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A Fleming is a Dutch-speaking Belgianand also the man who half-accidentally saved millions.

means Either a native of Flanders in northern Belgium, or a surname carried most famously by penicillin's discoverer and James Bond's creator.

from From the medieval Flemish, dwellers of Flanders; the surname literally marked someone who came from that flood-prone, cloth-weaving corner of Europe.

Lucky moldAlexander Fleming spotted penicillin in a contaminated dish.
Two iconsSame surname birthed penicillin and James Bond.
Cloth rootsMedieval Flemings were Europe's elite textile weavers.
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