Francis Drake

Francis Drake

male, deceased (1596)
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 - January 27 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, slave trader, politician and civil engineer of...
Sir Henry Morgan

Sir Henry Morgan

male, deceased (1688)
Sir Henry Morgan (Hari Morgan in Welsh), (ca. 1635 - August 25, 1688) was an English privateer of Welsh birth, who made a name in the Caribbean as...
William Kidd

William Kidd

male, deceased (1701)
William "Captain" Kidd (c. 1645 - May 23, 1701) is remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian...
Stede Bonnet

Stede Bonnet

male, deceased (1718)
Stede Bonnet was an early 18th century English pirate, sometimes called the "the gentleman pirate", since he had lived as a moderately wealthy...
Thomas Tew

Thomas Tew

male, deceased (1695)
Thomas Tew, a.k.a. the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th century English privateer turned pirate. Although he embarked on only two major piratical...
Christopher Moody

Christopher Moody

male
Christopher Moody was an 18th century pirate who held a policy of no quarter (no sparing of lives). After he was captured, he was hanged at Cape...
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male
Thomas Paine was a colonial American privateer who, during the late 17th century, raided several Spanish settlements, including his raid with Jan...
Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte

male, deceased (1826)
Jean Lafitte (1780? - 1826?), was a famous pirate in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.
Woodes Rogers

Woodes Rogers

male, deceased (1732)
Woodes Rogers, was an English privateer and later the first royal governor of the Bahamas. While at Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico,...
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

male
Alexander Hamilton was an 18th century Scottish sea captain, privateer and merchant. Very little is known about his life - even the dates of his...