Harvey M. Flaumenhaft (born October 18, 1938) is a scholar, sporadic media commentator, a Tutor at and a former Dean of St. John's College.
Receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1960, Flaumenhaft went on to achieve a Master of Arts degree (1962) and the Ph.D. in political science (1980) also from the University of Chicago. and on the relationship of the sciences and the humanities. His book, The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution in the Thought of Alexander Hamilton, has been reviewed favorably in a number of publications, and is widely cited in the academic and general literature. He has also appeared on the PBS show Think Tank. He was married to the translator and political theorist Mera J. Flaumenhaft. He has had a long-standing friendship with the scholar Leon Kass.