Fleming (surname)

Fleming is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin,^{[citation needed]} likely indicating an ultimate descent from a Flemish immigrant – though this might be so remote that no record of it remains other than the name.^{[citation needed]}

• Alva Fleming (1905-1985), U.S. Navy veteran, VFW California state commander
• 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

• Amaryllis Fleming (1925–1999), British musician
• Andrew Fleming (born 1963), U.S. screenwriter and director
• Anne Fleming (writer) (born 1964), Canadian writer
• Atholl Fleming (1894–1972), British actor and radio personality
• 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 writer and journalist
• 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
• Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), Australian artist
• 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
• Brian Fleming (b. circa 1970), Irish musician

• 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 (colonial administrator) (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
• Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876–1963), American suffragist, teacher, civil rights activist and politician.
• 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
• Wilmot Fleming (1916-1978), American politician

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

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

• Bernard Fleming (born 1937), Scottish footballer
• Brittyn Fleming (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer
• Colin Fleming (born 1984), Scottish tennis player
• Craig Fleming (born 1971), British footballer
• Curtis Fleming (born 1968), Irish footballer
• Damien Fleming (born 1970), Australian cricketer
• Dave Fleming (baseball) (born 1969), American baseball player
• Deborah Fleming (born 1991), English rugby sevens 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, various people
• Haydn Fleming (born 1978), English footballer
• Jessie Fleming (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
• Jimmy Fleming (footballer born 1901) (1901–1969), Scottish footballer
• John Fleming (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer
• Josh Fleming (baseball) (born 1996), American baseball player
• Josh Fleming (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer
• Julian Fleming (born 2000), American football player
• Marv Fleming (born 1942) American football player
• 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
• Samuel Fleming (fl. 1910s), Scottish footballer for Hibernian and Clyde
• 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

• Ann Marie Fleming (born 1962), Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist
• 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
• Maxine Fleming, New Zealand television screenwriter and producer
• Mike Fleming, U.S. radio show host
• Rhonda Fleming (1923–2020), U.S. actress
• Thea Fleming (born 1942), Dutch film actress
• Victor Fleming (1889–1949), U.S. film director

• 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 Fleming (disambiguation)
  • 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)
• Yonnette Fleming, American urban farmer

• Bob Fleming, on The Fast Show
• Lancelot Fleming, in the TV series Monarch of the Glen
• 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.
• Ms. Pauline Fleming, a teacher in the 1988 teen film Heathers and it's 2014 musical adaptation
• Nicki Fleming, American Girl character, "Girl of the Year" for 2007
• Sharona Fleming, in the TV series Monk (1998–2004)
• Io Fleming, in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Bandit Flower

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Fleming.
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