New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

PIRATE

Stede Bonnet

1688 - 1718

Photo of Stede Bonnet

Icon of person Stede Bonnet

Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate for the reason that 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. Despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided he should turn to piracy in the spring of 1717. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stede Bonnet has received more than 3,299,008 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Stede Bonnet is the 21st most popular pirate (down from 19th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Barbados (down from 2nd in 2019) 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

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stede Bonnets by language


Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Stede Bonnet ranks 21 out of 25. Before him are Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, and Piet Pieterszoon Hein. After him are Thomas Tew, Edward Low, Jean Lafitte, Cheung Po Tsai, Roche Braziliano, and Grace O'Malley.

Most Popular Pirates in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Stede Bonnet ranks 13. Before him are Juraj Jánošík, Alexander Pope, James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Pierre de Marivaux, and Domenico Zipoli. After him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Antonio Corradini, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Marie Victoire de Noailles, Johann Friedrich Fasch, and Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. 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, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, Margherita Maria Farnese, and Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Others Born in 1688

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1718

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Barbados

Among people born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 3 out of 17. Before him are Sandra Mason (1949) and Rihanna (1988). After him are Sue Gardner (1967), Grandmaster Flash (1958), Mia Mottley (1965), Clifford Husbands (1926), Freundel Stuart (1951), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Owen Arthur (1949), Errol Barrow (1920), and Obadele Thompson (1976).

Others born in Barbados

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PIRATES In Barbados

Among pirates born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 1. 

Barbadian born Pirates

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL