Fleming (surname)

Fleming is a surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin, indicating an ultimate descent from a Flemish immigrant, part of modern-day Belgium.[1]

## Military

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* Alva Fleming (1905–1985), U.S. Navy veteran, VFW California state commander
* Austin Lloyd Fleming (1894–1969), Canadian flying ace
* Clas Fleming (admiral) (1592–1644), Swedish admiral
* Henrik Fleming (1584–1650), Finnish-Swedish admiral
* James P. Fleming (born 1943), United States Air Force pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
* Jerzy Detloff Fleming (1699–1771), Saxon general and nobleman
* Klaus Fleming (1535–1597), Swedish admiral
* Lawrence J. Fleming (1922–2006) U.S. Air Force Major General
* Richard E. Fleming (1917–1942), U.S. war hero
* Valentine Fleming (1882–1917), Scottish politician and war hero

## Music, art and literature

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* Amaryllis Fleming (1925–1999), British musician
* Andrew Fleming (born 1963), U.S. screenwriter and director
* Anne Fleming (writer) (born 1964), Canadian writer
* Atholl Fleming (1894–1972), British actor and radio personality
* Berry Fleming (1899–1989), U.S. novelist
* Crystal Marie Fleming (born 1981), American sociologist and author
* David Fleming (writer) (1940–2010), English environmental writer
* Don Fleming (musician) (born 1957), US musician and producer
* Ian Fleming (1908–1964), British writer and journalist
* Jacky Fleming (born 1955), cartoonist
* Justin Fleming (born 1953), Australian author and playwright
* Jay Fleming, American photographer
* Kevin Fleming, American photographer
* King Fleming (1922–2014), U.S. musician
* Paul Fleming (poet) (1609–1640), Germany
* Peter Fleming (writer) (1907–1971), British writer, elder brother of Ian
* Renée Fleming (born 1959), American opera singer
* Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), Australian artist
* Shirley Fleming (1929–2005), U.S. music critic and magazine editor
* Tom Fleming (1927–2010), Scottish actor, director and poet
* Tommy Fleming (b. 15 May 1971), Irish musician
* Brian Fleming (b. circa 1970), Irish musician

## Politics and law

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* Amalia Fleming (1909–1986), Greek activist and parliamentarian
* Catherine Fleming Bruce (née Fleming; born 1961), American politician
* Chummy Fleming (1863–1950), Australian union leader
* Claes Larsson Fleming (1592–1644), Swedish admiral
* David Pinkerton Fleming (1877–1944), Scottish politician
* Donald Fleming (1905–1986), Canadian parliamentarian
* Elaine Fleming, U.S. politician
* Erik R. Fleming (born 1965), U.S. politician
* Francis Fleming (colonial administrator) (1842–1922), British colonial administrator
* Francis P. Fleming (1841–1908), Florida politician
* Henry Fleming (1871–1956), Northern Irish unionist politician
* John Fleming (U.S. politician) (born 1951)
* Kieran Fleming (1959–1984), Irish republican
* Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876–1963), American suffragist, teacher, civil rights activist and politician.
* Louis-Constant Fleming (born 1946), San Martin politician, France
* M. Brendan Fleming (1926–2016), U.S. politician
* Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (1494–1547), Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to James V of Scotland
* Osbourne Fleming (born 1940), Anguilla politician
* Peter E. Fleming Jr. (1929–2009), U.S. attorney
* Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl (1923–1999), Rhodesian politician
* Robben Wright Fleming (1916–2010), U.S. law professor and educator
* Seymour Dorothy Fleming (5 October 1758 – 9 September 1818), British noblewoman
* Valentine Fleming (1882–1917), British politician
* Wilmot Fleming (1916–1978), American politician

## Religion

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* Sir George Fleming, 2nd Baronet (1667–1747), Bishop of Carlisle
* Heinrich Fleming, Bishop of Warmia (1278–1300)
* Michael Anthony Fleming (1792–1850), Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in Newfoundland
* Pete Fleming (1928–1956), U.S. missionary to Ecuador
* Richard Fleming (bishop) (1385–1431), English minister
* Thomas Fleming (1593–1665) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin

## Science and engineering

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* Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), Scottish scientist, discoverer of penicillin
* Arthur Percy Morris Fleming (1881–1960), English electrical engineer
* Bonnie Fleming, American particle physicist
* Charles Fleming (ornithologist) (1916–1987)
* D. F. Fleming, American historian
* John Fleming (naturalist) (1785–1857), Scottish naturalist
* John Adam Fleming, American physicist
* John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer
* Karen Fleming, American biophysicist
* Sandford Fleming (1827–1915) Scottish-born Canadian engineer
* Wendy Fleming, New Zealand expert on Alzheimer's disease and dementia
* Williamina Fleming (1857–1911), Scottish astronomer

## Sport

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* Bernard Fleming (born 1937), Scottish footballer
* Brittyn Fleming (born 1999), American ice hockey player
* Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer
* Colin Fleming (born 1984), Scottish tennis player
* Craig Fleming (born 1971), British footballer
* Curtis Fleming (born 1968), Irish footballer
* Damien Fleming (born 1970), Australian cricketer
* Dave Fleming (baseball) (born 1969), American baseball player
* Deborah Fleming (born 1991), English rugby sevens player
* Derek Fleming (born 1973), Scottish footballer
* Don Fleming (American football) (1937–1963)
* Doug Fleming, Australian rugby league footballer
* Flint Fleming (born 1965), American football player
* Gary Fleming (born 1967), Northern Ireland footballer
* Greg Fleming, various people
* Haydn Fleming (born 1978), English footballer
* Jessie Fleming (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
* Jimmy Fleming (footballer born 1901) (1901–1969), Scottish footballer
* John Fleming (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer
* Josh Fleming (baseball) (born 1996), American baseball player
* Josh Fleming (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer
* Julian Fleming (born 2000), American football player
* Marv Fleming (born 1942) American football player
* Matthew Fleming (born 1964), British cricketer
* Paul Fleming (boxer) (born 1988), Australian boxer
* Peggy Fleming (born 1948), American figure skater
* Peter Fleming (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
* Rasheer Fleming (born 2004), American basketball player
* Reg Fleming (1936–2009), Canadian hockey player
* Rikki Fleming (born 1946), Scottish footballer
* Rudymar Fleming (born 1980), Venezuelan martial artist
* Samuel Fleming (fl. 1910s), Scottish footballer for Hibernian and Clyde
* Scott Flemming (born 1958), American basketball coach
* Stephen Fleming (born 1973), New Zealand cricketer
* Terry Fleming (born 1973), British footballer
* Tommy Fleming (soccer) (1890–1965), Scottish-American soccer player
* Valerie Fleming (born 1976), American bobsledder
* Vern Fleming (born 1962), American basketball player
* Wayne Fleming (1950–2013), Canadian ice hockey coach

## Theatre and television

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* Ann Marie Fleming (born 1962), Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist
* Art Fleming (1924–1995), U.S. television personality
* Cailey Fleming (born 2007), American actress
* Charlie Fleming (born 2008), Filipino-British actress and model
* Erin Fleming (1941–2003), Canadian actress
* Jaqueline Fleming (born 1977), U.S. actress
* Joy Fleming (1944–2017), German musician
* Kate Fleming (1965–2006), U.S. audio-book narrator and producer
* Lucy Fleming (born 1947), British actress
* Maxine Fleming, New Zealand television screenwriter and producer
* Mike Fleming, U.S. radio show host
* Rhonda Fleming (1923–2020), U.S. actress
* Thea Fleming (born 1942), Dutch film actress
* Victor Fleming (1889–1949), U.S. film director

## Other

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* Arthur Fleming, namesake of Fleming House at the California Institute of Technology
* David Fleming (disambiguation)
* Donald Fleming (disambiguation)
* Eric Fleming (disambiguation)
* Harold Fleming (disambiguation)
* James Fleming (disambiguation)
* John Fleming (disambiguation)
* Karl Fleming (1927–2012), American journalist
* Katherine Fleming (disambiguation)
* Katherine Elizabeth Fleming, professor of history and administrator at New York University
* Klas Fleming (disambiguation) (or Klas, Class, Claes or Klaus), numerous people
* Marcus Fleming (1911–1976), British economist
* Mary Fleming (f. 1550s), lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots
* Mary Jane McCaffree (née Fleming; 1911–2018), American political secretary and protocol author
* Nancy Fleming (born 1942), 1961 Miss America
* Robert Fleming (disambiguation)
* Sean Fleming (disambiguation)
* Thomas Fleming (disambiguation)
* William Fleming (disambiguation)
* Yonnette Fleming, American urban farmer

## Fictional characters

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* Bob Fleming, on The Fast Show
* Lancelot Fleming, in the TV series Monarch of the Glen
* Peter Fleming, Danish detective and collaborator with the Nazis in the novel Hornet Flight by Ken Follett
* Henry Fleming, main character of Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage
* Aubrey Flemming, main character of the 2007 psychological thriller I Know Who Killed Me.
* Ms. Pauline Fleming, a teacher in the 1988 teen film Heathers and its 2014 musical adaptation
* Nicki Fleming, American Girl character, "Girl of the Year" for 2007
* Sharona Fleming, in the TV series Monk (1998–2004)
* Io Fleming, in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Bandit Flower

## References

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1. ^ "fleming | Search Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

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