Flemming is a surname and a male given name referring, like the more common '' Fleming'', to an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

,Flemming
Behind the Name. a region overlapping parts of modern Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Aida McAnn Flemming Aida Maud Boyer McAnn Flemming, (7 March 1896 – 25 January 1994) was a Canadian teacher, writer and animal welfare advocate. She founded the Kindness Club, a humane education organization for children between the ages of 5 and 13. She was t ...

, Canadian teacher and writer * Arthur Flemming, American government official * Bill Flemming, American sportscaster *

Brett Flemming Brett Flemming (born February 26, 1991) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing senior men's hockey with the Wentworth Gryphins, competing for the Allan Cup. Flemming was selected by the Washington Capital ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Brian Flemming Brian Flemming is an American film director, playwright and activist. His films include '' Hang Your Dog in the Wind'', '' Nothing So Strange'', and ''The God Who Wasn't There''. His musicals include '' Bat Boy: The Musical'', which won the LA ...

, American film director, playwright, and activist *

Catherine Flemming Catherine Flemming (born 2 February 1967 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) is a German film and TV actress. She has performed in more than eighty films and TV roles since 1995, nearly all in German. She is best known in English for her role in ...

, German actress *

Dave Flemming David Braxton Flemming (born May 31, 1976) is an American sportscaster who has been a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2003. Flemming also calls college football, college basketball, major leag ...

, American sportscaster * Georg Detlev von Flemming, Saxon-Polish general * Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, Saxon and Brandenburg Field Marshal *

Hugh John Flemming Hugh John Flemming (January 5, 1899 – October 16, 1982) was a politician and the 24th premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960. He is always known as "Hugh John". Born in Peel, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of James Kidd Flemming, Premi ...

, Canadian politician * James Kidd Flemming, Canadian businessman and politician *

Jane Flemming Jane Christina Flemming OAM (born 14 April 1965) is a former Australian Olympic track and field athlete. She completed her HSC in 1982 at Mater Christi College, Belgrave. She was the 1990 Commonwealth Games champion at heptathlon and long jum ...

, Austrian track and field athlete *

Jimmy Flemming Jimmy Flemming (born September 14, 1966) is a retired sprinter who represented the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games ...

, U.S. Virgin Islands sprinter * John Flemming, English economist * John Flemming (racing driver), Canadian racing driver *

Margot Flemming Margot Flemming (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She currently plays third on Team Kerry Galusha. Career While in juniors, Flemming played third for Kendall Haymes. Despite not winning a pro ...

, Canadian curler *

Marilies Flemming Marilies Flemming (born 16 December 1933 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) was an Austrian Member of the European Parliament. In the European Parliament, she used the name Marialiese Flemming. She is a member of the European People's Party (Austrian Pe ...

, Austrian politician * Michael Anthony Flemming, British physicist * Paul Flemming, Canadian curler *

Peter Flemming Peter Flemming (born 1967) is a Canadian television actor best known for playing Agent Malcolm Barrett on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and Chuck Greene in Dead Rising 2. Early life Flemming was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he a ...

, Canadian actor *

Peter Flemming (artist) Peter Flemming (born 1973 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian artist known for his site-variable kinetic and sound installation works using electronic, mechanical and robotic technologies. Flemming holds an AOCA diploma from the Ontario College ...

, Canadian installation artist *

Robert Flemming Robert Flemming (died 1456), was dean of Lincoln. Background Robert Flemming, born in the diocese of York, was likely an illegitimate son of Robert Flemming, esquire, of Wath, near Ripon (d.1459). His aunt, Cecily Fleming, married, in 1407, Rob ...

, English cleric * Robert F. Flemming Jr., American inventor and sailor *

Sarah Mae Flemming Sarah Mae Flemming Brown (June 28, 1933 – June 16, 1993) was an African-American woman who was expelled from a bus in Columbia, South Carolina, seventeen months before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955. Flemmin ...

, American civil rights activist *

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, ...

, American basketball coach *

Ted Flemming (footballer) Edward Joseph Flemming (30 October 1902, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played 229 games for West Perth in the WAFL/WANFL from 1922 to 1938. He is a half back flanker in West Perth's official 'Team of the Centu ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Ted Flemming (politician) Hugh John Alexander "Ted" Flemming (born June 13, 1954) is a Canadian politician, currently serving as MLA for the electoral district of Rothesay in New Brunswick. Flemming was elected to the legislature in a by-election on June 25, 2012. ...

, Canadian politician *

Thomas Flemming Thomas Flemming (born 14 July 1967, in Bad Schlema) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. There he won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle, alongside Uwe ...

, German swimmer *

Walther Flemming Walther Flemming (21 April 1843 – 4 August 1905) was a German biologist and a founder of cytogenetics. He was born in Sachsenberg (now part of Schwerin) as the fifth child and only son of the psychiatrist Carl Friedrich Flemming (1799–1880) ...

, German biologist *

Will Flemming William Flemming (born April 3, 1979, in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American sportscaster who broadcasts play-by-play of Boston Red Sox games with the WEEI Red Sox Radio Network alongside veteran announcer Joe Castiglione; Prior to joining WEEI ...

, American sportscaster *

Zian Flemming Zian Flemming (born 1 August 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Millwall. Club career Jong Ajax Flemming played in the youth departments of ZSGOWMS, RKSV Pancratius and Ajax. H ...

, Dutch footballer

Given name

* Flemming Christensen, Danish footballer *

Flemming Flindt Flemming Flindt (30 June 1936 – 3 March 2009) was a Denmark, Danish choreographer born in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Ballet and Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, Paris Opera Ballet schools, joined the Royal Danish Ballet and ...

, Danish choreographer * Flemming Hansen (disambiguation), several people *

Flemming Møller Mortensen Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 3 July 1963 in Store Brøndum) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as a member of the Folketing since the 2007 elections. He is currently serving as Minister for Development and N ...

(born 1963), Danish politician * Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer * Flemming Rasmussen, Danish producer *

Flemming Østergaard Flemming Ammentorp Østergaard (born 31 October 1943 in ''Det Gule Palæ'' (Danish: ''The Yellow Palace''), Ordrup) is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football club F.C. Copen ...

, Danish businessman

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