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Henry Holland Buckman (1858-1914) was an attorney from Duval County, Florida. He became a legislator in the Florida Legislature and served on the Judiciary Committee. Buckman is known for being the author of the Buckman Act, a 1905 law that reorganized higher education in Florida into three schools segregated by race and gender. The three schools are Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University for African Americans, Florida State University for Caucasian women and the University of Florida for Caucasian men. The gender segregationist aspect of the Buckman Act was overturned by the Florida Legislature in 1947 when all universities were returned to coeducational status.
Buckman Hall at the University of Florida is named for Buckman.