Fawkes
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Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles
after the Norman Conquest of England
in 1066. The name ultimately derives from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco (later Faulques) meaning "falcon". The first recorded spelling of the surname in England is that of one Geoffrey Faukes in 1221.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
after the Norman Conquest of England
Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England...
in 1066. The name ultimately derives from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco (later Faulques) meaning "falcon". The first recorded spelling of the surname in England is that of one Geoffrey Faukes in 1221.
People
- Barbara FawkesBarbara FawkesBarbara Noel Fawkes, OBE, FRCN was a British nurse and nursing educator. She served as Chief Education Officer, General Nursing Council for England and Wales from 1959 to 1974....
(1914–2002), British nurse and nursing educator - Chris FawkesChris FawkesChris Fawkes is a BBC Weather forecaster. He appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live...
, BBC Weather forecaster - Fawkes de Breauté, (d. 1226), Anglo-Norman soldier who served in the First Barons' War
- Francis FawkesFrancis FawkesFrancis Fawkes was an English poet and translator. Fawkes translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug, and of two poems, Bramham Park and Partridge Shooting...
(1721–1777), English poet and translator - Frederick FawkesFrederick FawkesMajor Frederick Hawksworth Fawkes was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for the Pudsey and Otley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire at the 1922 general election, but retired from the House of Commons at the 1923 general election.- External...
(1870–1936), British Conservative Party politician - Guy FawkesGuy FawkesGuy Fawkes , also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.Fawkes was born and educated in York...
(1570–1606), English revolutionary - Guido Fawkes, a pseudonym of British right-wing political blogger Paul StainesPaul StainesPaul Staines is an English-born Irish right-wing political blogger. Writer of the pseudonymous "Guido Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours & conspiracy", which had as of February 2009, 118,000 visitors per month, his political blog has been described as "one of Britain's leading political...
- Randol Fawkes (1924–2000), Bahamian civil rights activist, author, musician
- Richard FawkesRichard FawkesRichard Fawkes is an award-winning writer and director.-Early years:Fawkes was educated at the Royal Masonic School, Bushey, then spent eighteen months as an instructor at the Outward Bound School in Kenya with Voluntary Service Overseas...
(b. 1944), British writer and director - Wally FawkesWally FawkesWally Fawkes Wally Fawkes Wally Fawkes (born 1924 in Vancouver, Canada (left in 1931 for England) is a British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and, until recently, a satirical cartoonist...
(b. 1924), British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and cartoonist - Walter FawkesWalter FawkesWalter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes was a Yorkshire landowner, writer and Member of Parliament for Yorkshire from 1806 to 1807.-Biography:...
(1769–1825), British landowner and politician, patron of painter J. M. W. Turner - Wilmot FawkesWilmot Fawkes|-|-|-...
(1846–1926), Royal Navy officer, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Characters
- Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix in the Harry Potter books
- Fawkes, a character on web series The GuildThe GuildThe Guild is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day, who also stars as Cyd Sherman . It premiered on YouTube on July 27, 2007. Subsequent webisodes premiered on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace, Zune Marketplace, and MSN Video. The webisodes were later made available on...
, portrayed by Wil Wheaton - Fawkes, a friendly, Super Mutant character in Fallout 3Fallout 3Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
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