Büttner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Büttner (born 1989), Dutch footballer Brenda Buttner (1961–2017), American senior business correspondent Christian Büttner (born 1979), German record producer and musician, known as TheFatRat Erich Büttner (painter) (1889–1936), German painter Erich Büttner (pilot) (died 1945), German World War II fighter ace Hieronymus Büttner (c. 1480 – 1546/47), Silesian Printer and publisher Jean Buttner, chairman of the board, president, CEO, and COO of Value Line, Inc. and Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc Karin Büttner-Janz (born 1952), medical doctor, Olympic medal winner in artistic gymnastics, chief physician of the orthopedic Vivantes hospital in Friedrichshain Karina Buttner, beauty queen who won the Miss Paraguay contest in 2005, qualifying for that year's Miss Universe contest in Thailand Kurt Büttner (1881–1967), German entomologist who specialised in Heteroptera Kurt Büttner was a physician Matthias Büttner (born 1990), German politician Paul Büttner (1870–1943), German composer Richard Büttner (1858–1927), German botanist and mineralogist involved in the exploration of the Congo Steffen Büttner (born 1963), German former footballer who played as a defender Companies Büttner Propeller, a German propeller and aircraft manufacturer