The Most Famous
PIRATES from France
This page contains a list of the greatest French Pirates. The pantheon dataset contains 29 Pirates, 2 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 5th most number of Pirates behind Netherlands, and United States.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Pirates of all time. This list of famous French Pirates is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. François l'Olonnais (1635 - 1669)
With an HPI of 64.78, François l'Olonnais is the most famous French Pirate. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Jean-David Nau (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ david no]) (c. 1630 – c. 1669), better known as François l'Olonnais (pronounced [fʁɑ̃swa lolɔnɛ]) (also l'Olonnois, Lolonois and Lolona), was a French pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1660s.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as French pirates born between 1635 and 1635. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased French pirates include François l'Olonnais.
