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 (1124-53) due to Anglo-Norman values and English nobility being brought over to Scotland. [1] Notable people with the surname include:

Military

• 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

• Amaryllis Fleming (1925–1999), British musician
• Andrew Fleming (born 1963), U.S. screenwriter and director
• Anne Fleming (writer) (born 1964), Canadian writer
• 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 author of James Bond and other books
• Jacky Fleming (born 1955), cartoonist
• Justin Fleming (born 1953), Australian author and playwright
• 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
• 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

Politics and law

• Amalia Fleming (1909–1986), Greek activist and parliamentarian
• 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 (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
• 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

Religion

• 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 (1385–1431), English minister
• Thomas Fleming (1593–1665) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin

Science and engineering

• Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), Scottish scientist, discoverer of penicillin
• Arthur Percy Morris Fleming (1881–1960), English electrical engineer
• 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

• Bernard Fleming (born 1937), Scottish footballer
• Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer
• Colin Fleming (born 1984), Scottish tennis player
• Craig Fleming (born 1971), British footballer
• Curtis Fleming (born 1968), British footballer
• Damien Fleming (born 1970), Australian cricketer
• Dave Fleming (born 1969), American baseball 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 (born 1986), Scottish footballer
• Haydn Fleming (born 1978), English footballer
• Jessie Fleming (born 1998), Canadian footballer
• Jimmy Fleming (footballer born 1901) (1901–1969), Scottish footballer
• John Fleming (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer
• Josh Fleming (born 1989), English cricketer
• 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
• Reg Fleming (1936–2009), Canadian hockey player
• Rikki Fleming (born 1946), Scottish footballer
• Rudymar Fleming (born 1980), Venezuelan martial artist
• 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

• Art Fleming (1924–1995), U.S. television personality
• 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
• Mike Fleming, U.S. radio show host
• Rhonda Fleming (born 1923), U.S. actress
• Thea Fleming (born 1942), Dutch film actress
• Victor Fleming (1889–1949), U.S. film director

Other

• 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 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)

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".

References

1. "The Formation of the Flemish Surname". University of St Andrews. Retrieved July 2019. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)