Fletcher (surname)
Fletcher is a surname of English origin. The name is an occupational name for an arrowsmith or seller of arrows, derived from the Middle English, Old French flech(i)er (in turn from Old French fleche "arrow").[1][2] Early bearers of the name include Robert le Flecher in 1203, William Flecher’ also in 1203, and Peter le flechier in 1227. The name is often confused with Flesher,[1] as some Fleshers are Fletchers and vice versa.
List of people with the surname Fletcher
- Alan Fletcher (graphic designer) (1931–2006), British graphic designer
- Andrew Fletcher (politician) (1653–1716), politician and Scottish Patriot
- Andrew Fletcher (musician) (born 1961), member of the English electronic music group Depeche Mode
- Art Fletcher (1885–1950), American baseball player
- Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005), American government official
- Arthur Fletcher (rugby league), English rugby league player
- Banister Fletcher (politician) (1833–1899), Member of Parliament for Chippenham, Wiltshire
- Betty Fletcher (born 1923), U.S. federal judge
- Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league footballer
- Carl Fletcher (Canadian soccer), footballer born 1971
- Carl Fletcher (Welsh footballer), footballer born 1980
- Darren Fletcher (born 1984), Scottish footballer
- Darrin Fletcher (born 1966), American baseball player
- Duncan Fletcher (born 1948), English cricketer and former coach of the national cricket team
- Dustin Fletcher (born 1975), Australian football player
- Ernie Fletcher (born 1952), governor of Kentucky
- Frank Friday Fletcher (1855–1928), admiral in the United States Navy
- Frank Jack Fletcher (1885–1973), admiral in the United States Navy
- Giles Fletcher (c. 1586 – 1623), English playwright
- Guy Fletcher (born 1960), English keyboard player from the band Dire Straits
- Guy Fletcher (songwriter), English songwriter and session singer
- Harvey Fletcher (1884–1981), American physicist and inventor
- Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food faddist of the Victorian era
- John Fletcher (disambiguation), various people
- Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991), professor
- Keith Fletcher (born 1944), English cricketer
- Lawrence Fletcher (died 1608), Jacobean actor
- Louise Fletcher, (born 1934), American actress
- Mark Fletcher, Celtic musician, painter
- Norman Fletcher, SpeedBoat designer (Fletcher Speed Boats)
- Percy Fletcher (1879–1932), British composer
- Peter G. Fletcher (1936–1996), British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author
- Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650), English playwright
- Ray Fletcher (1921–1991), British politician.
- Richard Fletcher (Massachusetts) (1788–1869), former congressman from Massachusetts
- Rod Fletcher (born 1945), English footballer
- Rod Fletcher (basketball), American college basketball player
- Sally Fletcher-Murchison (born 1933), American/Hawaiian ceramicist
- Sherry Fletcher (born 1986), Grenadian track and field sprinter
- Steven Fletcher (born 1987), Scottish international footballer currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
- Tom Fletcher (born 1985), vocalist from the band McFly
- William Bartlett Fletcher, Sr.
- Yvonne Fletcher (1959–1984), police officer killed by a gunshot from the Libyan Embassy in London
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