Fleming

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 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 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

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 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

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
• John Fleming, colonial judge and house of burgesses representative
• 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
• Michael Fleming (?-1940), British captain
• Richard E. Fleming (1917-1942), American hero of World War II

Sport

• Craig Fleming (1971- ), English footballer
• Damien Fleming (1970- ), Australian cricketeer
• Don Fleming (football) (1937-1963), American football safety
• Harold Fleming, a football player.
• Peggy Fleming (1948- ), American figure skater
• Peter Fleming (tennis player) (1955- )
• Stephen Fleming (1973- ), New Zealand cricket captain
• Jordan Fleming (1990- ), English footballer

Religion

• George Fleming (1667–1747), Bishop of Carlisle
• Michael Anthony Fleming (1792-1850), Newfoundland Roman Catholic Bishop
• Peter Fleming (1928-1956), American missionary
• Richard Fleming (c.1360-1431), Bishop of Lincoln

Other

• 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, Clas, Claes or Klaus), numerous people
• Mack Fleming, founder of Charleston Tea Plantation
• 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

• Fleming (Alexandria), a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt, named after Alexander Fleming
• Fleming, Colorado, USA
• Fleming, Missouri, USA
• Fleming, New York, USA
• Fleming, Ohio, USA
• Fleming, Saskatchewan, Canada

Other uses

• Alexander Fleming BSRC, a biomedical sciences research center at Vari, Athens, Greece
• HMS Clas Fleming, Swedish ship
• Fleming's left hand rule
• Fleming's right hand rule

See also

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

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