Acting •
Barbara Flynn (born 1948), English actress •
Brandon Flynn (born 1993), American actor •
Daniel Flynn (actor) (born 1961), English actor •
Errol Flynn (1909–1959), Australian-American movie actor •
Jerome Flynn (born 1963), English actor and singer •
Jimmy Flynn (1934–2022), American actor •
Joe Flynn (American actor) (1924–1974), American actor •
Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970), American actress •
Miriam Flynn (born 1952), American character and voice actress •
Neil Flynn (born 1960), American actor •
Quinton Flynn (born 1964), American voice actor
Law •
Dennis J. Flynn (born 1942), American lawyer and judge •
Edmund James Flynn (1847–1927), Canadian lawyer and politician •
Edward A. Flynn (born c. 1948), American law enforcement officer •
William J. Flynn (1867–1928), American investigator, director of the Bureau of Investigation from 1919 to 1921
Music •
Billy Flynn (musician) (born 1956), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter •
David Flynn (composer) (born 1977), Irish composer and musician •
Jim Flynn (songwriter) (1938–2019), American country music songwriter •
Johnny Flynn (born 1983), British actor and singer-songwriter •
Matt Flynn (musician) (born 1970), American musician and record producer •
Patrick Flynn (composer) (1936–2008), composer and conductor •
Patti Flynn (1937–2020), jazz singer, author, radio actress, model and social activist •
Robb Flynn, American musician
Politics and government •
Dan Flynn (politician) (1943–2022), Texas politician •
Dennis Flynn (1923–2003), Canadian politician •
Edward J. Flynn (1891–1953), American politician •
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), political activist •
Gerald T. Flynn (1910–1990), U.S. representative from Wisconsin •
John Flynn (Irish politician) (died 1968), Fianna Fáil politician from Kerry •
John Flynn (New Brunswick politician) (1954–2021), Canadian bank manager and politician •
John Gerrard Flynn (born 1937), former British Ambassador to Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and Angola •
Marty Flynn (born 1975), American politician •
Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn (1923–2003), civil rights activist •
Pádraig Flynn (born 1939), Irish politician between 1977 and 1999 •
Patrick Flynn (Canadian politician) (1921–1996), Canadian Liberal Party politician of Irish extraction •
Paul Flynn (British politician) (1935–2019), British Labour Party MP for Newport West •
Raymond Flynn (born 1939), former mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
Science, medicine and academe •
Colin P. Flynn, professor at the University of Illinois •
Ida M. Flynn (1942–2004), American computer scientist, textbook author, and professor •
James Flynn (academic) (1934–2020), intelligence researcher in New Zealand known for discovering the
Flynn effect •
John Flynn (minister) (1880–1951), Minister; founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia •
Michael J. Flynn (born 1934), American computer scientist and inventor of Flynn's taxonomy
Sports •
Alex Flynn (born 2003), American Paralympic rower •
Ann Marie Flynn (1938–2021), American high jumper •
Brian Flynn (baseball) (born 1990), American baseball player •
Brian Flynn (footballer) (born 1955), Welsh footballer •
Brian Flynn (ice hockey) (born 1988), hockey player •
Charlie Flynn (born 1993), Scottish boxer •
Christopher Flynn (born 1987), Welsh footballer •
Daniel Flynn (cricketer) (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer •
Don Flynn (1934–2010), football player •
Doug Flynn (born 1951), American baseball player •
Edward Flynn (boxer) (1909–1976), American boxer, gold medalist at the 1932 Olympic Games •
Eddie Flynn (1919–2002), Irish soccer player •
Furlong Flynn (1901–1977), American football player and aviation pioneer •
George Flynn (baseball) (1871–1901), American baseball player •
John Flynn (baseball) (1883–1935), American baseball player •
John Flynn (footballer, born 1948), English footballer •
John Flynn (rugby league), English rugby player •
Jonny Flynn (born 1989), American basketball player •
JP Flynn (born 1993), American football player •
Lefty Satan Flynn (1917–?), British Honduran boxer, Jamaican dual-weight titleholder •
Malachi Flynn (born 1998), American basketball player •
Matt Flynn (American football) (born 1985), American football player •
Michael Flynn (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh soccer player •
Mike Flynn (American football) (born 1974), American football player •
Mike Flynn (baseball) (1872–1941), American baseball player •
Mike Flynn (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player •
Mike Flynn (footballer) (born 1969), English footballer •
Patrick Flynn (athlete) (1894–1969), American Olympic medalist •
Patrick J. Flynn, Irish race horse trainer •
Paul Flynn (Gaelic footballer) (born 1986), Dublin Gaelic footballer •
Paul Flynn (Waterford hurler) (born 1974), Irish hurler •
Ray Flynn (athlete) (born 1957), Irish middle-distance runner •
Ryan Flynn (footballer) (born 1988), Sheffield United and Scottish footballer •
Ted Flynn (1880–1965), Australian rules footballer •
Tom Flynn (American football) (born 1962), NFL athlete •
Flynn Cameron (born 2000), New Zealand basketball player
Writing •
Bess Flynn (1886–1976), American actress and writer of radio soap operas •
Daniel J. Flynn, American conservative writer •
Gillian Flynn (born 1971), American writer •
Greg Flynn, Australian novelist •
Ian Flynn (born 1982), American comic book writer •
John T. Flynn (1882–1964), American journalist and writer •
Kitty Flynn (1926–2025), Irish historian and author •
Michael Flynn (writer) (1947–2023), American science fiction writer •
Nick Flynn (born 1960), poet and writer •
Tom Flynn (author) (1955–2021), American writer and journalist •
Vince Flynn (1966–2013), American writer
Other •
Harry Joseph Flynn (1933–2019), American Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis •
John Flynn (director) (1932–2007), American film director •
Michael Flynn (born 1958), retired United States Army officer, 24th National Security Advisor of the United States •
Mike Flynn (radio host), American radio host == Fictional characters ==