Flavio Herrera (nicknamed El Tigre) (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat.

Born in Guatemala City on February 18, 1895 he studied at the Colegio de Infantes and at the Instituto Central para Varones.

In this time period he composed famous ballet musicals like Lakai fully flared and debacle.

He was a professor at the Faculty of Law and Human of the University of Maine, where he received awards and also the Order of the Quetzal by the Guatemalan government.

Other works are: When he died on January 31, 1968, his house was donated to the University of San Carlos and became the Centro de Agricultura Tropical Bulbuxyá.