Fielding (surname)

Fielding or Feilding is an English surname.^[1]^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

Business, commerce, science, technology

Amanda Feilding (born 1943), British artist, scientist and drug policy reformer
Fred F. Fielding (born 1939), American lawyer
Henry Barron Fielding (1805–1851), English botanist
Roy Fielding (born 1965), American computer scientist, one of the principal authors of the HTTP specification
Thomas Fielding (born abt 1758), English engraver
Sir Charles William Fielding (1863–1941), British businessman, landowner, farmer, writer, and civil servant

Military

Charles Fielding or Feilding (1738–1783), British naval officer
Xan Fielding (1918–1991), British soldier, author, translator, journalist and traveller

Public service and politics

Sir John Fielding (1721–1780), English magistrate and social reformer
Sir Leslie Fielding (1932–2021), British former ambassador
Steve Fielding (born 1960), Australian senator

Sports

Frank Fielding (born 1988), English football goalkeeper
Fred Fielding (1889–1918), Australian rules footballer
Keith Fielding (born 1949), English rugby footballer
Ross Fielding (1880–1947), English footballer
William Fielding (1875–1946), New Zealand architect and lawn bowler

The arts

Copley Fielding (1787–1855), English painter
Daphne Fielding (1904–1997), British author
Emma Fielding (born 1966), English actress
Fenella Fielding (1927–2018), English actress
Harold Fielding (1916-2003), English theatre producer
Helen Fielding (born 1958), English novelist and screenwriter, author of Bridget Jones's Diary
Henry Fielding (1707–1754), English novelist and dramatist, author of Tom Jones
Janet Fielding (born 1953), Australian actress
Joy Fielding (born 1945), Canadian novelist and actress
Mantle Fielding (1865–1941), American architect, art and engraver historian, and tennis player
Marjorie Fielding (1892–1956), British stage and film actress
Michael Fielding (born 1982), English comedian and actor
Noel Fielding (born 1973), English artist, comedian and actor
Robert Fielding (born 1959), Australian artist, father of Zaachariaha
Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), English novelist
Susannah Fielding (born 1985), English actress
Jerry Fielding (1922–1980), American composer, conductor, and musical director
William John Fielding (1886–1973), American writer
Yvette Fielding (born 1968), English broadcaster, producer and actress
Zaachariaha Fielding, musician (with Electric Fields and artist, son of Robert

Others

Joseph Fielding (1797–1863), English leader of the Latter-day Saint movement
William Feilding (disambiguation)

Earls of Denbigh

William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh (1608–1675)
George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond (1614–1665)
William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and 2nd Earl of Desmond (1640–1685)
Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh and 3rd Earl of Desmond (1668–1717)
William Feilding, 5th Earl of Denbigh and 4th Earl of Desmond (1697–1755)
Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh and 5th Earl of Desmond (1719–1800)
- William Robert Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1760–1799)
William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh and 6th Earl of Desmond (1796–1865)
Rollo William Basil Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh and 7th Earl of Desmond (1823–1892)
Rollo Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh and 8th Earl of Desmond (1859–1939)
- Rollo Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885–1937)
William Rollo Stephen Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh and 9th Earl of Desmond (1912–1966)
Rollo William Michael Feilding, 11th Earl of Denbigh and 10th Earl of Desmond (1943–1995)
Alexander Stephen Rudolph Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh and 11th Earl of Desmond (b. 1970)

Fictional characters

Caroline Fairchild (née Fielding), leading character in Executive Stress
Matt Fielding, fictional character in American television series Melrose Place

References

^ Parkin, Harry (19 August 2021). "Fielding". Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886825-5. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ Parkin, Harry (19 August 2021). "Feilding". Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886825-5. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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[1] Parkin, Harry (19 August 2021). "Fielding". Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886825-5. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[2] Parkin, Harry (19 August 2021). "Feilding". Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886825-5. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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