1635 - 1688
Sir Henry Morgan born Harri Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as he did so. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Morgan has received more than 2,659,591 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Morgan is the 3rd most popular pirate, the 220th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Pirate.
Henry Morgan was a Welsh pirate who raided Spanish settlements in the Caribbean. He was most famous for his raids on Panama City and Portobelo.
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Among pirates, Henry Morgan ranks 3 out of 25. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa and Blackbeard. After him are Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, Bartholomew Roberts, Calico Jack, Mary Read, D. B. Cooper, William Kidd, François l'Olonnais, and Sextus Pompey.
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
Among people born in 1635, Henry Morgan ranks 3. Before him are Robert Hooke and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. After him are François l'Olonnais, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Johann Joachim Becher, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Philipp Spener, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and Philippe Quinault. Among people deceased in 1688, Henry Morgan ranks 1. After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, John Bunyan, Ferdinand Verbiest, Claude Perrault, Narai, Joachim von Sandrart, Philippe Quinault, Constantine Phaulkon, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, and François Bernier.
1635 - 1703
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
1635 - 1719
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 2
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 3
1635 - 1669
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 4
1635 - 1676
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 5
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 6
1635 - 1709
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 7
1635 - 1705
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 8
1635 - 1663
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 9
1635 - 1673
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 10
1635 - 1689
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 11
1635 - 1688
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 12
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 1
1620 - 1688
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
1628 - 1688
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 3
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 4
1613 - 1688
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 5
1629 - 1688
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 6
1606 - 1688
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7
1635 - 1688
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 8
1647 - 1688
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 9
1610 - 1688
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 10
1621 - 1688
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 11
1620 - 1688
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Morgan ranks 220 out of 7,765. Before him are C. S. Lewis (1898), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), John Wycliffe (1324), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), and Ozzy Osbourne (1948). After him are Harold Godwinson (1022), Margaret Tudor (1489), James V of Scotland (1512), Julie Andrews (1935), John Deacon (1951), and Jane Birkin (1946).
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 214
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 215
1324 - 1384
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 216
1843 - 1878
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 217
1841 - 1904
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 218
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 219
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 220
1022 - 1066
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 221
1489 - 1541
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 222
1512 - 1542
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 223
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 224
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 225
1946 - 2023
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 226
Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Henry Morgan ranks 2. Before him are Blackbeard (1680). After him are Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Calico Jack (1682), 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