FIENNES


Meaning of FIENNES in English

I . Ralph Fiennes

(1962 – )

an English film and theatre actor. His films include Schindler’s List (1993), The English Patient (1996), The End of the Affair (1999) and Sunshine (2000). He comes from an artistic family of six children. His younger brother, Joseph Fiennes, is also an actor, and his sister Martha directed him in the film Onegin (1999).

II . Ranulph Fiennes

( full name Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 1944– )

an English explorer. He is well known for his trips to the North and South Poles. In 1993 he and his partner Michael Stroud became the first people to walk across Antarctica without help. He was made a knight in 1993.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.