Fleming (surname)
Fleming is a Scottish surname, which originated from Flanders, indicating the nationality of the people who first borne the name. Fleming is from a Norman French form of Old French flamenc. The name was brought over to Great Britain by the Normans during the time of William the Conqueror. Fleming appeared in Scotland during the reign of King David I due to Anglo-Norman values and English nobility being brought over to Scotland.
Notable people with the surname include:
Military
- Clas Fleming , Swedish admiral
- Henrik Fleming, Finnish-Swedish admiral
- James P. Fleming, United States Air Force pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
- Jerzy Detloff Fleming, Saxon general and nobleman
- Klaus Fleming, Swedish admiral
- Lawrence J. Fleming U.S. Air Force Major General
- Richard E. Fleming, U.S. war hero
- Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician and war hero
Music, art and literature
- Amaryllis Fleming, British musician
- Andrew Fleming, U.S. screenwriter and director
- Anne Fleming , Canadian writer
- Berry Fleming, U.S. novelist
- Crystal Marie Fleming, American sociologist and author
- David Fleming , English environmental writer
- Don Fleming , US musician and producer
- Ian Fleming, British author of James Bond and other books
- Jacky Fleming, cartoonist
- Justin Fleming, Australian author and playwright
- King Fleming, U.S. musician
- Paul Fleming , Germany
- Peter Fleming , British writer, elder brother of Ian
- Renée Fleming, American opera singer
- Shirley Fleming, U.S. music critic and magazine editor
- Tom Fleming, Scottish actor, director, and poet
- Tommy Fleming, Irish musician
Politics and law
- Amalia Fleming, Greek activist and parliamentarian
- Chummy Fleming, Australian union leader
- Claes Larsson Fleming, Swedish admiral
- David Pinkerton Fleming, Scottish politician
- Donald Fleming, Canadian parliamentarian
- Elaine Fleming, U.S. politician
- Erik R. Fleming, U.S. politician
- Francis Fleming, British colonial administrator
- Francis P. Fleming, Florida politician
- Henry Fleming, Northern Irish unionist politician
- John Fleming
- Kieran Fleming, Irish republican
- Louis-Constant Fleming, San Martin politician, France
- M. Brendan Fleming, U.S. politician
- Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to James V of Scotland
- Osbourne Fleming, Anguilla politician
- Peter E. Fleming Jr., U.S. attorney
- Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl, Rhodesian politician
- Robben Wright Fleming, U.S. law professor and educator
- Seymour Dorothy Fleming, British noblewoman
- Valentine Fleming, British politician
Religion
- Sir George Fleming, 2nd Baronet, Bishop of Carlisle
- Heinrich Fleming, Bishop of Warmia
- Michael Anthony Fleming, Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in Newfoundland
- Pete Fleming, U.S. missionary to Ecuador
- Richard Fleming, English minister
- Thomas Fleming Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Science and engineering
- Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, discoverer of penicillin
- Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, English electrical engineer
- Charles Fleming
- D. F. Fleming, American historian
- John Fleming , Scottish naturalist
- John Adam Fleming, American physicist
- John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer
- Karen Fleming, American biophysicist
- Sandford Fleming Scottish born Canadian engineer
- Wendy Fleming, New Zealand expert on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer
Sport
- Bernard Fleming, Scottish footballer
- Charlie Fleming, Scottish footballer
- Colin Fleming, Scottish tennis player
- Craig Fleming, British footballer
- Curtis Fleming, British footballer
- Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer
- Dave Fleming, American baseball player
- Derek Fleming, Scottish footballer
- Don Fleming
- Doug Fleming, Australian rugby league footballer
- Flint Fleming, American football player
- Gary Fleming, Northern Ireland footballer
- Greg Fleming, Scottish footballer
- Haydn Fleming, English footballer
- Jessie Fleming, Canadian footballer
- Jim Fleming , Scottish footballer
- Jimmy Fleming , Scottish footballer
- John Fleming , Scottish footballer
- Josh Fleming, English cricketer
- Matthew Fleming, British cricketer
- Paul Fleming , Australian boxer
- Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
- Peter Fleming , American tennis player
- Reg Fleming, Canadian hockey player
- Rikki Fleming, Scottish footballer
- Rudymar Fleming, Venezuelan martial artist
- Scott Flemming, American basketball coach
- Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
- Terry Fleming, British footballer
- Tommy Fleming , Scottish-American soccer player
- Valerie Fleming, American bobsledder
- Vern Fleming, American basketball player
- Wayne Fleming, Canadian ice hockey coach
Theatre and television
- Art Fleming, U.S. television personality
- Erin Fleming, Canadian actress
- Jaqueline Fleming, U.S. actress
- Joy Fleming, German musician
- Kate Fleming, U.S. audio-book narrator and producer
- Lucy Fleming, British actress
- Mike Fleming, U.S. radio show host
- Rhonda Fleming, U.S. actress
- Thea Fleming, Dutch film actress
- Victor Fleming, U.S. film director
Other
- Arthur Fleming, namesake of Fleming House at the California Institute of Technology
- David Fleming
- Donald Fleming
- Eric Fleming
- Harold Fleming
- James Fleming
- John Fleming
- Karl Fleming, American journalist
- Katherine Elizabeth Fleming, professor of history and administrator at New York University
- Klas Fleming , numerous people
- Marcus Fleming, British economist
- Mary Fleming, lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary Jane McCaffree, American political secretary and protocol author
- Nancy Fleming, 1961 Miss America
- Robert Fleming
- Sean Fleming
- Thomas Fleming
- William Fleming
Fictional characters
- Bob Fleming, on The Fast Show
- Lancelot Fleming, in the TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Sharona Fleming, from the TV show Monk
- 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; portrayed by Lindsay Lohan. Revealed to have had a long-lost identical twin sister named "Dakota Moss".