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Stede Bonnet

1688 - 1718

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Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) was an English pirate who was known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stede Bonnet has received more than 3,466,622 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Stede Bonnet is the 19th most popular pirate (up from 21st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Barbados and the most popular Barbadian Pirate.

Stede Bonnet was most famous for being a pirate. He was known as a "gentleman pirate" because he was born into a wealthy family and was educated.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Stede Bonnet ranks 19 out of 29. Before him are Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Ching Shih, Edward England, and Jan Janszoon. After him are Samuel Bellamy, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, and Awilda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Stede Bonnet ranks 12. Before him are Juraj Jánošík, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Alexander Pope, James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, and Pierre de Marivaux. After him are Domenico Zipoli, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Antonio Corradini, François Lemoyne, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1718, Stede Bonnet ranks 6. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Blackbeard, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Mary of Modena, and William Penn. After him are Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Jacques Ozanam, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Devlet II Giray, and Margherita Maria Farnese.

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In Barbados

Among people born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 3 out of 22. Before him are Sandra Mason (1949), and Rihanna (1988). After him are Sue Gardner (1967), Grandmaster Flash (1958), Clifford Husbands (1926), Mia Mottley (1965), Freundel Stuart (1951), Owen Arthur (1949), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Arthur Barclay (1854), and Errol Barrow (1920).

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Among PIRATES In Barbados

Among pirates born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 1. 

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