John Ward

male, deceased (1622)
John Ward [Warde], also known as "Jack Ward" and under his Muslim name "Yusuf Reis", was a notorious English pirate around the turn of the 17th...
Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

male, deceased (1616) (Spain)
a. The most reliable and accurate portrait of the writer to date is that provided by Cervantes himself in the "Exemplary Novels" (translated by...
Jan Janszoon

Jan Janszoon

male
Jan Janszoon van Haarlem (circa 1570 - post 1641) was a Dutch pirate also known as Murat Reis the Younger. His Dutch names are also given as Jan...
John Harris

John Harris

male, deceased (1864)
Colonel John Harris (May 20, 1790 - May 12, 1864) was the sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps. Harris was born in East Whiteland, Pennsylvania. He...
Samuel Pallache

Samuel Pallache

male, deceased (1616)
Samuel Pallache was a Jewish-Moroccan merchant, diplomate and pirate who was sent as an envoy to the Dutch Republic in 1608. Pallache's family...
Richard Somers

Richard Somers

male, deceased (1804)
Richard Somers (1778 or 1779-4 September 1804) was an officer of the United States Navy, killed during a daring assault on Tripoli. Born at Great...

Ólafur Egilsson

male
Ólafur Egilsson was an Icelandic priest. He was abducted along with his wife and two sons by Barbary Pirates during their raid on Vestmannaeyjar. T...
Angelo Emo

Angelo Emo

male
Angelo Emo (died 1792) was the last Grand Admiral of the Republic of Venice. He attempted to introduce reforms based on the practices of the...
Simon de Danser

Simon de Danser

male
Simon de Danser ("Simon The Dancer") (1579 ?, Dort - 1611 ?; conflicting dates are reported) was a Dutch privateer and pirate of the Barbary Coast....