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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 3,186,460 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Vane is the 16th most popular pirate, the 830th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 704th 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.

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  • 60.64

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  • 22

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  • 5.16

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Charles Vane ranks 16 out of 25Before him are William Kidd, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Henry Every, Ching Shih, and Benjamin Hornigold. After him are Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Stede Bonnet, and Thomas Tew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Charles Vane ranks 4Before him are Blackbeard, Catherine Opalińska, and Benjamin Hornigold. After him are 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 1721, Charles Vane ranks 5Before him are Pope Clement XI, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, and Mary Read. After him are Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Edward Colston, and Elihu Yale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Vane ranks 830 out of 7,765Before him are Charlotte Cooper (1870), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Mary Mallon (1869), W. O. Bentley (1888), Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982), and Edmund Spenser (1552). After him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), Pete Townshend (1945), Petula Clark (1932), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141).

Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

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