Fiennes
Fiennes or ffiennes may refer to:
Places
- Fiennes, pronounced [fjɛ̃n], a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France
People
A prominent English family (pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/) descendant from Eustache I de Fiennes (ca 1015-1084), nobleman from above region in Artois (then still part of Flanders). Better-known family members are:
- James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1395-1450)
- Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre
- Bessie Fiennes (1498-1540), née Bessie Blount, a mistress of Henry VIII
- William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (1582-1662)
- Nathaniel Fiennes (1608-1669), politician
- Celia Fiennes, (1662-1741), travel writer
- Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele (1858-1937)
- Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (born 1920)
- Mark Fiennes (1933-2004), photographer and illustrator. Father of:
- Ralph Fiennes (born 1962), actor
- Martha Fiennes (born 1964), film director and producer
- Magnus Fiennes (born 1965), composer and record producer
- Sophie Fiennes (born 1967), film director and producer
- Joseph Fiennes (born 1970), actor
- Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), adventurer
- Susannah Fiennes (born 1961), artist
- William Fiennes (author) (born 1970), writer
See :Category:Fiennes family for a larger list.
- Henri Léopold de Fiennes (1898-1985), American film director known as Henry Hathaway
Given name
- Fiennes Cornwallis (1831-1867), a British Army officer
- Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1864-1935), son of the above
- Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921-2010), grandson of the above
- Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1880-1963), British colonial judge and soldier
See also
For members of the Fiennes family:
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