Lightner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Candy Lightner (born 1946), organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
- Clarence Lightner (1921–2002), first popularly elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, and first African-American elected mayor of a Southern city of over 50,000 residents
- Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (1818–1913), Mormon pioneer
- Sarah Lightner, Michigan politician
- Sherri Lightner (born 1950), California politician
- Theodore Lightner (died 1981), American bridge player
- Winnie Lightner (1899–1971), American film actress
Fictional characters:
- Violet Lightner, better known as Armory (comics), in the Marvel Comic universe
See also
edit- Lightner Witmer (1867–1956), American psychologist credited with introducing the term "clinical psychology"
- Lightner double, a conventional double in the game of bridge