Kästner

Kästner (transliterated Kaestner) is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, (1719-1800), German mathematician
• Kästner (crater), a lunar crater
• Detlef Kästner (born 1958), German boxer
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974), German author
• (12318) Kästner asteroid named after Erich Kästner
• Erich Kästner (camera designer) (1911–2005), German movie camera designer
• Erich Kästner (World War I veteran) (1900–2008), the last known German veteran of the First World War
• Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born 1992), American professional wrestler known as Sasha Banks
• Peter Kaestner (born 1953), American foreign service officer and ornithologist