Flanders (surname)

Flanders is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Angela Flanders (1927–2016), British perfumer
• Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), American politician
• Dennis Flanders (1915–1994), British artist
• Ed Flanders (1934–1995), American actor
• Harley Flanders (1925–2013), American mathematician
• James E. Flanders (c.1849–1928), American architect
• John W. Flanders Sr. (born 1927), American politician
• Judith Flanders (born 1959), British historian and author
• Laura Flanders (born 1961), English journalist
• Michael Flanders (1922–1975), English actor, broadcaster, and writer
• Ralph Edward Flanders (1880–1970), American engineer and politician
• Stephanie Flanders (born 1968), English journalist
• Walter Flanders (1871–1923), American industrialist

Fictional characters:

• Moll Flanders
• Ned Flanders, a character on The Simpsons

Other uses:

• John Flanders, pseudonym of the Belgian writer Jean Ray (author) (1887–1964)
• John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1953) (born 1953), former coach of the Australia cricket team, has the nickname Ned Flanders, due to a supposed resemblance to the character on The Simpsons