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 7,472,701 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Blackbeard is the 2nd most popular pirate, the 107th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 90th 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, Alexander Selkirk, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, Mary Read, D. B. Cooper, Bartholomew Roberts, William Kidd, and Henry Every.
1478 - 1546
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 1
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 2
1635 - 1688
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 3
1381 - 1459
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 4
1676 - 1721
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 5
1702 - 1782
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 6
1682 - 1720
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 7
1695 - 1721
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 8
1931 - 1971
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 9
1682 - 1722
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 10
1645 - 1701
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 11
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1680, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Catherine Opalińska, Richard Cantillon, James Anderson, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Saliha Sultan, Ephraim Chambers, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Among people deceased in 1718, Blackbeard ranks 2. Before him is Charles XII of Sweden. After him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, William Penn, Mary of Modena, Stede Bonnet, Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Jacques Ozanam, and Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 1
1680 - 1719
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 2
1680 - 1721
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 3
1680 - 1747
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 4
1680 - 1734
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 5
1680 - 1739
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 6
1680 - 1741
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 7
1680 - 1735
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 8
1680 - 1739
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 9
1680 - 1740
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 10
1680 - 1705
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 11
1680 - 1758
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 12
1682 - 1718
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 1
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 2
1690 - 1718
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 3
1645 - 1718
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 4
1658 - 1718
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 5
1688 - 1718
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 6
1650 - 1718
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 7
1640 - 1718
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 8
1640 - 1718
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 9
1652 - 1718
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 10
Among people born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 107 out of 6,924. Before him are David Bowie (1947), T. E. Lawrence (1888), George Harrison (1943), George V (1865), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), and Aldous Huxley (1894). After him are Ridley Scott (1937), Henry VI of England (1421), Elton John (1947), Alan Rickman (1946), Edward VII (1841), and J. J. Thomson (1856).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 101
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 102
1943 - 2001
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 103
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 104
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 105
1894 - 1963
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 106
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 107
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 108
1421 - 1471
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 109
1947 - Present
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 110
1946 - 2016
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 111
1841 - 1910
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 112
1856 - 1940
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 113
Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Henry Morgan (1635), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Edward Low (1690), and Samuel Bellamy (1689).
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 1
1635 - 1688
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 2
1676 - 1721
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 3
1682 - 1720
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 4
1695 - 1721
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 5
1682 - 1722
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 6
1645 - 1701
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 7
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 8
1680 - 1719
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 9
1680 - 1721
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 10
1690 - 1724
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 11
1689 - 1717
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 12