The Most Famous

FENCERS from United Kingdom

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This page contains a list of the greatest British Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 349 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.

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1. Allan Jay (1931 - 2023)

With an HPI of 44.69, 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.

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2. Bill Hoskyns (1931 - 2013)

With an HPI of 42.39, 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.,

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3. Miles Chamley-Watson (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 24.08, 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).

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as British fencers born between 1931 and 1989. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living British fencers include Miles Chamley-Watson. The most famous deceased British fencers include Allan Jay, and Bill Hoskyns.

Living British Fencers

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Deceased British Fencers

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