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 cultu ...

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

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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 ...

, Canadian teacher and writer *

Arthur Flemming Arthur Sherwood Flemming (June 12, 1905September 7, 1996) was an American government official. He served as the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1958 until 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration ...

, American government official *

Bill Flemming William Norman Flemming (September 3, 1926 – July 20, 2007) was an American television sports journalist who was one of the original announcers for the ABC Sports show '' Wide World of Sports''. Biography Early life Born in Chicago, Illin ...

, 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 leagu ...

, American sportscaster *

Georg Detlev von Flemming Georg Detlev von Flemming (Polish: Jerzy Detloff Fleming) (3 March 1699 – 10 December 1771) was a General in Polish-Saxon service, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania in 1746–1764 and Voivode of Pomerelia in 1766. Von Flemming was born on 3 March ...

, Saxon-Polish general *

Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming Heino Heinrich Reichsgraf von Flemming (8 May 1632 – 1 March 1706) was a Saxon, later Brandenburger army leader and Field Marshal and Governor of Berlin. Flemming was born in Martenthin into an old noble Brandenburg family that probably emi ...

, Saxon and Brandenburg Field Marshal * Hugh John Flemming, Canadian politician *

James Kidd Flemming James Kidd Flemming (April 27, 1868 – February 10, 1927) was a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. Flemming was a school teacher and lumberman before entering politics and serving as Provincial Secretary-Treasurer from 1908 ...

, 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 ...

, Austrian track and field athlete * Jimmy Flemming, U.S. Virgin Islands sprinter * John Flemming, English economist *

John Flemming (racing driver) John Flemming (born March 10, 1967 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional racing driver. Flemming currently drives the #97 Happy Harry's Affordable Building Dodge for Flemming Motorsports in the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour. Rac ...

, 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 ...

, Canadian curler * Marilies Flemming, Austrian politician *

Michael Anthony Flemming Michael Anthony Flemming (born 1948) is a British physicist. He was educated at King George V GS, Southport, from where he gained a place to read Physics at New College, Oxford, specializing in solid-state physics and electronics. He continued h ...

, British physicist *

Paul Flemming Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team out of Halifax. Curling career Flemming's junior team was successful yet failed to ever win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Ch ...

, 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 (1799–18 ...

, 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. ...

, Dutch footballer

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Flemming Christensen Flemming Christensen (born 10 April 1958) is a Danish former football (soccer) player and manager. Career In his active career, Christensen played for Danish clubs AB and Lyngby BK, as well as French club AS Saint-Etienne and FC Aarau from Swi ...

, 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 Flemming Søgaard Povlsen (born 3 December 1966) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker for Borussia Dortmund in Germany, among other teams. He works as football expert on TV. Club career Povlsen started playing foot ...

, Danish footballer *

Flemming Rasmussen Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmussen is currently main engineer/producer at Sweet Silence North in Helsingør. Bio ...

, 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. Cop ...

, Danish businessman

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