Bretschneider is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andreas Bretschneider (born 1989), German artistic gymnastCarl Anton Bretschneider (1808–1878), German mathematicianBretschneider's FormulaEmil Bretschneider (1833–1901), German sinologistFrank Bretschneider (born 1956), German electronic musicianHeinrich Gottfried von Bretschneider (1739–1810), German satirical writerKarl Gottlieb Bretschneider (1776–1848), German scholar and theologian