PIRATE

Roche Braziliano

1630 - 1671

Roche Braziliano

Roche Braziliano (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671) was a Dutch pirate from the city of Groningen. His piratical career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance c. 1671. He was first made famous in Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of America; Exquemelin did not know Braziliano's real name, but historians have argued his probable real name was Gerrit Gerritszoon and that he and his parents had moved to Dutch Brazil. He is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in English translates to "Rock the Brazilian", due to his long exile in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roche Braziliano is the 25th most popular pirate (up from 26th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 410th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Roche Braziliano ranks 25 out of 29. Before him are Charles Vane, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Thomas Tew, and Jean Lafitte. After him are Cheung Po Tsai, Edward Low, Carlo Rambaldi, and Awilda.

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Charles Vane
1680 - 1721
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 19
Piet Pieterszoon Hein
1577 - 1629
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 20
Samuel Bellamy
1689 - 1717
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 21
Edward England
1685 - 1720
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 22
Thomas Tew
1649 - 1695
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 23
Jean Lafitte
1776 - 1826
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 24
Roche Braziliano
1630 - 1671
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 25
Cheung Po Tsai
1783 - 1822
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 26
Edward Low
1690 - 1724
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 27
Carlo Rambaldi
1925 - 2012
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 28
Awilda
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 29

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Roche Braziliano ranks 16. Before him are Ludolf Bakhuizen, Josefa de Óbidos, Pjetër Bogdani, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, and Maria van Oosterwijck. After him are Pierre Daniel Huet, Guru Har Rai, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Nikolay Diletsky, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, and Jean Richer. Among people deceased in 1671, Roche Braziliano ranks 13. Before him are Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sébastien Bourdon, Antonio Barberini, and Yerofey Khabarov. After him are Jan van Bijlert, Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Yun Seondo, and Roshanara Begum.

Others Born in 1630

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Ludolf Bakhuizen
PAINTER
1630 - 1708
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 10
Josefa de Óbidos
PAINTER
1630 - 1684
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 11
Pjetër Bogdani
WRITER
1630 - 1689
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 12
Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1630 - 1678
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 13
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1630 - 1665
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 14
Maria van Oosterwijck
PAINTER
1630 - 1693
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 15
Roche Braziliano
PIRATE
1630 - 1671
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 16
Pierre Daniel Huet
PHILOSOPHER
1630 - 1721
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 17
Guru Har Rai
POLITICIAN
1630 - 1661
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 18
Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp
POLITICIAN
1630 - 1680
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 19
Nikolay Diletsky
COMPOSER
1630 - 1681
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 20
Cornelis Pietersz Bega
PAINTER
1630 - 1664
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 21
Jean Richer
ASTRONOMER
1630 - 1696
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 22

Others Deceased in 1671

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Adam Olearius
EXPLORER
1603 - 1671
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 7
Fran Krsto Frankopan
WRITER
1643 - 1671
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 8
Petar Zrinski
WRITER
1621 - 1671
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 9
Sébastien Bourdon
PAINTER
1616 - 1671
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 10
Antonio Barberini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1607 - 1671
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 11
Yerofey Khabarov
EXPLORER
1603 - 1671
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 12
Roche Braziliano
PIRATE
1630 - 1671
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 13
Jan van Bijlert
PAINTER
1597 - 1671
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 14
Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
NOBLEMAN
1595 - 1671
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 15
Yun Seondo
WRITER
1587 - 1671
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 16
Roshanara Begum
WRITER
1617 - 1671
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 17