English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
origin, likely indicating an ultimate descent from a
Flemish
Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
immigrant – though this might be so remote that no record of it remains other than the name.
Military
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Clas Fleming (admiral)
Clas Larsson Fleming (March 1592 – 27 July 1644) was an admiral and administrator involved in the development of a formal management structure for the Royal Swedish Navy under King Gustav II Adolf and Queen Christina. He is remembered as one ...
Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming is an American screenwriter, film director, television producer, television director, film producer, actor, and television writer. He directed and wrote or co-wrote the films '' Bad Dreams'', '' Threesome'', '' The Craft'', '' Di ...
(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
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David Fleming (writer)
David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was an economist, cultural historian and writer on environmental issues, based in London.
He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential ...
(1940–2010), English environmental writer
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Don Fleming (musician)
Donald Gene Fleming (born September 25, 1957) is an American musician and producer. Besides fronting a number of his own bands, ( Velvet Monkeys, B.A.L.L., and Gumball) Fleming has produced Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees, Teenage Fanclub and ...
(born 1957), US musician and producer
* Frank J. Fleming (active 2002-present), American columnist, author, and satirist
* Ian Fleming (1908–1964), British writer and journalist
* Jacky Fleming (born 1955), cartoonist
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Justin Fleming
Justin Fleming (born 3 January 1953) is an Australian playwright and author. He has written for theatre, music theatre, opera, television and cinema and his works have been produced and published in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, Belgium, ...
(born 1953), Australian author and playwright
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King Fleming
Walter "King" Fleming (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2014) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.Paul Fleming (poet) (1609–1640), Germany
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Peter Fleming (writer)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Peter Fleming (31 May 1907 – 18 August 1971) was a British adventurer, journalist, soldier and travel writer."Obituary Colonel Peter Fleming, Author and explorer". ''The Times'', 20 August 1971 p14 column F. He wa ...
(1907–1971), British writer, elder brother of Ian
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Renée Fleming
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for ...
(born 1959), American opera singer
* Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), Australian artist
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Shirley Fleming
Shirley Fleming (1929 in New York City – 10 March 2005) was an American music critic and editor.
Biography
Born in New York City in 1929, she was the daughter of novelist Berry Fleming, who enjoyed popularity during the 1930s and 1940s wit ...
(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
Politics and law
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Amalia Fleming
Amalia, Lady Fleming, (née Koutsouri-Vourekas; el, Αμαλία Κουτσούρη-Φλέμινγκ; 28 June 1912 – 26 February 1986) was a Greek physician, bacteriologist, human rights activist and politician.
Early life and education
Flemi ...
(1909–1986), Greek activist and parliamentarian
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Chummy Fleming
John William 'Chummy' Fleming (1863 – 25 January 1950) was a pioneer unionist, agitator for the unemployed, and anarchist in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
"Chummy" Fleming was instrumental in starting May Day celebrations and marches in M ...
Donald Fleming
Donald Methuen Fleming, (May 23, 1905 – December 31, 1986) was a Canadian parliamentarian, International Monetary Fund official and lawyer, born in Exeter, Ontario, Canada.
Life and career
Fleming was first elected to the House of C ...
(1905–1986), Canadian parliamentarian
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Elaine Fleming
Elaine Fleming is a former mayor of Cass Lake, Minnesota, a position to which she was elected in 2003. Cass Lake—officially a city, but with a population under 1000—is located within the reservation boundaries of the Leech Lake Band of ...
Lethia Cousins Fleming
Lethia Cousins Fleming (November 7, 1876 – September 22, 1963) was an African-American suffragist, teacher, social worker, civil rights activist, and she was active in Republican politics at both local and national levels.
Early life and educa ...
(1876–1963), American suffragist, teacher, civil rights activist and politician.
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Louis-Constant Fleming
Louis-Constant Fleming (born 1 December 1946) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Saint-Martin. He was born on the Dutch side of the island, Sint Maarten, where he attended primary school. He later left the island and ...
(born 1946), San Martin politician, France
* M. Brendan Fleming (1926–2016), U.S. politician
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Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming
Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (c. 1494 – 10 September 1547), was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to King James V, from 1524.
Early life
He was the son and heir of John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, who was killed in a feud with the Tweedie of D ...
Robben Wright Fleming
Robben Wright Fleming (December 18, 1916 – January 11, 2010), also known in his youth as Robben Wheeler Fleming, was an American lawyer, professor, and academic administrator. He was president of the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1979� ...
(1916–2010), U.S. law professor and educator
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Seymour Dorothy Fleming
Seymour Dorothy Fleming (5 October 1758 – 9 September 1818), styled Lady Worsley from 1775 to 1805, was a member of the British gentry, notable for her involvement in a high-profile criminal conversation trial.
Early life and family
Fleming ...
(5 October 1758 – 9 September 1818), British noblewoman
* Valentine Fleming (1882–1917), British politician
* Wilmot Fleming (1916-1978), American politician
Heinrich Fleming Heinrich may refer to:
People
* Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
, Bishop of Warmia (1278–1300)
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Michael Anthony Fleming
Michael Anthony Fleming, O.S.F. ( – July 14, 1850) was an Irish-born Friar Minor who served as the Roman Catholic Church bishop of the Diocese of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was principally responsible for changing a small mission wi ...
(1792–1850), Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in Newfoundland
* Pete Fleming (1928–1956), U.S. missionary to Ecuador
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Richard Fleming (bishop)
Richard Fleming ( c. 1385 – 25 or 26 January 1431), Bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford, was born at Crofton in Yorkshire.
Biography
Fleming was descended from a gentry family. His aunt, Cecily Fleming had married Rober ...
(1385–1431), English minister
* Thomas Fleming (1593–1665) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
John Fleming (naturalist)
John Fleming FRSE FRS FSA (10 January 1785 – 18 November 1857) was a Scottish Free Church minister, naturalist, zoologist and geologist. He named and described a number of species of molluscs. During his life he tried to reconcile theology ...
(1785–1857), Scottish naturalist
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John Adam Fleming
John Adam Fleming, (January 28, 1877 – July 29, 1956) was an American geophysicist interested in the magnetosphere and the atmospheric electricity.
Fleming worked first at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey with his superior Louis Agricola Ba ...
, American physicist
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John Ambrose Fleming
Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic ra ...
, English physicist and engineer
* Karen Fleming, American biophysicist
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Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, ...
(1827–1915) Scottish born Canadian engineer
* Wendy Fleming, New Zealand expert on Alzheimer's disease and dementia
* Williamina Fleming (1857–1911), Scottish astronomer
Charlie Fleming
Charles Fleming (12 July 1927 – 14 August 1997) was a Scottish footballer who played for Blairhall Colliery, East Fife, Sunderland and the Scotland national team. Fleming was nicknamed 'Cannonball Charlie' for his shooting ability, and is Ba ...
(1927–1997), Scottish footballer
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Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...
(born 1984), Scottish tennis player
* Craig Fleming (born 1971), British footballer
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Curtis Fleming
Curtis Fleming (born 8 October 1968 in Manchester) is an Irish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the assistant manager of Championship club Bristol City.
Fleming played right back and won international honour ...
(born 1968), Irish footballer
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Damien Fleming
Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 and ...
(born 1970), Australian cricketer
* Dave Fleming (baseball) (born 1969), American baseball player
* Deborah Fleming (born 1991), English rugby sevens player
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Derek Fleming
Derek Adam Fleming (born 5 December 1973 in Falkirk) is a former Scottish football defender.
Fleming began his career in 1993 with stokeroo Meadowbank Thistle, where he made a total of 49 appearances before moving to Dunfermline Athletic in ...
(born 1973), Scottish footballer
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Don Fleming (American football)
Donald Denver Fleming (June 11, 1937 – June 4, 1963) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 1960s. Fleming played college ...
(1937–1963)
* Doug Fleming, Australian rugby league footballer
* Flint Fleming (born 1965), American football player
* Gary Fleming (born 1967), Northern Ireland footballer
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Greg Fleming
Greg William Edward Fleming (born 27 September 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Annan Athletic.
He has previously played for Livingston, Gretna, Oldham Athletic, Dunfermline Athletic, Galway United, ...
Julian Fleming
Julian Fleming (born December 19, 2000) is an American football wide receiver who plays for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He previously played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Early life and high school career
Fleming played high school football at ...
(born 2000), American football player
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Marv Fleming
Marvin Lawrence Fleming (born January 2, 1942) is a former professional American football player, a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, seven with the Green Bay Packers and five with the Miami Dolphins. He was a memb ...
(born 1942) American football player
* Matthew Fleming (born 1964), British cricketer
* Paul Fleming (boxer) (born 1988), Australian boxer
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Peggy Fleming
Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater and the only American in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France to bring home a Gold Medal. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time W ...
(born 1948), American figure skater
* Peter Fleming (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
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Reg Fleming
Reginald Stephen "Reggie, The Ruffian" Fleming (April 21, 1936 – July 11, 2009) was a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers ...
(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
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Scott Flemming
Scott William Flemming, (born 1958) is an American college professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach and Technical Director of the NBA Academy in India. Prior to this he served as the Senior Director of Basketball Operations, ...
(born 1958), American basketball coach
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Stephen Fleming
Stephen Paul Fleming (born 1 April 1973) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, who is the current head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. He is considered one of the g ...
(born 1973), New Zealand cricketer
* Terry Fleming (born 1973), British footballer
* Tommy Fleming (soccer) (1890–1965), Scottish-American soccer player
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Valerie Fleming
Valerie Fleming (born December 18, 1976) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate and future wife Shauna Rohbock.
Fleming also won three br ...
(born 1976), American bobsledder
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Vern Fleming
Vern Fleming (born February 2, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the NBA from 1984 until 1996. Born in New York City, Fleming grew up in the Queensbridge Housing projects in the Long Island ...
(born 1962), American basketball player
* Wayne Fleming (1950–2013), Canadian ice hockey coach
Theatre and television
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Ann Marie Fleming
Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. She was born in Okinawa, USCAR (nowadays Japan), in 1962 and is of Chinese, Ryukyuan and Australian descent. Her film '' Window Horses'' was released in 2016.
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(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
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Joy Fleming
Joy Fleming (born Erna Raad, 15 November 1944 – 27 September 2017) was a German singer. She is best known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975. She performed the song " Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" and was placed seve ...
(1944–2017), German musician
* Kate Fleming (1965–2006), U.S. audio-book narrator and producer
* Lucy Fleming (born 1947), British actress
* Mike Fleming, U.S. radio show host
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Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro ...
(1923–2020), U.S. actress
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Thea Fleming
Thea Fleming (also Flemming; born 1942 in Sittard) is a Dutch film actress who spent much of her career in Italy, sometimes credited as Isabella Biancini. She started her career in 1960 as the Dutch Brigitte Bardot. Besides her career as an actre ...
(born 1942), Dutch film actress
* Victor Fleming (1889–1949), U.S. film director
Katherine Elizabeth Fleming
Katherine Elizabeth Fleming is President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization in the Department of History at New York University (NYU) as well as Provost Emerita of the ...
, professor of history and administrator at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
Mary Fleming
Mary Fleming () (1542–fl. 1581) was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion and cousin of Mary, Queen of Scots. She and three other ladies-in-waiting (Mary Livingston, Mary Beaton and Mary Seton) were collectively known as "The Four Ma ...
(f. 1550s), lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots
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Mary Jane McCaffree
Mary Jane McCaffree Monroe (née Fleming; October 28, 1911 – July 23, 2018) was a White House Social Secretary during the Eisenhower administration and a press and personal secretary for First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. She also served as a protocol ...
(née Fleming; 1911–2018), American political secretary and protocol author
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Nancy Fleming
Nancy Anne Fleming (born May 20, 1942) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1961 on September 10, 1960.
Education
Fleming graduated from Michigan State University in 1964 and earned a teaching certificate from th ...
Bob Fleming
''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Th ...
, 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
''Hornet Flight'' is a Second World War-based spy thriller written by British author Ken Follett. It was published in 2002 by Macmillan in the UK and Dutton in the US.
Plot introduction
By late June 1941, the United Kingdom alone stood agains ...
'' by Ken Follett
*Henry Fleming, main character of Stephen Crane's novel ''
The Red Badge of Courage
''The Red Badge of Courage'' is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Ove ...
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*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
''Heathers'' is a 1989 American black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and ...