1680 - 1718
Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward 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 Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blackbeard has received more than 12,962,287 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Blackbeard is the 2nd most popular pirate, the 124th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 106th in 2019) and the most popular British Pirate.
Blackbeard was a notorious pirate who terrorized the Atlantic coast of North America and the Caribbean during the early 18th century. He captured more than 40 ships and became one of the wealthiest pirates in history.
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Among pirates, Blackbeard ranks 2 out of 25. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa. After him are Henry Morgan, Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, Bartholomew Roberts, Calico Jack, Mary Read, D. B. Cooper, William Kidd, François l'Olonnais, and Sextus Pompey.
1478 - 1546
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 1
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 2
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 3
1381 - 1459
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 4
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 5
1682 - 1722
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 6
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 7
1695 - 1721
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 8
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 9
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 10
1635 - 1669
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 11
67 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1680, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, James Anderson, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Saliha Sultan, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Ephraim Chambers, and Emanuele d'Astorga. Among people deceased in 1718, Blackbeard ranks 2. Before him is Charles XII of Sweden. After him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Mary of Modena, William Penn, Stede Bonnet, Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, Margherita Maria Farnese, and Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 1
1680 - 1747
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 2
1680 - 1719
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 3
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 4
1680 - 1734
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 5
1680 - 1735
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 6
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 7
1680 - 1741
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 8
1680 - 1739
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 9
1680 - 1705
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 10
1680 - 1740
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 11
1680 - 1736
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 12
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 1
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 2
1690 - 1718
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 3
1658 - 1718
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 4
1645 - 1718
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 5
1688 - 1718
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 6
1650 - 1718
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 7
1640 - 1718
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 8
1652 - 1718
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 9
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 10
1664 - 1718
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 11
1667 - 1718
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 124 out of 7,765. Before him are Rowan Atkinson (1955), Edward Elgar (1857), Catherine Howard (1523), Brian May (1947), Mick Jagger (1943), and Lady Godiva (990). After him are Robert the Bruce (1274), William Gilbert (1544), Cary Grant (1904), Paul Dirac (1902), Christopher Lee (1922), and Joseph Priestley (1733).
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 118
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 119
1523 - 1542
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 120
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 121
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 122
990 - 1067
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 123
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 124
1274 - 1329
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 125
1544 - 1603
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 126
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 127
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 128
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 129
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 130
Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Henry Morgan (1635), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), and Edward Low (1690).
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 1
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 2
1682 - 1722
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 3
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1695 - 1721
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 5
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 6
1659 - 1699
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 7
1680 - 1719
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 8
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 9
1689 - 1717
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 10
1690 - 1724
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 11