Fawkes,
Guy 1570-1606; Eng. conspirator: executed for participating in the Gunpowder Plot
See Fawkes in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fôks), Guy 1570-1606.
English conspirator executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to kill James I and blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, to avenge the persecution of Roman Catholics in England.