Buttenwieser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Benjamin Buttenwieser (1900–1991), American banker, philanthropist, and civic leader Helen Lehman Buttenwieser (1905–1989), American lawyer and philanthropist Joseph L. Buttenwieser (1865–1938), American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader Laemmlein Buttenwieser (1825–1901), German-born Talmudist and linguist