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
- 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
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