Why is Guy Fawkes famous?

Answer 1

a number of catholic conspiritors including guy Fawkes tried to burn down the houses of parliament with the gun powder plot..

i don't know the rest but i think basically they put him on the fire to burn.

Answer 2

Guy Fawkes is famous - or perhaps, INfamous - for trying to blow up the House of Commons while Parliament was in session. He failed, and was executed.

Answer 3

He's famous for the gun powder plot to blow up Parliament.

Answer 4

Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 in York, England, and was a soldier. He fought for the Spanish in the low countries, and planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Answer 5

He was part of a failed assasination attempt against King James I in 1605. It is known at "The Gunpowder Plot."