All-Time Pirate Rankings
Fifty of the most notorious and infamous pirates and privateers in history.
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Blackbeard / Edward Teach (c. 1680–1718)—
Calico Jack / John Rackham (1682–1720)—
Anne Bonny (c. 1697–1782)—
Mary Read (c. 1685–1721)—
Bartholomew Roberts / Black Bart (1682–1722)—
Henry Every / Long Ben (1659–c. 1714)—
William Kidd / Captain Kidd (1654–1701)—
Samuel Bellamy / Black Sam (1689–1717)—
Charles Vane (c. 1680–1721)—
Edward Low (1690–1724)—
Stede Bonnet / Gentleman Pirate (1688–1718)—
Thomas Tew (c. 1649–1695)—
Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719)—
Henry Morgan (1635–1688)—
Francis Drake (1540–1596)—
Walter Raleigh (1554–1618)—
Thomas Cavendish (1560–1592)—
Jean Lafitte (c. 1780–1823)—
Charles Gibbs (1798–1831)—
William Fly (d. 1726)—
John Quelch (d. 1704)—
Olivier Levasseur / La Buse (c. 1688–1730)—
Howell Davis (c. 1690–1719)—
Ching Shih (1775–1844)—
Cheung Po Tsai (1786–1822)—
Kuo Hsing Yeh / Koxinga (1624–1662)—
Lim Ah Hong (c. 1540–c. 1575)—
Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546)—
Aruj Barbarossa (c. 1474–1518)—
Turgut Reis / Dragut (c. 1485–1565)—
Uluj Ali (c. 1519–1587)—
Murat Reis the Elder (c. 1534–c. 1609)—
Murat Reis the Younger (c. 1570–1638)—
Jan Janszoon / Morat Rais (c. 1570–c. 1641)—
Grace O'Malley / Gráinne Mhaol (c. 1530–c. 1603)—
François l'Olonnais (c. 1635–c. 1668)—
Roche Braziliano (c. 1630–c. 1671)—
Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–c. 1702)—
John Cook (d. 1684)—
Edward Davis (c. 1652–c. 1702)—
Lionel Wafer (1640–1705)—
Alexander Exquemelin (c. 1645–1707)—
William Dampier (1651–1715)—
Woodes Rogers (c. 1679–1732)—
Richard Worley (d. 1719)—
Paulsgrave Williams (c. 1678–c. 1716)—
Christopher Condent (c. 1690–c. 1770)—
John Halsey (d. 1716)—
Edward England (c. 1685–c. 1721)—
George Lowther (d. 1723)—