title: Bittner
text: # Bittner
  
  Bittner (occupational name for a cooper or a barrel maker, the name was derived from the Old German word "bute," which means "cask") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Egon Bittner (1921–2011), American sociologist
  * Eric R. Bittner (born 1965), American scientist
  * Horst Bittner (1927–2016), German politician (SED)
  * Jason Bittner (born 1970), American drummer
  * John Joseph Bittner (1904–1961), American cancer biologist
  * Julius Bittner (1874–1939), Austrian composer
  * Maria Bittner, American linguist
  * Mark Bittner (born 1951), American writer
  * Sławomir Maciej Bittner (1923–1944), Polish resistance fighter
  * Stephan Bittner, German canoeist
  