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James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1897 – 1952), known as Fletcher Henderson, was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musical arrangers and, along with Duke Ellington, is considered one of the most influential arrangers and bandleaders in jazz history. Henderson's influence was vast. He helped bridge the gap between the Dixieland and the swing eras. He was often known as "Smack" Henderson (because of smacking sounds he made with his lips).
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jessica Fletcher from “Murder, She Wrote.”.
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Interesting factoid, Fletcher Quimby is a character on the Disney Channel show A.N.T. Farm, which ran 3 seasons from 2011-2013. He is played by Jake Short. Fletcher is an art prodigy.
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Cari Fletcher, known solely as FLETCHER, is an American singer/songwriter.
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Too much of a surname.
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The "doggiest" sounding name ever! Don't saddle a poor child with this ugly old thing!
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I named my son Fletcher for a few reasons;
•His due date was February 14 (Valentines Day) it seemed fitting with the meaning arrow-maker (Cupid, arrows, etc)
•We owned a yacht and spent a lot of our time sailing around the tropical isles of the Whitsundays. The story of the mutiny of Fletcher Christian on the Bounty seemed a romantic notion of someone wanting to live the good life in the sun and not return to the grey days of England - an ideal to which I can relate
•My husband's best childhood friend's last name was Fletcher, but everyone called him Fletch
He was and still is an incredibly intelligent individual and no one could have asked for a more wonderful child. His name suits him perfectly and btw, he is an avid Harry Potter fan too.
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•His due date was February 14 (Valentines Day) it seemed fitting with the meaning arrow-maker (Cupid, arrows, etc)
•We owned a yacht and spent a lot of our time sailing around the tropical isles of the Whitsundays. The story of the mutiny of Fletcher Christian on the Bounty seemed a romantic notion of someone wanting to live the good life in the sun and not return to the grey days of England - an ideal to which I can relate
•My husband's best childhood friend's last name was Fletcher, but everyone called him Fletch
He was and still is an incredibly intelligent individual and no one could have asked for a more wonderful child. His name suits him perfectly and btw, he is an avid Harry Potter fan too.
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I think this name is adorable, but the comments changed my view.
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My son's full name is Fletcher Gordon Hughes and I love it, he is the most content baby I have come across and the cheekiest chap ever :)
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Fletcher Reade was a character on the U.S. soap opera Guiding Light (CBS network).
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Don't like it because it's too similar to fetch. It sounds like a dog's name. "Fletcher go fetch!"
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This is my brother's name, which was a great way for my mom to pass on her maiden name. He often goes by Fletch, loved the Fletch movies, and was called Fletchie as a kid. I've never met another Fletcher, which is kind of cool. His middle name is more normal, so he could have gone by that if he didn't like Fletch.
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This is a total surname. Fletcher as a first or middle just doesn't work. Also, weird to say but Fletcher kinda sounds like a disease to me. *Laughs*
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I don't mind Fletcher as a last name, but as a first name? No, it doesn't work at all.
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Better as a last name.
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This may only be obvious to me since I'm named after him, but a quite famous person with the name of Fletcher is Fletcher Christian, the mutineer who led the crew of the Bounty to rebellion against Captain Blye.
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It's a very cool name, in theory. But I think it would be a little strange on a real person. Not too out there though, I think the right guy would be able to pull it off.
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I first heard Fletcher as a surname, but I like how it sounds for a contemporary first name. It's refreshing when you're reading down a list of all the Johns, Davids, and Michaels, then BAM, Fletcher. The name sticks with you!
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My current baby name choice for a boy. I like the name, I think it's a good name for a child or an adult.
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I find it horrible for a first name.
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Not many people have heard of him, although his mutiny was supposed to be one of the most famous of all time, but a historical bearer of this name was Fletcher Christian. He was second-in-command on an English ship in 1789 when he mutinied and set the captain and the captain's supporters adrift in a boat with plenty of supplies but no compass. (They later made it back to England and told of Christian's "treachery.") Fletcher Christian then sailed to Tahiti, left some of his crew there who wanted to stay, and continued to Pitcairn, where he settled with the rest of the crew and had several children by a native woman. The men he left on Tahiti were later searched out, taken back to England, and court-marshaled. Three of them were hanged.
Christian was supposedly killed in a massacre in which Pitcairn natives killed most of the whites, but since no grave has ever been found, legend has it that he later returned to England in disguise even though he was a wanted man.
The only problem with this story is I have no idea why he mutinied except that supposedly he was in personal hell with the way the captain ran the ship.
Another interesting tidbit: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by the English poet Coleridge, was supposed to be written about Fletcher Christian and his courageous mutiny on the HMS Bounty.
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Christian was supposedly killed in a massacre in which Pitcairn natives killed most of the whites, but since no grave has ever been found, legend has it that he later returned to England in disguise even though he was a wanted man.
The only problem with this story is I have no idea why he mutinied except that supposedly he was in personal hell with the way the captain ran the ship.
Another interesting tidbit: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by the English poet Coleridge, was supposed to be written about Fletcher Christian and his courageous mutiny on the HMS Bounty.
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Just horrible. Sounds like the name of an insufferable frat boy jerk. I loathe the nickname Fletch. This is an ugly surname, and an utterly atrocious first name that sounds immature and silly.
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Nobody mentioned this but Mundungous Fletcher from Harry Potter.
He was mentioned in the earlier books but not until the Order of the Phoenix did he really appear. "Dung" is a crook, but highly valuable to the Order because he's able to gain information others can't through his own connections with crooks. Dung is a questionable contributor to the Order of the Phoenix, but he is extremely loyal to Albus Dumbledore because he got Dung out of trouble.
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He was mentioned in the earlier books but not until the Order of the Phoenix did he really appear. "Dung" is a crook, but highly valuable to the Order because he's able to gain information others can't through his own connections with crooks. Dung is a questionable contributor to the Order of the Phoenix, but he is extremely loyal to Albus Dumbledore because he got Dung out of trouble.
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In the show Full Metal Alchemist, Fletcher is the younger brother of the fake Elric brothers.
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Personally, I love the name for some reason. It's odd but not in a bad way. But it's also kind of cute.
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Yet another person who has this name as their last name is Alister Fletcher, a fictional character in Tomb Raider Legend.
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Tom, one of the lead singers/guitarists in the British band McFly, also bears Fletcher as his last name.
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Andrew John Fletcher, known as Fletch, is a member of the group Depeche Mode. He's the only band member who doesn't sing (his mike is turned off during performances), and is the only member who hasn't written a song for the group.
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Norman Stanley Fletcher, commonly known as Fletcher, was the main character in "Porridge", a popular British sitcom about prison life. Fletcher (or Fletch, as he was often called) was played by Ronnie Barker.
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Chevy Chase played a journalist named Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher in the comedy "Fletch."
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After his death, one of his farms (Wood Lawn) was developed into an early Indianapolis neighborhood, and "Fletcher Place" is now a nationally recognized historic district.