• Fleming was knighted, as a Knight Bachelor, by king George VI in 1944.
• He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise in 1948.
• In 1999, Time magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century, stating:
• In 2002, Fleming was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a nationwide vote.
• In mid-2009, Fleming was commemorated on a new series of banknotes issued by the Clydesdale Bank; his image appears on the new issue of £5 notes.