Büchner (or Buechner) is a German language surname related to the word Buche (German: beech) and may refer to: Eberhard Büchner (born 1939), German tenor Ernst Büchner (1850–1925), German chemist after whom the Büchner flask and Büchner funnel are named Franz Büchner (1898-1920), German First World War flying ace Georg Büchner (1813–1837), German writer and playwright Joachim Büchner (1905–1978), German athlete Ludwig Büchner (1824–1899), German philosopher Wolfgang Büchner (canoeist), German slalom canoeist Wolfgang Büchner (journalist) (born 1966), German journalist In the anglicized spelling "Buechner", it may refer to: Frederick Buechner (1926-2022), American author and minister Jack Buechner (1940-2020), American lawyer and politician John C. Buechner (1934–2018), American educator and politician Karl Buechner (born 1971), American metalcore vocalist Margaret Buechner (1922–1998), a German-born, American composer Sara Davis Buechner (born David Buechner, 1959), American concert pianist Buchner This page lists people with the surname Büchner. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.