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Calico Jack

1682 - 1720

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John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing that he wore, while Jack is a nickname for "John". Rackham was active towards the end (1718–1720) of the "Golden Age of Piracy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calico Jack has received more than 3,509,305 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Calico Jack is the 7th most popular pirate, the 379th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 296th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Pirate.

Calico Jack was a pirate who sailed the Caribbean Sea in the early 18th century. He is most famous for his involvement in the capture of the slave ship "The Concorde" in 1720.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Calico Jack ranks 7 out of 25Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, and Bartholomew Roberts. After him are Mary Read, D. B. Cooper, William Kidd, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, and Henry Every.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Calico Jack ranks 4Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, and Bartholomew Roberts. After him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Şehsuvar Sultan, Jacopo Amigoni, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Jan van Huysum, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Claudine Guérin de Tencin. Among people deceased in 1720, Calico Jack ranks 2Before him is Sukjong of Joseon. After him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Maria Barbara Bach, Edward England, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Antoine Coysevox, Peter Tordenskjold, Balaji Vishwanath, Anne Dacier, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Calico Jack ranks 379 out of 7,765Before him are Sam Neill (1947), Anthony Burgess (1917), C. F. Powell (1903), Robert Walpole (1676), Charles Lyell (1797), and Angela Lansbury (1925). After him are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Robert Burns (1759), Bonnie Tyler (1951), David Niven (1910), Henry Moore (1898), and Benjamin Graham (1894).

Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Calico Jack ranks 4Before him are Blackbeard (1680), Henry Morgan (1635), and Bartholomew Roberts (1682). After him are Mary Read (1695), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), and Edward Low (1690).