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A Fleming is an inhabitant of Flanders, see Flemish people.

People

"Fleming" is a quite common surname in English-speaking countries. Having it indicates that one's ancestors may have immigrated from Flanders - though it might have happened long enough in the past that no memory of it, except for the name, is retained in the family concerned. (There were extensive ties between England and Flanders already in the Middle Ages, with numerous Flemings arriving in England as merchants or mercenaries and some staying on - see William of Ypres.) The name "Fleming" is also common in Scotland and occurs in Scandinavian countries (specifically, it's the name of Fleming of Louhisaari, a Swedish noble family whose ancestors immigrated from Denmark to Swedish-ruled Finland) - all testifying to widespread Flemish diasporas from the Middle Ages on. So is the name of Fläming region, spanning parts of the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, a name preserving the memory of 12th century Flemish colonists.
Among the persons so named may be mentioned:

Science and engineering

Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin
Charles Fleming (1916-1987), New Zealand ornithologist
John Ambrose Fleming (1849-1945), British engineer
Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), Canadian engineer, namesake of Fleming College, inventor of Standard Time
Williamina Fleming (1857-1911), Scottish astronomer
Donal Fleming (1994-),Irish engineer,inventor of electric hurley

Theater and television

Anne Fleming (model), American actress and model

Art Fleming (1924-1995), American television personality

Erin Fleming (1941-2003), Canadian actress

Jaqueline Fleming (1977- ), Danish-American actress

Kate Fleming (1965-2006), American narrator and producer

Lucy Fleming (1947- ), British actress

Mike Fleming, conservative radio talk show host

Rhonda Fleming (1923- ), American actress

Shaun Fleming (1987- ), American actor

Victor Fleming (1889-1949), American film director (Gone with the Wind)

Music, Art and literature

Anne Fleming (writer), Canadian author

Antony le Fleming, English composer

Don Fleming (musician), American musician and producer

Ian Fleming (1908-1964), British author of the James Bond novels

Paul Fleming (1609-1640), German poet

Peter Fleming (1907-1971), writer

Renée Fleming (1959), an American soprano

Robert Fleming (composer) (1921-1976), a Canadian composer

Thomas Fleming (author), American writer and editor

Dan Fleming, Artist and Architect

Politics and law

Chummy Fleming (1863-1950), Australian unionist

David Pinkerton Fleming (1877-1944), Scottish politician

Donald Fleming (1905-1987), Canadian parliamentarian

Elaine Fleming, Minnesota politician

Erik R. Fleming (1965- ), Mississippi politician

Francis P. Fleming (1841-1908), Florida politician

James Fleming (1939- ), Canadian broadcaster and politician

John Fleming, colonial judge and house of burgesses representative

M. Brendan Fleming, Massachusetts politician

Osbourne Fleming (1940- ), Anguillan politician

Robert John Fleming (1907-1984), Governor of Panama Canal Zone

Seán Fleming (1958- ), Irish politician

Thomas Fleming (judge) (1554-1613), English judge

William Fleming, American lawyer and judge

William Fleming (Australian politician)

Military

James Phillip Fleming (1943- ), American military pilot

Klaus Fleming (1535-1597), Swedish admiral and nobleman

Richard E. Fleming (1917-1942), American hero of World War II

Sport

Stephen Fleming (1973- ), New Zealand Cricket Captain

Craig Fleming (1971- ), English footballer

Damien Fleming (1970- ), Australian Cricketeer

Don Fleming (American football) (1937-1963), American football safety

Harold John Fleming, a football player

Peggy Fleming (1948- ), American figure skater

Peter Fleming (tennis player) (1955- )

Religion

George Fleming (1667–1747), Bishop of Carlisle

Michael Anthony Fleming (1792-1850), Newfoundland Roman Catholic Bishop

William Launcelot Scott Fleming (1906-1990), Geologist and Anglican Bishop

Other

Earl of Wigtown, extinct Scottish Earldom

Arthur Fleming, namesake of Caltech's Fleming House

David Fleming (1940- ), English environmentalist

Harold C. Fleming, an anthropologist and historical linguist

Klas Fleming (or Klas, Class, Claes or Klaus), numerous people

Marcus Fleming (?-1976), an economist

Nancy Fleming, 1961 Miss America

Robert Fleming, numerous people

Thomas Fleming, numerous people

Fictional

Bob Fleming, character on The Fast Show

Lancelot Fleming, character on Monarch of the Glen

Sharona Fleming, character in Monk

Peter Fleming, fictional Danish detective and collaborator with the Nazis in "Hornet Flight" by Ken Follet

Henry Fleming, fictional character and narrator of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage Fleming is also the name of several Swedish noble families, some of which have been historically significant.

First name

Fleming McWilliams, singer and songwriter

Places

Egypt

Fleming (Alexandria), a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt, named after Alexander Fleming

United States

Canada

Fleming, Saskatchewan

Other uses

HMS Clas Fleming, Swedish ship

Fleming's left hand rule

Fleming's right hand ruleFurther Information

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