Pirate

Henry Every

English captain and pirate

1659 - 1699

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His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Henry Every is the 13th most popular pirate (down from 12th in 2024), the 786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 534th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Pirate.

Henry Every is most famous for being a pirate. He was born in 1659 and died in 1725. His nickname was "Long Ben."

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Despite a life of just 39 years, Henry Every ranks #13 among all Pirates in history.

#10,105

More than 3 centuries after death, Henry Every still holds rank #10,105 among all individuals in Pantheon.

Aug 23

Henry Every shares a August 23 birthday with Louis XVI of France, Charles Martel, and Edgar de Wahl.

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Among Pirates

Among pirates, Henry Every ranks 13 out of 29. Before him are Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and William Kidd. After him are François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, and Charles Vane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Henry Every ranks 5. Before him are Henry Purcell, Jacob Roggeveen, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Georg Ernst Stahl. After him are Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Pieter van der Aa, Adriaen van der Werff, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1699, Henry Every ranks 3. Before him are Jean Racine, and Christian V of Denmark. After him are Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Mattia Preti, Hortense Mancini, Marco d'Aviano, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lucrezia Barberini, Patrick Gordon, and Mary Beale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Every ranks 786 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred Perry (1909), John Bunyan (1628), James Callaghan (1912), Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), and Osborne Reynolds (1842). After him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), George Mallory (1886), James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806).

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Among Pirates In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Henry Every ranks 7. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635), Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), and William Kidd (1645). After him are Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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