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This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy. For pirates of fiction or myth, see list of fictional pirates.
West Indies. Commands. Ranger (30-gun sloop) La Concorde (20-gun cargo ship) Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719) [1][verification needed] was an English pirate who operated during the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Born in England in the late 17th century, Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant ships in the Bahamas.
Anne Bonny. Anne Bonny[a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John “Calico Jack” Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [5] she has become one of the most recognised pirates of the era as well as in the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown.
Golden Age of Piracy. 1650s–1730s. A 1920 painting of Blackbeard 's final battle against Robert Maynard in 1718. Location. North Atlantic. Indian Ocean. Pacific Ocean. The Golden Age of Piracy is a common designation for the period between the 1650s and the 1730s, when maritime piracy was a significant factor in the histories of the North ...
Commands. Queen Anne's Revenge, Adventure. Edward Teach (or Thatch; c.1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen ...
Equiv. US$ 169.8 million in 2023;[1] #1 Forbes top-earning pirates[2] Captain Samuel Bellamy (c. 23 February 1689 – 26 April 1717), later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early 18th century. He is best known as the wealthiest pirate in recorded history, and one of the faces of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c.1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh [ 1 ] privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping ports on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as they did so.
Henry Jennings. Henry Jennings was an English privateer -turned- pirate. Jennings' first recorded act of piracy took place in early 1716 when, with three vessels and 150–300 men, Jennings' fleet ambushed the Spanish salvage camp from the 1715 Treasure Fleet. [3]