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

Abraham Flexner Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959) was an American educator, best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada. After founding and directing a college-prep ...

(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 Eleanor Flexner (October 4, 1908 – March 25, 1995) was an American distinguished independent scholar and pioneer in what was to become the field of women's studies. Her much praised ''Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the Unite ...

(1908–1995), independent scholar and pioneer in the field of women's studies *

James Thomas Flexner James Thomas Flexner (January 13, 1908 – February 13, 2003) was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award in Biography

(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 Simon Flexner, M.D. (March 25, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky – May 2, 1946) was a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania (1899–1903). He served as the first director ...

(1863–1946), physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania *

Stuart Berg Flexner Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990) was a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including ''I Hear America Talking'' and ''Listening to America''; as co-editor of the ''Dictionary of A ...

(1928–1990), lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions

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