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Henry Every

1659 - 1699

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Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. He probably used several aliases throughout his career, including Benjamin Bridgeman, and was known as Long Ben to his crewmen and associates. Dubbed The Arch Pirate and The King of Pirates by contemporaries, Every was infamous for being one of the very few major pirate captains to escape with his loot without being arrested or killed in battle, and for being the perpetrator of what has been called the most profitable act of piracy in history. Although Every's career as a pirate lasted only two years, his exploits captured the public's imagination, inspired others to take up piracy, and spawned works of literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Every is the 13th most popular pirate (down from 12th in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 534th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Pirate.

Henry Every is most famous for being a pirate. He was born in 1659 and died in 1725. His nickname was "Long Ben."

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Henry Every ranks 13 out of 29. Before him are Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and William Kidd. After him are François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, and Charles Vane.

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Among people born in 1659, Henry Every ranks 5. Before him are Henry Purcell, Jacob Roggeveen, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Georg Ernst Stahl. After him are Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Pieter van der Aa, Adriaen van der Werff, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1699, Henry Every ranks 3. Before him are Jean Racine, and Christian V of Denmark. After him are Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Mattia Preti, Hortense Mancini, Marco d'Aviano, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lucrezia Barberini, Patrick Gordon, and Mary Beale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Every ranks 786 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred Perry (1909), John Bunyan (1628), James Callaghan (1912), Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), and Osborne Reynolds (1842). After him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), George Mallory (1886), James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Henry Every ranks 7. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635), Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), and William Kidd (1645). After him are Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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