PIRATE

Samuel Bellamy

1689 - 1717

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Captain Samuel Bellamy (c. 23 February 1689 – 26 April 1717), later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early 18th century. He is best known as the wealthiest pirate in recorded history, and one of the faces of the Golden Age of Piracy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Bellamy has received more than 1,821,124 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Samuel Bellamy is the 20th most popular pirate (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Pirate.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Samuel Bellamy ranks 20 out of 29. Before him are Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Ching Shih, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, and Stede Bonnet. After him are Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, Awilda, and Roche Braziliano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Samuel Bellamy ranks 5. Before him are Montesquieu, John V of Portugal, Samuel Richardson, and Jacques I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Zahir al-Umar, Blas de Lezo, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Alexis Piron. Among people deceased in 1717, Samuel Bellamy ranks 3. Before him are Maria Sibylla Merian, and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark. After him are Jeanne Guyon, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anna Leszczyńska, Magnus Stenbock, Nicolaes Witsen, Jean Jouvenet, Abraham Darby I, and Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Bellamy ranks 1,120 out of 8,785. Before him are Sydney Chaplin (1885), Colin McRae (1968), Hugh Griffith (1912), Henry Royce (1863), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), and Charles Spearman (1863). After him are Bob Paisley (1919), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Taron Egerton (1989), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Flinders Petrie (1853), and Leopold Stokowski (1882).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Samuel Bellamy ranks 10. Before him are Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), and Charles Vane (1680). After him are Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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