GUY FAWKES


Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes
  • Born: April 13, 1570
  • Died: January 31, 1606
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Soldier, Alférez

Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who was involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.