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Benjamin Hornigold

1680 - 1719

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Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719) was an English pirate towards the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Born in England in the late 17th century, Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant ships in the Bahamas. He helped to establish the "Republic of Pirates" in Nassau and by 1717 was the captain of one of the most heavily armed ships in the region, called the Ranger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Hornigold is the 16th most popular pirate (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 695th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Pirate.

Benjamin Hornigold was most famous for being a pirate who operated in the Caribbean, off the coast of Central America, and in the Gulf of Mexico. He is also notable for being the mentor of Blackbeard.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Benjamin Hornigold ranks 16 out of 29. Before him are Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, William Kidd, Henry Every, François l'Olonnais, and Sextus Pompey. After him are Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, Charles Vane, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, and Edward England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Benjamin Hornigold ranks 5. Before him are Blackbeard, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Catherine Opalińska. After him are Saliha Sultan, James Anderson, Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Among people deceased in 1719, Benjamin Hornigold ranks 7. Before him are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, John Flamsteed, Shah Jahan II, Michel Rolle, and Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans. After him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Joseph Addison, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, and Boris Sheremetev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Hornigold ranks 1,072 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Briggs (1561), Anthony Head (1954), Van Morrison (1945), Tom Holland (1996), Fraser Stoddart (1942), and Twiggy (1949). After him are Tony Richardson (1928), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Peter Benenson (1921), Roger Scruton (1944), Slash (1965), and Peter Tait (1831).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Hornigold ranks 8. Before him are Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), and Henry Every (1659). After him are Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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