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Bartholomew Roberts

1682 - 1722

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Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartholomew Roberts has received more than 2,087,341 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Bartholomew Roberts is the 8th most popular pirate (down from 6th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 334th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Pirate.

Bartholomew Roberts was a Welsh pirate who raided ships in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa from 1719 to 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, capturing more than 400 ships.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 8 out of 29. Before him are Blackbeard, Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, and Mary Read. After him are D. B. Cooper, François l'Olonnais, William Kidd, Henry Every, Sextus Pompey, and Benjamin Hornigold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 4. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, and Calico Jack. After him are Şehsuvar Sultan, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Jacopo Amigoni, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jan van Huysum, and Claudine Guérin de Tencin. Among people deceased in 1722, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 4. Before him are Kangxi Emperor, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. After him are John Toland, Johann Adam Reincken, Johann Kuhnau, Pierre Varignon, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, and Claude Gillot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 426 out of 8,785. Before him are Enid Blyton (1897), Samuel Butler (1835), Tristan (535), Fred Hoyle (1915), John Everett Millais (1829), and John Barry (1933). After him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Buchan (1875), Sam Neill (1947), John Bowlby (1907), and John Donne (1572).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 5. Before him are Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Henry Morgan (1635), and Mary Read (1695). After him are William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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