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Born	1573 • England
Died	November 8, 1605 (aged 32) • Staffordshire • England
Role In	Gunpowder Plot

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Thomas Percy

English conspirator

Guy Fawkes

English conspirator

Garnett, engraving by Jan Wierix, early 17th century

Henry Garnett

English conspirator

Sir Francis Walsingham

English statesman

George Plantagenet, duke of Clarence

English noble

Lucy Hay, countess of Carlisle

English conspirator

William Allen

English cardinal

Philip Howard, 1st earl of Arundel

English noble

Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel

English noble

Francis Throckmorton

English conspirator

Henry Percy, 8th earl of Northumberland

English noble

Northumberland, Henry Percy, 9th earl of

Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland

English noble

Sallust

Roman historian

Gaston, duke d’Orléans

French prince

Wang Ching-wei

Chinese revolutionary

François-Noël Babeuf

French political journalist

George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly

Scottish conspirator

Mary Surratt

American businesswoman

Gian Luigi Fieschi the Younger

Italian noble

Madame de Chevreuse, portrait by Jean Le Blond

Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchess de Chevreuse

French princess

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