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Jean Lafitte

1776 - 1826

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Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate, privateer, and slave trader who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him. Lafitte is believed to have been born either in Biarritz, in the French Basque Country, France, or the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Lafitte is the 24th most popular pirate (down from 23rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Haiti (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Jean Lafitte ranks 24 out of 29. Before him are Stede Bonnet, Charles Vane, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, and Thomas Tew. After him are Roche Braziliano, Cheung Po Tsai, Edward Low, Carlo Rambaldi, and Awilda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Jean Lafitte ranks 24. Before him are Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Simon Fraser, Vasily Tropinin, Peter Barlow, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Friedrich Stromeyer. After him are Joseph Görres, Vasily Golovnin, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, and François Marie Daudin. Among people deceased in 1826, Jean Lafitte ranks 34. Before him are Johann Peter Hebel, Christian Kramp, Friedrich Krupp, John Flaxman, Claire Lacombe, and Anton Walter. After him are Kondraty Ryleyev, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Pavel Pestel, Jacob Hübner, Nikolay Rumyantsev, and Johann Heinrich Voss.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Jean Lafitte ranks 17 out of 94. Before him are Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Ariel Henry (1949), Anacaona (1474), Leslie Manigat (1930), Frankétienne (1936), and Faustin Soulouque (1782). After him are Boniface Alexandre (1936), Emmanuel Sanon (1951), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Henri Namphy (1932), Silvio Cator (1900), and Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc (1756).

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Among PIRATES In Haiti

Among pirates born in Haiti, Jean Lafitte ranks 1. 

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