Ian Fleming
/ˌiːən ˈflemɪŋ/
/ˌiːən ˈflemɪŋ/
- (1908-64) an English writer, best known for creating the world's most famous secret agent, James Bond. Fleming had some experience of the work of secret agents when he worked for the intelligence department of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He used that experience, and his love of technology and foreign travel, to write his series of James Bond novels, which were later made into successful films.