1682 - 1720
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 3,533,247 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, Calico Jack ranks 7 out of 25. Before 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.
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
1659 - 1699
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1682, Calico Jack ranks 4. Before 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 2. Before 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.
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 1
1682 - 1712
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 2
1682 - 1722
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 3
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 5
1682 - 1719
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6
1682 - 1756
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 7
1682 - 1752
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 8
1682 - 1755
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 9
1682 - 1749
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 10
1682 - 1760
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 11
1682 - 1749
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 12
1661 - 1720
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 1
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 2
1655 - 1720
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 3
1684 - 1720
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 4
1685 - 1720
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 5
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 6
1642 - 1720
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 7
1640 - 1720
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 8
1690 - 1720
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 9
1662 - 1720
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 10
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 11
1648 - 1720
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Calico Jack ranks 379 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 373
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 374
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 375
1676 - 1745
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 376
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 377
1925 - 2022
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 378
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 379
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 380
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 381
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 382
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 383
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 384
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 385
Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Calico Jack ranks 4. Before 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).
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