People
- Barbara Fawkes (1914–2002), British nurse and nursing educator
- Chris Fawkes, BBC Weather forecaster
- Fawkes de Breauté, (d. 1226), Anglo-Norman soldier who served in the First Barons' War
- Francis Fawkes(1721–1777), English poet and translator
- Frederick Fawkes (1870–1936), British Conservative Party politician
- Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English revolutionary
- Guido Fawkes, a pseudonym of British right-wing political blogger Paul Staines
- Randol Fawkes (1924–2000), Bahamian civil rights activist, author, musician
- Richard Fawkes (b. 1944), British writer and director
- Wally Fawkes(b. 1924), British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and cartoonist
- Walter Fawkes (1769–1825), British landowner and politician, patron of painter J. M. W. Turner
- Wilmot Fawkes (1846–1926), Royal Navy officer, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
- Characters
- Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix in the Harry Potter books
- Fawkes, a character on web series The Guild, portrayed by Wil Wheaton
- Fawkes, a friendly, Super Mutant character in Fallout 3.
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