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William Kidd

1645 - 1701

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William Kidd (c. 1645 – 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish-American privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City. By 1690, Kidd had become a highly successful privateer, commissioned to protect English interests in the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the West Indies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Kidd is the 12th most popular pirate (down from 11th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Pirate.

William Kidd is most famous for being accused of piracy and murder.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, William Kidd ranks 12 out of 29. Before him are Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, and Bartholomew Roberts. After him are Henry Every, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Jan Janszoon, and Stede Bonnet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, William Kidd ranks 3. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. After him are Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Anne Dacier, Andreas Werckmeister, Nicolas Lemery, and Maria de Dominici. Among people deceased in 1701, William Kidd ranks 3. Before him are James II of England, and Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After him are Queen Inhyeon, Madeleine de Scudéry, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Jan Chryzostom Pasek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kidd ranks 748 out of 8,785. Before him are John Russell Hind (1823), C. P. Snow (1905), Alfonso de Portago (1928), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Ben Jonson (1572), and Jerome K. Jerome (1859). After him are Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Ray Stevenson (1964), Richard Griffiths (1947), John Smith (1580), Steve Howe (1947), and Michael Howard (1941).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, William Kidd ranks 6. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635), Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), and Bartholomew Roberts (1682). After him are Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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