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François l'Olonnais

1635 - 1669

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Jean-David Nau (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ david no]) (c. 1630 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François l'Olonnais has received more than 436,161 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). François l'Olonnais is the 10th most popular pirate (up from 11th in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from France (down from 744th in 2019) and the most popular French Pirate.

François l'Olonnais was a French pirate who raided the Spanish in the Caribbean. He is most famous for being one of the first pirates to raid Panama City.

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  • 440k

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  • 64.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, François l'Olonnais ranks 10 out of 29. Before him are Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and D. B. Cooper. After him are William Kidd, Henry Every, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, and Ching Shih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, François l'Olonnais ranks 4. Before him are Robert Hooke, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, and Henry Morgan. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Joachim Becher, Philipp Spener, Zanabazar, Philippe Quinault, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, and Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1669, François l'Olonnais ranks 4. Before him are Rembrandt, Pope Clement IX, and Pietro da Cortona. After him are Henrietta Maria of France, Antonio Cesti, Oboi, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Arnold Geulincx, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, and Pieter Post.

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In France

Among people born in France, François l'Olonnais ranks 779 out of 6,770. Before him are Auguste Mariette (1821), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Frontinus (30), Jacques Callot (1592), André Michel Lwoff (1902), and Jean Nicot (1530). After him are Margaret of Provence (1221), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Louis de Montfort (1673), Émile Loubet (1838), and Sebastian Brant (1458).

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Among PIRATES In France

Among pirates born in France, François l'Olonnais ranks 1. 

French born Pirates

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