5 Facts about Guy Fawkes

 

1. He was also known as Guildo Fawkes
2. He was named the 30th Greatest Briton in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002.
3. He was not thrown on a bonfire, but hung drawn and quartered
4. An uninhabited island to the north of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands is named Isla Guy Fawkes
5. Originally, guy was a term for an “ugly, repulsive person” in reference to Guy Fawkes. Who knew?