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Pirate and Privateer Biographies

This is as complete a list of pirates, privateers, and buccaneers and their most interesting biographies as I have been able to compile from various sources (see disclaimer). The listing is alphabetical by first name, where possible.



Abraham Blauvelt
Alfhild
Anne Bonny
Anne Dieu-le-veut
Anthony Sherley
Barbarossa
Bartholomew Roberts
Bartholomew Sharp
Benito de Soto
Benjamin Hornigold
Charles Vane
Charlotte de Berry
Cheng I Sao
Christopher Condent
Christopher Myngs
Conajee Angria
Dirk Chivers
Dominique You
Edward Collier
Edward England
Edward Low
Edward Mansfield
Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
Elizabeth Shirland
Eric Cobham
Eustace the Monk
Francis Drake
Francis Spriggs
Francios l'Olonnais (Jean David Nau)


George Booth
George Lowther
Gertrude Imogene Stubbs
Godeke Wessels (Godeke Michels)
Gráinne Ni Mháille (Grace O'Malley)
Guillaume Le Testu
Hendrick Quintor
Henriques the Englishman
Henry Every (John Avery, Benjamin Bridgeman)
Henry Jennings
Henry Morgan
Hiram Breakes
Howell Davis
Israel Hands
James Ferguson
James Kelley
Jane de Belleville
Jean Laffite
John Bowen
John Callice
John Coxon
John Evans
John Fenn
John Halsey
JohnStörtebeker
Lawrence Prince
Manuel Pardal Rivero
Maria Lindsey
Mary Crickett





Mary Harvey (Mary Farlee)
Mary Killigrew
Mary Read
Michael Geare
Nathaniel North
Oliver La Bouche
Palgrave Williams
Peter Easton
Philip Roche (John Eustace)
Pierre Le Grand
Piet Heyn
Rachel Wall
Ralph Stout
"Red Legs" Greaves
Richard Noland
Richard Sawkins
Richard Worley
Robert Culliford
Robert Pike
Roche Braziliano
Samuel Bellamy
Samuel Burgess
Simon Simonson
Stede Bonnet
Thomas Anstis
Thomas Davis
Thomas Howard
Thomas Pound
Thomas Tew
Thomas Veale
Thomas White
Walter Kennedy
Walter Raleigh
Wilgress
William Dampier
William Fly
William Kidd
William Lewis
William May
William Parker
Woodes Rogers





Pirate and Privateer Biographies