Carl William Buehner (December 27, 1898 – November 11, 1974) was a German-American politician who was general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1952 to 1961 and was the Republican Party candidate for governor of Utah in the 1968 election.

Immediately following his release, Buehner was called as second assistant to Joseph T. Bentley in the general superintendency of the church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

He was also president of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

In 1968, Buehner was nominated by the Utah Republican Party as a candidate for the state governorship.

in Richard Evans' Quote Book, a 1971 compilation of quotations of prominent figures in the LDS church.