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Thomas Tew

1649 - 1695

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Thomas Tew (died September 1695), also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th-century English privateer-turned-pirate. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the second, and he pioneered the route which became known as the Pirate Round. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Tew has received more than 657,989 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Tew is the 22nd most popular pirate (down from 21st in 2019), the 2,206th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,700th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Pirate.

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  • 56.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Thomas Tew ranks 22 out of 25Before him are Charles Vane, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, and Stede Bonnet. After him are Edward Low, Jean Lafitte, Cheung Po Tsai, Roche Braziliano, Grace O'Malley, and Carlo Rambaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Thomas Tew ranks 6Before him are Pope Clement XI, Pope Benedict XIII, Marie Anne Mancini, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After him are John Blow, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Jan Luyken, and Giuseppe Maria Tomasi. Among people deceased in 1695, Thomas Tew ranks 11Before him are Juana Inés de la Cruz, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Zumbi, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg. After him are Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Samuel Morland, Pierre Nicole, Huang Zongxi, and Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Tew ranks 2,206 out of 18,182Before him are Charles Whitman (1941), David Baltimore (1938), Lee J. Cobb (1911), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), George Crumb (1929), and Henry Winkler (1945). After him are Bill Finger (1914), Matt Dillon (1964), Wayne Shorter (1933), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Katey Sagal (1954), and Voltairine de Cleyre (1866).

Among PIRATES In United States

Among pirates born in United States, Thomas Tew ranks 2Before him are D. B. Cooper (1931).