PIRATE

William Kidd

1645 - 1701

Photo of William Kidd

Icon of person William Kidd

William Kidd (c. 1654 – 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kidd has received more than 3,063,287 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). William Kidd is the 11th most popular pirate (down from 10th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 458th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Pirate.

William Kidd is most famous for being accused of piracy and murder.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, William Kidd ranks 11 out of 29. Before him are Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, D. B. Cooper, and François l'Olonnais. After him are Henry Every, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Ching Shih, and Edward England.

Most Popular Pirates in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, William Kidd ranks 2. Before him is Marc-Antoine Charpentier. After him are Johann Ambrosius Bach, Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Andreas Werckmeister, Anne Dacier, Eusebio Kino, and Louis Jolliet. Among people deceased in 1701, William Kidd ranks 3. Before him are Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and James II of England. After him are Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Queen Inhyeon, Madeleine de Scudéry, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Jan Chryzostom Pasek.

Others Born in 1645

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1701

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kidd ranks 523 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Gabriel (1950), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), Raymond Cattell (1905), Mike Oldfield (1953), John Hicks (1904), and Richard Griffiths (1947). After him are Robert Edwards (1925), Mary Anning (1799), Gerard Butler (1969), Albert Finney (1936), Ronnie Wood (1947), and Stanley Baldwin (1867).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, William Kidd ranks 6. Before him are Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Henry Morgan (1635), Mary Read (1695), and Bartholomew Roberts (1682). After him are Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

British born Pirates

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous