German Roman Catholic theologian, librarian and writer Matthew Werkmeister (born 1992), Australian stage and television actor William H. Werkmeister (1901–1993), German-born American philosopher
See also Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706), German organist, music theorist and composer Hans Werckmeister (1871–1929), German film director American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister, a United States Supreme Court case (1911)