The Most Famous
FENCERS from United Kingdom
This page contains a list of the greatest British Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 349 Fencers, 5 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 13th most number of Fencers behind China, and Ukraine.
Top 6
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. Bill Hoskyns (1931 - 2013)
With an HPI of 53.75, Bill Hoskyns is the most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Henry William Furse Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games.,
2. Allan Jay (1931 - 2023)
With an HPI of 53.42, Allan Jay is the 2nd most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (30 June 1931 – 5 March 2023) was a British five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion.
3. Miles Chamley-Watson (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 32.84, Miles Chamley-Watson is the 3rd most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Miles Cleveland Chamley-Watson (born December 3, 1989) is a British-American right-handed foil fencer. He is a 13-time team Pan American champion, the 2019 team world champion, the 2013 individual world champion, a three-time Olympian, and the 2016 team Olympic bronze medalist.
4. James Davis (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 29.78, James Davis is the 4th most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
James-Andrew Davis (born 3 July 1991) is a British fencer, European champion in 2014. He competed in men's foil at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
5. Richard Kruse (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 24.49, Richard Kruse is the 5th most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 12 different languages.
Richard Kruse (born 30 July 1983) is a former British right-handed foil fencer and four-time Olympian. In 2015, he was part of the Great Britain team that shocked Olympic champions Italy to win the first European Games gold in team foil, the first British gold medal in a team fencing event at World or European level for fifty years. He retired in 2021.
6. Marcus Mepstead (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 17.56, Marcus Mepstead is the 6th most famous British Fencer. His biography has been translated into 8 different languages.
Marcus Mepstead OLY ( MEP-sted; born 11 May 1990) is a British Olympic foil fencer, who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. A team bronze medallist at the 2010 and 2013 European Championships, and team gold medallist at the 2015 European Games. In 2016, he won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships. and 2019 Vice-World Champion.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as British fencers born between 1931 and 1991. Of these 6, 4 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living British fencers include Miles Chamley-Watson, James Davis, and Richard Kruse. The most famous deceased British fencers include Bill Hoskyns, and Allan Jay. As of April 2024, 1 new British fencers have been added to Pantheon including James Davis.
Living British Fencers
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Miles Chamley-Watson
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.84
James Davis
1991 - Present
HPI: 29.78
Richard Kruse
1983 - Present
HPI: 24.49
Marcus Mepstead
1990 - Present
HPI: 17.56
