Famous People with Name Fleming

Fleming Blanchard McCurdy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Fleming Blanchard McCurdy: was a Canadian politician. Born in Old Barns, Nova Scotia, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Nova Scotia riding of Shelburne and Queen's in the 1911 election as a Conservative. He was re-elected in the 1917 election for the riding of Colchester as a supporter of Sir Robert Laird Borden's Unionist government.

Fleming Lynge            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Fleming Lynge: was a Danish screenwriter. He wrote for 72 films between 1929 and 1959.

Art Fleming            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Art Fleming: was the original host of the TV game show Jeopardy.Fleming was born Arthur Fleming Fazzin in New York City. His parents, William and Marie Fazzin, had emigrated to the United States from Austria. They were a popular dance team in Europe and had brought their show to the U.S. Fleming (who stood 6 foot, 4 inches tall and weighed 220 pounds) was a varsity letterman football player at James Monroe High School in New York. He later attended Colgate and Cornell universities, starring on the football and water polo teams at both colleges. Fleming was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy for three and a half years as the pilot of a patrol bomber in the Atlantic.

Renée Fleming            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Renée Fleming: Fleming possesses a flexible full lyric soprano voice that provides ringing freedom and apparent ease near the extreme top of its range. Although lyrical in nature, Fleming's voice has a substantial amount of solidity which allows her to sing a variety of

Peggy Gale Fleming            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peggy Gale Fleming: is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968 and has been a television commentator on figure skating for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympics.

Peter Blair Fleming            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Blair Fleming: is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Fleming was a highly successful professional tennis player. During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won an astonishing 50 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983).

James Henry Fleming            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Henry Fleming: was a Canadian ornithologist. His father was Scottish and sixty years old when he was born. J. H. Fleming became interested in birds at age 12. He was an associate member of the Royal Canadian Institute at 16 and by 21 was an associate member of the American Ornithological Union. In 1916 he became a fellow of the AOU. He maintained a vast collection of specimens useful for research.