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
Sherri Lightner (born 1950), California politician
Theodore Lightner (died 1981), American bridge player
Winnie Lightner (1899–1971), American film actress
Fictional characters:
Aaron Lightner, in several Anne Rice novels
Violet Lightner, better known as Armory (comics), in the Marvel Comic universe
