Buchner is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: Andreas Buchner (1776–1854), German historian Annemarie Buchner (1924-2014), German Olympian August Buchner (1591–1661), German influential Baroque poet Eduard Buchner (1860–1917), German chemist and zymologist Edward Franklin Buchner (1868–1929), American psychologist Ernst Buchner (curator) (1892–1962), German museum administrator Hans Buchner (1483–1538, German organist and composer Hans Ernst August Buchner (1850–1902), German bacteriologist Johann Andreas Buchner (1783–1852), German pharmacologist Ludwig Andreas Buchner (1813–1897), German pharmacologist Paul Buchner (1531–1607), German architect, geometer, carpenter, and screw maker See also Büchner German-language surnames