Pulteney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Daniel Pulteney (c. 1684–1731), English government official and politician Harry Pulteney (1686–1767), English soldier and politician James Pulteney (1755 - 1811), Scottish soldier und British politician Michael Pulteney Richard Pulteney (1730–1801), English botanist and physician William Pulteney (British Army officer) (1861–1941), British general in World War I William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (1684–1764), British politician