Kuhnke is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971), Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy Christian Kuhnke (born 1939), German tennis player Günter Kuhnke (1912–1990), German Konteradmiral Johannes Bah Kuhnke (born 1972), Swedish actor and singer Kurt Kuhnke (1910–1969), German racing drivers Wolf Kuhnke, President of the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbä William Kane Kuhnke (born 1950), Canadian hydrologist and genealogy expert.