Buchwald is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Art Buchwald (1925–2007), American humorist
Charles Buchwald (1880–1951), Danish amateur footballer
David Buchwald (born 1970), American hacker and filmmaker
Ephraim Buchwald, American Orthodox rabbi
Ephraim Buchwald, American Orthodox rabbi
Gerhard Buchwald (1920–2009), German medical doctor and vaccination critic
Guido Buchwald (born 1961), German footballer and manager
Harold Buchwald (1928–2008), Canadian lawyer
Jed Buchwald, American historian
Manuel Buchwald (born 1940), Peruvian-Canadian geneticist and academic
Naomi Reice Buchwald (born 1944), American jurist, federal judge
Nathaniel A. Buchwald (1924–2006), American neuroscientist, educator and administrator
