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Charles Vane

1680 - 1721

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Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Vane has received more than 3,464,273 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Charles Vane is the 15th most popular pirate (up from 16th in 2019), the 720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 830th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Pirate.

Charles Vane is most famous for being a pirate. He was one of the most feared pirates of the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Charles Vane ranks 15 out of 29. Before him are D. B. Cooper, François l'Olonnais, William Kidd, Henry Every, Sextus Pompey, and Benjamin Hornigold. After him are Ching Shih, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, Samuel Bellamy, and Piet Pieterszoon Hein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Charles Vane ranks 5. Before him are Blackbeard, Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, and Saliha Sultan. After him are James Anderson, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Cantillon, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Bulleh Shah, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Among people deceased in 1721, Charles Vane ranks 5. Before him are Pope Clement XI, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, and Mary Read. After him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Pierre Daniel Huet, and Elihu Yale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Vane ranks 720 out of 8,785. Before him are James Macpherson (1736), John Paul Jones (1946), George Darwin (1845), William Byrd (1543), Kenny Dalglish (1951), and Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765). After him are Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), John Cockcroft (1897), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), and Mary Quant (1930).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Charles Vane ranks 9. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), and Benjamin Hornigold (1680). After him are Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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