Fiennes or Ffiennes<!--no cap: double f is a cap--> may refer to:

Places

  • Fiennes, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France.

People

A toponymic surname pronounced and borne by a prominent English family, descendant from Eustace I Fiennes, a nobleman in the 11th century from the region of Fiennes, then in County of Boulogne and part of Flanders. Better-known family members are:

  • James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1395–1450)
  • Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre (1415–1483)
  • 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)
  • Gerry Fiennes (1906–1985), British railway manager
  • Martin Fiennes, 22nd Baron Saye and Sele (born 1961)
  • Sir Maurice Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1907–1974), businessman, father of Mark Fiennes,
  • Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (1920–2024)
  • Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), photographer and illustrator. Father of:
  • Ralph Fiennes (born 1962), actor
  • Martha Fiennes (born 1964), film director and producer. Mother of:
  • Hero Fiennes Tiffin (born 1997), actor and model
  • 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

  • Fynes

For members of the Fiennes family:

  • Baron Saye and Sele
  • Viscount Saye and Sele
  • Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family
  • Lord Dacre

References