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Stede Bonnet

1688 - 1718

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Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) was an English pirate who was known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. Despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided he should turn to piracy in the spring of 1717. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stede Bonnet is the 18th most popular pirate (up from 19th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Barbados and the most popular Barbadian Pirate.

Stede Bonnet was most famous for being a pirate. He was known as a "gentleman pirate" because he was born into a wealthy family and was educated.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Stede Bonnet ranks 18 out of 29. Before him are William Kidd, Henry Every, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, and Jan Janszoon. After him are Charles Vane, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Thomas Tew, and Jean Lafitte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Stede Bonnet ranks 14. Before him are James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Pierre de Marivaux, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. After him are Domenico Zipoli, Antonio Corradini, François Lemoyne, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Johann Friedrich Fasch. Among people deceased in 1718, Stede Bonnet ranks 6. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Blackbeard, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, William Penn, and Mary of Modena. After him are Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, Devlet II Giray, and Jan Brokoff.

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In Barbados

Among people born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 3 out of 22. Before him are Sandra Mason (1949), and Rihanna (1988). After him are Sue Gardner (1967), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Tom Adams (1931), Freundel Stuart (1951), Clifford Husbands (1926), Jim Wedderburn (1938), Mia Mottley (1965), Grandmaster Flash (1958), and Owen Arthur (1949).

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Among PIRATES In Barbados

Among pirates born in Barbados, Stede Bonnet ranks 1. 

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