Fleming (surname) explained
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
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)
- 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
