The Most Famous
FENCERS from United Kingdom
This page contains a list of the greatest British Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 174 Fencers, 3 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 17th most number of Fencers behind Portugal and Kazakhstan.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary British Fencers of all time. This list of famous British Fencers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Allan Jay (1931 - 2023)
With an HPI of 35.72, Allan Jay is the most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (30 June 1931 – 5 March 2023) was a British five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion.
2. Bill Hoskyns (1931 - 2013)
With an HPI of 34.34, Bill Hoskyns is the 2nd most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Henry William Furse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games.,
3. Miles Chamley-Watson (1989 - )
With an HPI of 22.86, Miles Chamley-Watson is the 3rd most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Miles Chamley-Watson, (born December 3, 1989) is a British-born American right-handed foil fencer. He is a 12-time team Pan American champion, team world champion (2019), individual world champion (2013), two-time Olympian, and team Olympic bronze medalist (2016).
Pantheon has 3 people classified as fencers born between 1931 and 1989. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living fencers include Miles Chamley-Watson. The most famous deceased fencers include Allan Jay and Bill Hoskyns. As of April 2022, 2 new fencers have been added to Pantheon including Allan Jay and Bill Hoskyns.
