Flexner

Flexner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Flexner (1866–1959), American educator, author of the Flexner Report
• Bernard Flexner (1882–1946), New York lawyer, prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America
• Eleanor Flexner (1908–1995), independent scholar and pioneer in the field of women's studies
• James Thomas Flexner (1908–2003), prolific writer on American art history, wrote a four-volume biography of George Washington
• Jennie Maas Flexner (1882–1944), librarian and author
• Simon Flexner (1863–1946), physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania
• Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990), lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions