Danckwerts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dankwart Danckwerts (born 1933), German sociologist William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts (1853–1914), British lawyer and Privy Counsellor, and father of: Sir Harold Danckwerts (1888–1978), British lawyer, judge and Privy Counsellor Rear-Admiral Victor Danckwerts (1890–1944), Royal Navy admiral and father of: Peter Danckwerts, chemical engineer and George Cross recipient
See also Danckerts, a surname