PIRATE

Anne Bonny

1702 - 1782

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Anne Bonny (disappeared after 28 November 1720) was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Bonny has received more than 5,184,843 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Anne Bonny is the 4th most popular pirate (up from 5th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Pirate.

Anne Bonny was a pirate who was born in Ireland and moved to America. She was one of the most famous female pirates of all time.

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  • 68.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Anne Bonny ranks 4 out of 29. Before her are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Blackbeard, and Eric of Pomerania. After her are Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, D. B. Cooper, François l'Olonnais, William Kidd, and Henry Every.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1702, Anne Bonny ranks 1. After her are Thomas Bayes, Emperor Nakamikado, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Maria Clementina Sobieska, Legall de Kermeur, Muhammad Shah, Sava Petrović, Francesco Zuccarelli, Jacques Aved, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and William Fermor. Among people deceased in 1782, Anne Bonny ranks 4. Before her are Daniel Bernoulli, Farinelli, and Johann Christian Bach. After her are Taksin, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Pietro Metastasio, Jacques de Vaucanson, Sophie of France, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, and Ange-Jacques Gabriel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Anne Bonny ranks 17 out of 549. Before her are Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Pierce Brosnan (1953), Richard Harris (1930), and William Rowan Hamilton (1805). After her are John Scotus Eriugena (810), W. B. Yeats (1865), Columbanus (540), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Laurence Sterne (1713), and Enya (1961).

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Among PIRATES In Ireland

Among pirates born in Ireland, Anne Bonny ranks 1. After her are Edward England (1685), and Grace O'Malley (1530).

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