Fleming

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A Fleming is a member of the Flemish Community, and, in a slightly different meaning, an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of Flanders, one of the Belgian regions, and in a wider sense of the word, a region overlapping parts of modern Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. See Flemish people.

People

"Fleming" is a surname in English-speaking countries. It may point to an ancestral origin in, and emigration 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 or as weavers and some staying on - see William of Ypres.) The name "Fleming" is also common in Scotland, Ireland and occurs in Scandinavian countries (specifically, it is 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 Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, a name preserving the memory of 12th century Flemish colonists.

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Among the persons so named may be mentioned:

Science and engineering

• Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin
• Charles Fleming (ornithologist) (1916-1987), New Zealand ornithologist
• Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), Scottish-born Canadian engineer, namesake of Fleming College, proponent of Standard Time
• Williamina Fleming (1857-1911), Scottish female astronomer

Theater and television

• Anne Fleming (model), US female model
• Art Fleming (1924-1995), US television personality
• Erin Fleming (1941-2003), Canadian female actor
• Jaqueline Fleming (b. 1977), Danish-born US female actor
• Joy Fleming (b. 1944), German female musician
• Kate Fleming (1965-2006), US female audio-book narrator and producer
• Lucy Fleming (b. 1947), British female actor
• Mike Fleming, US radio talk show host
• Rhonda Fleming (b. 1923), US female film actor
• Victor Fleming (1889-1949), US film director

Music, art and literature

• Amaryllis Fleming (1925-1999), British female musician
• Andrew Fleming (b. 1963), US film and television screenwriter and director
• Anne Fleming (writer), Canadian female author
• Antony le Fleming, English composer
• Don Fleming (musician) (b. 1957), US musician and producer
• Ian Fleming (1908-1964), British author
• Justin Fleming (b. 1953), Australian author and playwright
• King Fleming (b. 1922), US musician
• Paul Fleming (poet) (1609-1640), German poet
• Peter Fleming (writer) (1907-1971), British writer and adventurer
• Renée Fleming (b. 1959), US female musician

Politics and law

• Amalia Fleming (1909-1986), Greek female activist and parliamentarian, 2nd wife of Alexander Fleming
• Chummy Fleming (1863-1950), Australian unionist
• Claes Larsson Fleming (1592-1644), Over-Governor of Stockholm
• David Pinkerton Fleming (1877-1944), Scottish politician
• Donald Fleming (1905-1986), Canadian parliamentarian
• Elaine Fleming, US female politician
• Erik R. Fleming (b. 1965), US politician
• Francis Fleming (f. 1890s), British Secretary of Hong Kong 1890-1892
• Francis P. Fleming (1841-1908), Florida politician
• Kieran Fleming (1959-1984), Irish rebel in IRA
• Louis-Constant Fleming (b. 1946), first president of the Collectivity of Saint Martin and member of the senate of France
• M. Brendan Fleming (b. 1926), US politician
• Osbourne Fleming (b. 1940), Anguillan politician
• Peter E. Fleming Jr. (1929-2009), US attorney

Business

• Fleming Companies, Inc

Military

• Clas Fleming (admiral) (1592-1644), Swedish admiral and nobleman
• Klaus Fleming (1535-1597), Swedish admiral and nobleman
• Richard E. Fleming (1917-1942), US war hero
• Valentine Fleming (1882-1917), English politician and war hero
• Jerzy Detloff Fleming (1699-1771), Saxon general and nobleman

Sport

• Charlie Fleming (1927-1997), Scottish athlete in football
• Colin Fleming (b. 1984), British athlete in tennis
• Craig Fleming (b. 1971), British athlete in football
• Curtis Fleming (b. 1968), British athlete in football
• Damien Fleming (b. 1970), Australian athlete in cricket
• Dave Fleming (b. 1969), US athlete in baseball
• Derek Fleming (b. 1973), Scottish athlete in football
• Don Fleming (American football) (1937-1963), US athlete in football
• Greg Fleming (b. 1986), Scottish athlete in football
• Jim Fleming (footballer) (1884-1917), British athlete in football
• Jimmy Fleming (1903-1969), Scottish athlete in football
• Matthew Fleming (b. 1964), British athlete in cricket
• Paul Fleming (boxer) (b. 1988), Australian athlete in boxing
• Peggy Fleming (b. 1948), US female athlete in ice skating
• Peter Fleming (1955- ), tennis player
• Reg Fleming (1936-2009), Canadian athlete in ice hockey
• Rudymar Fleming (b. 1980), Venezuelan female athlete in martial arts
• Stephen Fleming (b. 1973), New Zealand athlete in cricket
• Terry Fleming (b. 1973), British athlete in football
• Tommy Fleming (soccer) (1890-1965), Scottish-born athlete in football
• Valerie Fleming (b. 1976), US female athlete in bobsled
• Vern Fleming (b. 1962), US athlete in basketball
• ((Reg Fleming))(tbc), Australian Horse Racing.Foreman for Bart Cummings, Melbourne Cup winner
• ((Jane Fleming)(tbc), Australian athlete, runner

Religion

• George Fleming (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), US missionary to Ecuador
• Richard Fleming (1385-1431), Early English minister

Other

• Earl of Wigtown, extinct Scottish Earldom
• Arthur Fleming, namesake of Caltech's Fleming House
• David Fleming, any of several people named David Fleming or similar
• Erik Fleming, any of several people named Eric Fleming or Erik Fleming or similar
• Harold Fleming, any of several people named Harold Fleming or similar
• James Fleming, any of several people named James Fleming or similar
• John Fleming, any of several people named John Fleming or similar
• Klas Fleming (or Klas, Class, Claes or Klaus), numerous people
• Marcus Fleming (1911-1976), British economist
• Mary Fleming (f. 1550s), lady-in-waiting to Mary I of Scotland
• Nancy Fleming (b. 1942), US female model and beauty contestant, 1961 Miss America
• Robert Fleming, any of several people named Robert Fleming or similar
• Sean Fleming, any of several people named Sean Fleming or Shaun Fleming or similar
• Thomas Fleming, any of several people named Thomas Fleming or similar
• William Fleming, any of several people named William Fleming or Bill Fleming or similar

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 Mackell (b. 1929), Canadian athlete in ice hockey
• Fleming McWilliams, singer and songwriter
• Fleming Lynge (1896-1970), Danish screenwriter

Places

Egypt

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

United States

• Fleming, Colorado
• Fleming, Indiana
• Fleming, Missouri
• Fleming, New York
• Fleming, Ohio
• Flemingsburg, Kentucky
• Fleming-Neon, Kentucky
• Fleming County, Kentucky

Canada

• Fleming, Saskatchewan

Other uses

• HMS Clas Fleming, Swedish ship
• Fleming's left hand rule
• Fleming's right hand rule
• Fleming Companies, Inc, a US food-supply company from 1915 to 2003
• Fleming (crater), a large crater on the Moon

See also

• Flemish people
• The Fläming, a large area south of Berlin, in the districts of Teltow-Fläming and Potsdam-Mittelmark
• Flemming
• Fleming of Louhisaari, a clan of Finnish ancestry
• Coat of arms of Fleming, a Polish coat of arms

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