Fleming (surname)

Fleming is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin, 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.

Military

 * 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

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
 * 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

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 (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

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 (bishop) (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
 * 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

Sport

 * 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

Theatre and television

 * 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

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 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

Fictional characters

 * 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