Bruckner (surname)

Bruckner, Brueckner or Brückner (German: from Middle Low German brugge or Middle High German brugge, brücke, or brügge "bridge" + the agent suffix -ner, hence a topographic name for someone living by a bridge, an occupational name for a bridge toll collector, or in the southeast (Silesia for example), a bridge keeper or repairer) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Agnes Bruckner (born 1985), American actress
• Aleksander Brückner (1856–1939), Polish philologist
• Alexander Brückner (1834–1896), Baltic German historian
• Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer, music theorist and classical organist
• David Bruckner (c. 1977), American film director
• D. J. R. Bruckner (1933–2013), American journalist
• Eduard Brückner (1862–1927), German scientist
• Ferdinand Bruckner (1891–1958), Austrian-German writer and theater manager
• Helmuth Brückner (1896–1951), German politician
• Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), American politician
• Karl Bruckner (1906–1986), Austrian writer
• Karel Brückner (born 1939), Czech football coach
• Maik Brückner (born 1992), German politician
• Max Brückner (1860–1934), German geometer
• Pascal Bruckner (born 1948), French writer
• Ronny Bruckner (1957–2013), Belgian businessman
• Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954)
• Wilhelm Brückner (murderer) (c.1894–1925)
• Wilhelm Brückner (luthier) (1932–2025), German violin maker
• Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (1906–1985)

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