PIRATE

Jean Lafitte

1776 - 1826

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Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Lafitte has received more than 2,004,966 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jean Lafitte is the 23rd most popular pirate (up from 24th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Haiti (up from 2,278th in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Pirate.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Jean Lafitte ranks 23 out of 29. Before him are Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, Samuel Bellamy, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, and Thomas Tew. After him are Edward Low, Awilda, Roche Braziliano, Cheung Po Tsai, Grace O'Malley, and Carlo Rambaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Jean Lafitte ranks 20. Before him are Pehr Henrik Ling, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Simon Fraser, Peter Barlow, and Vasily Tropinin. After him are Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Lady Hester Stanhope, Vasily Golovnin, Friedrich Stromeyer, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, and Karl Friedrich Burdach. Among people deceased in 1826, Jean Lafitte ranks 27. Before him are Franz Danzi, Friedrich Krupp, Johann Baptist von Spix, François-Joseph Talma, Nikolay Rumyantsev, and Conrad Malte-Brun. After him are Shaykh Ahmad, John Flaxman, Fyodor Rostopchin, Clarke Abel, Johann Peter Hebel, and Georg Franz Hoffmann.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Jean Lafitte ranks 15 out of 94. Before him are René Préval (1943), John James Audubon (1785), Ariel Henry (1949), Jeanne Duval (1820), Anacaona (1474), and Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953). After him are Faustin Soulouque (1782), Jean-Jacques Honorat (1931), Leslie Manigat (1930), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Silvio Cator (1900), and Pedro Santana (1801).

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Among PIRATES In Haiti

Among pirates born in Haiti, Jean Lafitte ranks 1. 

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