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Henry Morgan

1635 - 1688

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Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping ports on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as they did so. With the prize money and loot from the raids, Morgan purchased three large sugar plantations on Jamaica. Much of Morgan's early life is unknown; he was born in an area of Monmouthshire that is now part of the city of Cardiff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Morgan is the 2nd most popular pirate (up from 6th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 383rd in 2019) and the most popular British Pirate.

Henry Morgan was a Welsh pirate who raided Spanish settlements in the Caribbean. He was most famous for his raids on Panama City and Portobelo.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Henry Morgan ranks 2 out of 29. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa. After him are Eric of Pomerania, Blackbeard, Ching Shih, Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and William Kidd.

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Among people born in 1635, Henry Morgan ranks 2. Before him is Robert Hooke. After him are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Johann Joachim Becher, Philipp Spener, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, François l'Olonnais, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zanabazar, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, and Philippe Quinault. Among people deceased in 1688, Henry Morgan ranks 1. After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Claude Perrault, John Bunyan, Ferdinand Verbiest, Joachim von Sandrart, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Narai, Philip de Koninck, Constantine Phaulkon, Philippe Quinault, and Abraham Duquesne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Morgan ranks 141 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred the Great (849), Christopher Lee (1922), Mary Shelley (1797), William Harvey (1578), Catherine Parr (1512), and Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005). After him are Rosalind Franklin (1920), Brian Josephson (1940), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), Nicholas Winton (1909), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), and William Ramsay (1852).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Henry Morgan ranks 1. After him are Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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