1649 - 1695
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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Among pirates, Thomas Tew ranks 22 out of 25. Before 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.
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 16
1689 - 1717
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 17
1685 - 1720
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 18
1570 - 1641
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 19
1577 - 1629
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 20
1688 - 1718
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 21
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 22
1690 - 1724
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 23
1776 - 1826
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 24
1783 - 1822
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 25
1630 - 1671
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 26
1530 - 1603
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 27
1925 - 2012
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1649, Thomas Tew ranks 6. Before 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 11. Before 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.
1649 - 1721
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 1
1649 - 1730
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 2
1649 - 1714
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3
1649 - 1734
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 4
1649 - 1664
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 5
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 6
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 7
1649 - 1704
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 8
1649 - 1685
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 9
1649 - 1706
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 10
1649 - 1712
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 11
1649 - 1713
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 12
1648 - 1695
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
1645 - 1695
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 6
1655 - 1695
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 7
1612 - 1695
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 8
1641 - 1695
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 9
1628 - 1695
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 10
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 11
1667 - 1695
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 12
1636 - 1695
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 13
1625 - 1695
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 14
1625 - 1695
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 15
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 16
1633 - 1695
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, Thomas Tew ranks 2,206 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 2,200
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 2,201
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 2,202
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,203
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,204
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,205
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 2,206
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,207
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,208
1933 - 2023
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,209
1888 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,210
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,211
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,212
Among pirates born in United States, Thomas Tew ranks 2. Before him are D. B. Cooper (1931).