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'''Fletcher''' may refer to one of the following:
==Ideas and companies==
* A fletcher makes [[arrow]]s, see [[fletching]].
* [[The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], the graduate school of international relations of Tufts University, located in Medford, Massachusetts
* [[Fletcher (typeface)]], a geometrically consructed blackletter typeface
* [[PAC Fletcher]], the New Zealand Fu24 Fletcher aerial topdressing aircraft.
* ''[[Fletcher v. Peck]]'', a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Court to revoke state laws that did not follow the Constitution
* [[Fletcher's checksum]], an algorithm to check the integrity of data
* [[Fletcher Aviation]], a US aircraft manufacturer
* [[Fletcher Challenge]], or one of its successor companies
* [[Fletcher Construction]], a major New Zealand construction company
==Places==
;Australia
* [[Fletcher, New South Wales]], a suburb of Newcastle
;Canada
* [[Fletcher, Ontario]]
;United States
* [[Fletcher, Colorado]], the original name of Aurora
* [[Fletcher, Indiana]]
* [[Fletcher, North Carolina]], a suburb of Asheville
==People==
* [[Alan Fletcher (graphic designer)]], a British graphic designer
* [[Andrew Fletcher]], politician and Scottish Patriot
* [[Andrew Fletcher (musician)]], member of the English electronic music group Depeche Mode
* [[Darren Fletcher]], a Scottish footballer
* [[Duncan Fletcher]], a former cricket player and former coach of the English cricket team
* [[Ernie Fletcher]], the governor of Kentucky
* [[Frank Friday Fletcher]], an admiral in the United States Navy
* [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], an admiral in the United States Navy
* [[Giles Fletcher]] (1586?-1623), English playwright
* [[Horace Fletcher]], an American health-food faddist of the Victorian era who argued that food should "fletcherized", or chewed thirty two times, before swallowing
* [[John Fletcher]] (disambiguation), including:
** [[John Fletcher (playwright)]], an early English playwright
** [[John Edward Fletcher]], an Australian/British scholar
* [[Keith Fletcher]], an English cricketer
* [[Louise Fletcher]], ( born 1934) an American actress
* [[Norman Fletcher]], SpeedBoat designer (Fletcher Speed Boats)
* [[Percy Fletcher]] (1879-1932), British composer
* [[Phineas Fletcher]] (1582-1650), English playwright
* [[Richard Fletcher (Massachusetts)]], a former congressman from Massachusetts
* [[Sally Fletcher-Murchison]], an American/Hawaiian ceramicist
* [[Tom Fletcher]], vocalist from Mcfly
* [[Yvonne Fletcher]], a police officer killed from a gunshot from the Libyan Embassy in London
==Fictional people==
* Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher, the main character of [[Fletch (novel)|''Fletch'' (novel)]] and subsequent novels by Gregory McDonald, as well as film adaptations
* [[Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher]], a character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''
* [[Jessica Fletcher]], the main character of the serial ''Murder She Wrote''
* [[Mundungus Fletcher]], a ''Harry Potter'' character
* [[Norman Stanley Fletcher]], the lead character in the British sit-com ''Porridge''
* [[SJ Fletcher]] and [[Sid Fletcher]] from ''EastEnders''
* [[Will Fletcher]], a character in the ITV television drama series ''The Bill''
* Christian Fletcher, the main antagonist in the Tamil movie [[Dasavatharam]] starring Kamal Haasan
==Ships==
* [[Fletcher class destroyer|''Fletcher'' class]], a type of US Navy destroyer.
* [[USS Fletcher (DD-445)|USS ''Fletcher'' (DD-445)]], named for Admiral [[Frank Friday Fletcher]], was the lead ''Fletcher''-class ship and served during World War II.
* [[USS Fletcher (DD-992)|USS ''Fletcher'' (DD-992)]], named for Admiral [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], is a Spruance-class destroyer, decommissioned and awaiting transfer into the Pakistani Navy.
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==Music==
* [[Fletcher (band)]]
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