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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 1,696,069 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Samuel Bellamy is the 17th most popular pirate (up from 23rd in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,385th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Pirate.

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  • 24

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  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Samuel Bellamy ranks 17 out of 25. Before him are François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Henry Every, Ching Shih, Benjamin Hornigold, and Charles Vane. After him are Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Stede Bonnet, Thomas Tew, and Edward Low.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Samuel Bellamy ranks 6. Before him are Montesquieu, John V of Portugal, Samuel Richardson, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, Blas de Lezo, Alexis Piron, and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. Among people deceased in 1717, Samuel Bellamy ranks 4. Before him are Maria Sibylla Merian, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, and Jeanne Guyon. After him are Anna Leszczyńska, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Magnus Stenbock, Nicolaes Witsen, Jean Jouvenet, and Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Bellamy ranks 1,025 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter Shilton (1949), Gary Brooker (1945), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), J. Michael Kosterlitz (1943), and Cynthia Lennon (1939). After him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Colin McRae (1968), Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Edith Cavell (1865), and Henry Briggs (1561).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

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

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