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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 [[Scandinavia]]n countries (specifically, it is the name of [[Fleming of Louhisaari]], a [[Sweden|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 people|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]] (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, Art 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
* [[James Fleming]] (1939- ), Canadian broadcaster and politician
* [[James W. Fleming]], NYS Comptroller 1923-1924
* [[John Fleming]], colonial judge and house of burgesses representative
* [[M. Brendan Fleming]], Massachusetts politician
* [[Osbourne Fleming]] (1940- ), Anguillan politician
* [[Robert John Fleming]] (1907-1984), Governor of Panama Canal Zone
* [[Seán Fleming (politician)|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
* [[Richard E. Fleming]] (1917-1942), American hero of World War II
===Sport===
* [[Stephen Fleming]] (1973- ), former New Zealand Cricket Captain
* [[Craig Fleming]] (1971- ), English footballer
* [[Damien Fleming]] (1970- ), Australian Cricketeer
* [[Don Fleming (American football)]] (1937-1963), American football safety
* [[Harold John Fleming]], a football player
* [[Peggy Fleming]] (1948- ), American figure skater
* [[Peter Fleming (tennis player)]] (1955- )
===Religion===
* [[George Fleming]] (1667–1747), Bishop of Carlisle
* [[Michael Anthony Fleming]] (1792-1850), Newfoundland Roman Catholic Bishop
* [[William Launcelot Scott Fleming]] (1906-1990), Geologist and Anglican Bishop
===Other===
* [[Earl of Wigtown]], extinct Scottish Earldom
* [[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'', ''Class'', ''Claes'' or ''Klaus''), numerous people
* [[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 nobility|Swedish noble families]], some of which have been historically significant.
===First name===
* [[Fleming McWilliams]], singer and songwriter
==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]]
;Canada
*[[Fleming, Saskatchewan]]
==Other uses==
* [[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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