 | Kristoffer Trondson | 1500 ca | 1535 | | 1559 | 1565 |
| | a squire, admiral, feudal overlord in Norway and Denmark, privateer captain and pirate. Kristoffe... |
 | Wang Zhi | unknown | 1540 | | 1559 | unknown |
| | a Chinese pirate and trader of the 16th century, one of the chief named and known figures among t... |
 | Giorgio Adorno | unknown | 1550 | | 1559 | 1558 ca |
| | Italian pirate and knight of Malta.
He worked around Malta and Italy. He was captain of the gall... |
 | Delizuff | unknown | 1550 | | 1559 | unknown |
| | Barbary corsair. In 1553, while Barbarossa was sailing from Algiers to Constantinople, he was joi... |
| Captain Easton | unknown | 1550 | | 1559 | unknown |
| | Joined the Barbary pirates in the sixteenth century, succeeding so well as to become, according t... |
 | Henry Strangways | unknown | 1552 | | 1560 | 1562 |
| | an English "Gentleman Pirate" who attacked Spanish and other shipping. He was repeatedly imprison... |
| Peter Carew | unknown | 1560 | | 1560 | unknown |
| | an English adventurer, who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and took part ... |
 | Juan Gascon | unknown | 1560 | | 1560 | unknown |
| | |
 | Aisa | unknown | 1540 | | 1560s 9 | unknown |
| | A famous Mediterranean pirate, and one of Dragut's admirals (Aisa was Drugat's nephew) in the six... |
| Cigala | unknown | 1551 | | 1561 | unknown |
| | |
| Thomas Cobham | unknown | 1563 | | 1563 | unknown |
| | |
 | Turgut Reis | 1485 | 1500 | | 1565 | 1565, Jun 23 |
| | an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Medite... |
| Pedro Menendez de Aviles | 1519, Feb 15 | 1565 | | 1565 | 1574, Sep 17 |
| | a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning... |
| Salih Reis | 1488 ca | 1529 | | 1568 | 1568 |
| | a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral. In 1529, he took part in the Turkish-Spanish battle near... |
 | Captain Robert Blondel | 1530 ca | 1550 | | 1568 | 1568 ca |
| | wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_de_Ulúa_(1568)
.......
French captai... |
 | Takanobu Matsura | 1529 | 1540 | | 1569 | 1599, Apr 1 |
| | a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was on... |
| Francois Le Clerc | unknown | 1550 | | 1569 | 1563 |
| | a 16th-century French privateer, originally from Normandy. He is credited as the first pirate in... |
| Matsura Takanobu | 1529 | 1550 | | 1569 | 1599, Apr 1 |
| | a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was o... |
 | Mustapha | unknown | 1558 | | 1569 | unknown |
| | In 1558 he sailed, with a fleet of 140 vessels, to the Island of Minorca. Landed, and besieged th... |
| William Burder | unknown | 1560 | | 1569 | unknown |
| | Mayor of Dover. It may seem strange to accuse the mayor of so important a seaport as Dover of bei... |
| Richard Deigle | unknown | 1560 | | 1569 | unknown |
| | An Elizabethan pirate. Wrecked in the John of Sandwich at Alderney in 1564, when he was arrested,... |
| Captain Heidon | unknown | 1560 | | 1569 | unknown |
| | Arrested for piracy in 1564 for having captured a Flemish ship. This vessel he manned with thirte... |
| Philip Readhead | unknown | 1560 | | 1569 | 1564 |
| | One of Captain Heidon's crew of the pirate ship John of Sandwich, wrecked on Alderney Island in 1... |
| Roger Shaster | unknown | 1560 | | 1569 | 1564 |
| | One of Captain Heidon's crew of the pirate ship John of Sandwich, which was wrecked on the coast ... |
| Jean Capdeville | unknown | 1569 | | 1569 | unknown |
| | Sailed with Jacques Sores |
 | Ali Basha | unknown | 1560 | | 1570s 9 | unknown |
| | From Algiers. Barbary corsair. Conquered the Kingdom of Tunis in the sixteenth century, and captu... |
 | John Chalona Butler | unknown | 1570s c | | 1570s 9 | 1577 |
| | Sailed with John Oxenham. Captured, tortured and put to death by the ES Inquisition;........John ... |
| Jean Bontemps | 1530 ca | 1559 | | 1572 | 1572 |
| | a French privateer. In 1559, sailing with Jean-Martin Cotes, he attacked the towns of Santa Marta... |
| Richard Allen [1] | unknown | 1560 | | 1572 | 1572, Nov |
| | a young English sailor turned pirate. He worked in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel. Along w... |
| Charles Glub | 1540 ca | 1560 | | 1572 | 1572 |
| | English quartermaster and pirate.
He was very popular with the crew for his cheerful disposition... |
| Joseph Drake | 1555 ca | 1570 | | 1572 | 1572, Nov |
| | Brother to Sir Francis Drake, died of yellow fever on the ship Francis November. ......
Engl... |
| John Garret | 1540 ca | 1572 | | 1572 | 1600 ca |
| | Privateer ..........
He served in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
He became a member of the crew ... |
 | Courte Higgenberte | unknown | 1572 | | 1572 | unknown |
| | Conrad van Hegenbert |
 | Klein Henszlein | unknown | 1560 | | 1573 | 1573 |
| | a German pirate from 1560 to 1573 who raided shipping in the North Sea until his defeat and captu... |
| John Smith [1] | 1550 ca | 1572 | | 1573 | 1570s |
| | John Smith *1550?? - +1573. English pirate.
In 1572 he became a member of the crew of Francis Dr... |
| Ellis Hixon | 1540 ca | 1573 | | 1573 | 1573 ca |
| | an English captain and pirate. He served in the Atlantic. In 1573 he joined Francis Drake's raid ... |
| Robert Pike | 1550 ca | 1573 | | 1573 | 1589 ca |
| | English officer and a pirate.
In 1573 he became a member of the crew of Francis Drake, who this ... |
| Ferdinando Fielding | unknown | 1574 | | 1574 | unknown |
| | |
| Louis de Boisot | 1530 ca | 1560 | | 1576 | 1576, May 27 |
| | After 1567 he joined the watergeuzen. He took part in a battle under Willem van Oranje in 1572. H... |
 | Arnaut Mami | unknown | 1572 | | 1576 | unknown |
| | an Ottoman Albanian renegade, the squadron admiral and the supreme commander of all Islamic vesse... |
| Andrew Barker | unknown | 1560 | | 1577 | 1577 |
| | an English merchant. In 1575 at Tenerife, the Inquisition laid hands on the captain and crew of t... |
| Peter Carder | 1565 ca | 1577 | | 1577 | 1626 ca |
| | Sailed with Sir Francis Drake ......
English cabin boy and a pirate.
He was a member of the c... |
| John Chester | 1540 ca | 1577 | | 1577 | 1578 |
| | commanded the fly-boat Swan at the outset of Francis Drake's round the world journey ......
En... |
| Thomas Cuttle | 1545 ca | 1577 | | 1577 | 1600 ca |
| | English officer, boatswain a pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and at... |
 | Nunho da Silva | unknown | 1577 | | 1577 | unknown |
| | |
| Hugh Smith | 1545 ca | 1577 | | 1577 | 1589 ca |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber... |
| John Wynter | 1540 ca | 1577 | | 1577 | 1610 ca |
| | Pirate Captain. Vessel: Aid.....English captain and pirate.
Son of George and Anne Wynter. Nephe... |
| Richard Minivy | 1545 ca | 1560 | | 1578 | 1578 |
| | Richard Minivy *1545?? - +prosinec 1578. English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis ... |
| Captain John Thomas [1] | 1540 ca | 1560 | | 1578 | 1578 ca |
| | English captain and pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended al... |
| William Markham [1] | 1545 ca | 1570 | | 1578 | 1578 |
| | English officer, boatswain, and pirate. He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1570 and ... |
| John Doughty | 1545 ca | 1575 | | 1578 | 1578 ca |
| | English nobleman, an officer, a soldier and a pirate. Brother Thomas Doughty.
In 1575, during th... |
| William Coxe | unknown | 1576 | | 1578 | unknown |
| | |
| Thomas Doughty [1] | 1545 | 1577 | | 1578 | 1578, Jul 2 |
| | an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. His associati... |
| Francis Fletcher | 1555 | 1578 | | 1578 | 1619 ca |
| | a clergyman of the Church of England who accompanied Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation of... |
| Guillaume Le Testu | 1509 ca | 1560 | | 1579 | 1573 |
| | a French privateer, explorer and navigator. He was one of the foremost cartographers of his time ... |
| Leonard Vicary | 1540 ca | 1560s | | 1579 | 1578 ca |
| | English officer and a pirate. He was a student rights.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Dr... |
| John Callis | unknown | 1570 | | 1579 | 1576 |
| | a 16th-century Welsh pirate. He was active in South Wales from Cardiff to Haverfordwest, often se... |
| Klaus Hanslein | unknown | 1570 | | 1579 | 1573 |
| | This German pirate of the 1570's attacked shipping in the North sea until he and his crew were ca... |
| Gilbert Horseley | 1545 ca | 1570 | | 1579 | 1580 ca |
| | English captain and pirate, based in the Caribbean.
Where practically pillaged whom. In 1573 he ... |
| Limahong | unknown | 1570 | | 1579 | unknown |
| | a notorious Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippine Islands in 1574. He bu... |
| William Pitcher | 1545 ca | 1570 | | 1579 | 1578 ca |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1575 and attended all his robber... |
| Nicolaes Ruychaver | unknown | 1570 | | 1579 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer in the 16th century. Received a Letter of Marque on 10 June 1570 issued by Willem... |
| Johan Sieuwertszoon | unknown | 1570 | | 1579 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer active in the 16th century. On 15 May 1570 he received a Letter of Marque from Wi... |
 | Magnus Heinason | 1545/48 | 1579 | | 1579 | 1589, Jan 18 |
| | Faroese naval hero and privateer. Was executed for piracy, though charges were later dropped. |
| William Holland | unknown | 1579 | | 1579 | unknown |
| | |
| Thomas Beavin | unknown | 1580 | | 1580 | 1590 ca |
| | English pirate who sailed in the area around Wales. Ultimately, he was captured and hanged in Lon... |
| Philip Boyte | unknown | 1580 | | 1580 | 1600 ca |
| | Pirate originally from Portland, and was executed in London. Hanged ......
English pirate of ... |
| Gregory Cary | 1545 ca | 1580 | | 1580 | 1600 ca |
| | Sailed with Sir Francis Drake on his round the world tour .....
English pirate.
He was a memb... |
| Alonso de Contreras | unknown | 1580 | | 1580 | unknown |
| | a Spanish sailor (captain of a frigate), soldier (captain of infantry and then of cavalry), priva... |
| Fabio Galerati | unknown | 1580 | | 1580 | unknown |
| | Knight of St. Stephan |
| Thomas Hankyn | unknown | 1580 | | 1580 | unknown |
| | |
| John Brewer | 1540 ca | 1560 | | 1580s 9 | 1600 ca |
| | Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ......
English captain and pirate.
H... |
| Captain Derrick | unknown | 1581 | | 1581 | unknown |
| | hunted by the French courts in Studland Bay. |
| Stephen Heynes | unknown | 1581 | | 1581 | unknown |
| | / Carless Stephen |
| Lady Mary Wolverston | 1525 ca | 1570 | | 1582 | 1582 ca |
| | a gentlewoman from Suffolk, married into an ancient Cornish family, who was accused of piracy dur... |
| Don Diego Brocchiero De Anaya | unknown | 1583 | | 1583 | 1590 ca |
| | Spanish pirate and Knight of Malta. He sailed the Mediterranean, attacking Venetian and Arab ships. |
| John Killigrew [2] | unknown | 1571 | | 1584 | 1584 |
| | the 2nd Governor of Pendennis Castle, (1568–1584) appointed by Queen Elizabeth I, as stated on... |
| Pietro Emo | unknown | 1584 | | 1584 | unknown |
| | Beheaded by Venetians |
| Eloi Colaert | unknown | 1583 | | 1585 | unknown |
| | He was a privateer in the service of Spain. He was active in the years 1583 and 1585 from Duinker... |
| Karel Dauwe | unknown | 1585 | | 1585 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer in the service of Spain in 1585. |
| Bernard Drake | unknown | 1585 | | 1585 | unknown |
| | an Elizabethan sea captain. He was a possible relation to Sir Francis Drake. Beginning in 1585, h... |
| Martin Frobisher | 1535 | 1585 | | 1585 | 1595 |
| | an English seaman and privateer (licensed pirate) who made three voyages to the New World to look... |
| William Hawkins the younger | unknown | 1585 | | 1585 | unknown |
| | went around the world with Francis Drake |
| Francis Knollys | 1552 ca | 1585 | | 1585 | 1648 |
| | an English privateer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1575... |
| Pieter Pouwels | unknown | 1585 | | 1585 | unknown |
| | Privateer actively employed by Spain in 1585 with a Letter of Marque. He used Duinkerken as a bas... |
| Giovanni Dionigi | 1519 | 1536 | | 1587 | 1587, Jun 21 |
| | an Italian born corsair (privateer) who later became an Ottoman admiral (Reis), Bey of the Regenc... |
| Lady Mary Killigrew [3] | 1525 ca | 1540 | | 1587 | 1587 ca |
| | Mary was the daughter of a former Suffolk pirate. Mary's husband Sir Henry Killigrew, a former pi... |
| William Irish | unknown | 1587 | | 1587 | unknown |
| | |
| Edward Bright | unknown | 1560 | | 1589 | 1589 |
| | Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ......
English pirate.
He was a memb... |
| John Cooke [1] | 1545 ca | 1560 | | 1589 | 1600 ca |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber... |
| Lawrence Eliot | 1545 ca | 1560 | | 1589 | 1600 ca |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber... |
| George Fortescue [1] | 1550 ca | 1560 | | 1589 | unknown |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1563 and attended all his robber... |
| James Rance | 1545 ca | 1560 | | 1589 | 1589 ca |
| | English pirate.
He was a member of the crew of Francis Drake from 1560 to r.1567 and attended al... |
| John Chidley | unknown | 1565 | | 1589 | unknown |
| | explored with John Davis….wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Chidley |
| George Fenner | 1550 ca | 1567 | | 1589 | 1589 |
| | Brother to Edward, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr ......
English pirate.
Since 15... |
| Captain William Fenner Sr. | unknown | 1567 | | 1589 | 1589 |
| | Uncle to Edward and George .........
English captain and pirate.
He was the father of William... |
| John Callice | 1558 ca | 1570 | | 1589 | 1587 |
| | Born in Southeastern Wales, Callice moved to London as a youth, became a retailer and later joine... |
| Clinton Atkinson | unknown | 1580 | | 1589 | 1583, Aug 31 |
| | a 16th-century British pirate, active in the 1580s in the sea surrounding Devon and Cornwall in ... |
| Mark Bury | unknown | 1580 | | 1589 | 1589 |
| | operated in the Atlantic. .....
English pirate.
He served in the Atlantic. It was sunk by the... |
| Captain Fleming | unknown | 1580 | | 1589 | unknown |
| | Pirate. This notorious Elizabethan pirate did his country a great service by bringing to Plymouth... |
| Francesco Barbolani Dei Conti De Montauto | unknown | 1590 | | 1590 | 1600 ca |
| | Knight of Saint Stephen ....
Probably Italian pirate, known as the Knights of St. Stephen. Wit... |
| William Fenner Jr. | 1570 ca | 1590 | | 1590 | 1600 ca |
| | son of William, cousin to Edward and George ......
English captain and pirate.
He was the son... |
| Samuel Foxcraft | unknown | 1590 | | 1590 | unknown |
| | |
| Edward Glenham | unknown | 1590 | | 1590 | unknown |
| | |
| Mrs. Peter Lambert | unknown | 1580 | | 1590s 9 | unknown |
| | Born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. |
| Thomas Fenner | 1550 ca | 1564 | | 1591 | 1591 |
| | Privateer .....
English officer and a pirate.
He was a close friend of Francis Drake.
Even a... |
| John Flegon | unknown | 1591 | | 1591 | unknown |
| | One of Ralegh's sea-captains |
| Thomas Cavendish | 1560 | 1587 | | 1592 | 1592 |
| | an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliber... |
| Abraham Cocke | unknown | 1589 | | 1593 | unknown |
| | Worked for John Watts |
| Captain James Langton | 1550 ca | 1585 | | 1594 | unknown |
| | English captain and pirate.
In his youth, he sailed as a seaman on board the Lords of Cumberland... |
| Sir Richard Hawkins | 1562 ca | 1593 | | 1594 | 1622, Apr 17 |
| | a 17th-century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", and the son of Admiral Sir Joh... |
| Richard Best | unknown | 1594 | | 1594 | 1600 ca |
| | actively plundered Spanish ships in the Caribbean. .......
English Pirate of the Caribbean.
I... |
| Thomas Drake | unknown | 1560 | | 1595 | 1595 |
| | an English pirate captain, commanded the ship Thomas for his brother Francis Drake during the cam... |
| Sir John Hawkins | 1532 | 1562 | | 1595 | 1595, Nov 12 |
| | an English naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder, privateer and sla... |
| Edward Fenner | 1550 ca | 1567 | | 1595 | 1595 ca |
| | Brother to George, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr .....
English pirate.
Since 156... |
| Thomas Moone | 1545 ca | 1572 | | 1595 | 1595 |
| | English captain and pirate, was originally a carpenter.
He became a member of the crew of Franci... |
| Robert Crosse | 1570 ca | 1587 | | 1595 | 1595 |
| | English pirate.
He was the brother of John Crosse.
From 1585 he served in the Atlantic and Cari... |
| John Crosse | 1575 | 1591 | | 1595 | 1595 |
| | English cabin boy and a pirate.
Brother of Robert Crosse.
He became a member of the crew of Fr... |
| Sir Francis Drake | 1540 ca | 1563 | | 1596 | 1596, Jan 27/28 |
| | an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Drak... |
| Anthoney Hippon | unknown | 1596 | | 1596 | unknown |
| | |
| Shirahama Kenki | unknown | 1585 | | 1599 | 1599 |
| | a Japanese pirate of the late 16th-early 17th centuries, one of the first Japanese with whom the... |
| Dirk Gorissen | unknown | 1590 | | 1599 | 1599 |
| | Privateer active in 1599 from the port of Duinkerken. In this year he was captured and he and his... |
| Ferdinando d'Aragona | unknown | 1600 | | 1600 | 1600 ca |
| | Aragon (Spanish) pirate.
He served in the Mediterranean and attacked mainly Venetian ships. |
| Willem Jansen | unknown | 1600 | | 1600 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair based in Duinkerken and one time officer under Jacques Colaert........Dutch private... |
| Jan Janssen | unknown | 1600 | | 1600 | unknown |
| | Captured and converted to Islam in 1618. Became Governor of Oualidia……This Dutch privateer jo... |
| Edward Joliffe | unknown | 1600 | | 1600 | unknown |
| | |
| Anthonis Rijcx | unknown | 1585 | | 1601 | unknown |
| | Privateer active in the years 1585 - 1601 from Duinkerken. He had a letter of Marque from the Spa... |
| William Craston | unknown | 1590 | | 1601 | unknown |
| | |
| Baltazar de Cordes | unknown | 1598 | | 1601 | 1601? |
| | a Dutch corsair who fought against the Spanish during the early 17th Century. Born in the Netherl... |
| Olivier van Noort | 1558 | 1598 | | 1601 | 1627, Feb 22 |
| | the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. His ships were poorly equipped, especially in the... |
| Marcantonio Calefati | 1545, May 1 | 1565 | | 1602 | 1602, Nov 10 |
| | On 12 March 1568, after he had already participated in the War of Malta (1565) and that of Hungar... |
| Jan de Bouff | unknown | 1602 | | 1602 | unknown |
| | a Dutch renegade privateer who, during the Dutch War of Independence, entered Habsburg service an... |
| Andries Dirksen | unknown | 1602 | | 1602 | unknown |
| | privateer in the service of Spain. He operated in 1602 from the port of Duinkerken. In August 160... |
| Grace O'Malley | 1530 | 1550 | | 1603 | 1603 |
| | chieftain of the Ó Máille clan in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father... |
| Sir Michael Geare | 1565 ca | 1584 | | 1603 | unknown |
| | a 16th-century English sailor, privateer and merchant. One of the many Sea Dogs who plagued the S... |
| Sir James Lancaster | 1554 | 1591 | | 1603 | 1618 |
| | a prominent Elizabethan trader and privateer, active in India during the late 16th century. In 15... |
| Brother Ascanio Cambiano | unknown | 1602 | | 1604 | unknown |
| | Knight of Malta. Captain General of Galleys |
| George Clifford | unknown | 1558 | | 1605 | unknown |
| | an English peer, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to prepare an exped... |
| Jacques Germain | unknown | 1606 | | 1606 | unknown |
| | Knight of St. Stephan |
 | Agostino Faenzo | unknown | 1607 | | 1607 | unknown |
| | Knight of St. Stephen |
| James Harris | unknown | 1608 | | 1608 | unknown |
| | One of Roberts's crew. |
| Murat Reis the Elder | 1534 | 1560 | | 1608/38 | 1608/9/38 |
| | an Albanian privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Navy. He is regarded as one of the most importan... |
| John Oxenham | 1536 | 1570 | | 1609 | 1580 |
| | Elizabethan Sea Dog and associate of Sir Francis Drake during the early years of the Anglo-Spanis... |
| Jan Claasen | unknown | 1590 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer in the service of Spain in 1599. He sailed from the port of Duinkerken. He attack... |
| Adriaan Dirksen | unknown | 1590 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Dirksen was vice-admiral and member of the board of admirals of Duinkerken in 1597. In May 1599 h... |
| Amyas Preston | unknown | 1590 | | 1609 | 1609 |
| | an English privateer of the Elizabethan period. Prestin came from Cricket St Thomas in Somerset. ... |
| Elizabeth Shirland | 1577 | 1590 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | she was born around 1577 in Devonshire, England. Elizabeth and some of her family joined a group ... |
| Anthony Shirley | 1565 | 1590 | | 1609 | 1637 |
| | an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I caused the English House of Comm... |
| Cornelius Goll | unknown | 1598 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | |
| Mahieu Jacobsen | unknown | 1599 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Privateer in the service of Spain at the end of the 16th and at the beginning of the 17th century... |
| Nicholas Alvel | unknown | 1600 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | an English pirate active in the Ionian Sea during the early 17th century. There is very little ad... |
| Laurens Cortsen | unknown | 1600 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Privateer active in 1601 from the port of Duinkerken. In this year he was captured and he and his... |
 | The Lord of Wackene | unknown | 1600 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | The lord of Wackene, Cathen and Capelle (Anton) was born in the house of Burgundy. He was a priva... |
| Frans Pleite | unknown | 1600 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Privateer sailing from Duinkerken. He had a letter of marque from Spain. In August 1600 he sailed... |
| Frans Willemsen | unknown | 1600 | | 1609 | unknown |
| | Privateer sailing from Duinkerken. He had a letter of marque from Spain. In August 1600 he sailed... |
| William Baughe | unknown | 1609 | | 1609 | 1610 ca |
| | operated off the coast of Ireland. ......
English pirate, worked around Ireland. |
| Peter Boniton | unknown | 1609 | | 1609 | 1615 ca |
| | Executed in France ......
English pirate.
He served in the Caribbean and challenged on everyo... |
| George Somers | 1554, Apr | 1570 | | 1610 | 1610 |
| | an English naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company. He ... |
| Peter Love | unknown | 1590 | | 1610 | 1610 |
| | an English pirate, said to have been born in Lewes, Sussex. He was the captain of the Priam, and ... |
| Sir Francis Verney | 1584 | 1608 | | 1610 | 1615, Sep 6 |
| | an English adventurer, soldier of fortune, and pirate. A nobleman by birth, he left England after... |
| William Hughs | unknown | 1611 | | 1611 | unknown |
| | |
| Toby Glanville | unknown | 1600 | | 1613 | unknown |
| | Captured in 1613, committed suicide |
| Michael Duppa | unknown | 1613 | | 1613 | unknown |
| | pirate, plundering ships near Mamora, Morocco. n |
| William Clark [1] | unknown | 1614 | | 1614 | unknown |
| | Associated with James Gentleman |
| James Gentleman | unknown | 1614 | | 1614 | unknown |
| | |
| David Middleton | unknown | 1601 | | 1615 | unknown |
| | |
| Thomas Francke | unknown | 1608 | | 1615 | unknown |
| | |
| Sir Henry Mainwaring | 1587 | 1610 | | 1616 | 1653 |
| | an English lawyer, soldier, author, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 16... |
| Pietro Dortolo Giovon | unknown | 1616 | | 1616 | unknown |
| | Barbary corsair. |
| Richard Bishop | 1550 ca | 1561 | | 1617 | 1617 ca |
| | Pirate of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. .....
English pirate. He served in the Mediterra... |
| William Parker | unknown | 1587 | | 1617 | 1617 |
| | an English captain and privateer, and also Mayor of Plymouth.
He was born near Plymouth and wa... |
| Christopher Newport | 1561 | 1588 | | 1617 | 1617 |
| | an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, th... |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | 1554 ca | 1569 | | 1618 | 1618, Oct 29 |
| | an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He i... |
| Andreas Ferletich | unknown | 1618 | | 1618 | unknown |
| | Corsair |
| John Ward [1] | 1552/53 | 1590 | | 1619 | 1622 |
| | a notorious English pirate around the turn of the 17th century who later became a Barbary Corsair... |
| Captain Simon Danziker | 1579 ca | 1600 | | 1619 | 1611 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch privateer and corsair. Danseker and the English pirate John Ward were the tw... |
| Ivan Dirkie De Veenboer | unknown | 1600 | | 1619 | 1620, Oct 10 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair. A privateer during the Eighty Years' War, he later turned to pirac... |
| Ward [2] | unknown | 1600 | | 1619 | unknown |
| | One of the first English pirates to establish himself on the Barbary coast in North Africa. By th... |
| Peter Easton [1] | 1570 | 1602 | | 1619 | 1619 |
| | a pirate in the early 17th century who operated along the Newfoundland coastline between Harbour ... |
| Giulio Barbolani Dei Conti De Montauto | unknown | 1610 | | 1619 | 1619 ca |
| | Knight of Saint Stephen ..... Probably Italian pirate, known as the Knights of St. Stephen. He al... |
| Captain Bishop [1] | unknown | 1610 | | 1619 | [2] |
| | An Irishman. Chief mate to the pirate Captain Cobham.
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| Bishop [2] | unknown | 1610 | | 1619 | [1] |
| | In 1613, Bishop and a few other English seamen set up as pirates at Marmora on the Barbary Coast. |
| Cornelis Danielsen | unknown | 1610 | | 1619 | unknown |
| | Daniëlsen was a Dutch privateer who was active in the 17th century. On 31 May of 1619 he attacke... |
 | Jennings | unknown | 1610 | | 1619 | unknown |
| | A Welshman who in 1613 was settled on the Barbary coast with some thirty other British pirates. |
| Cornelis Brackman Danialsen | unknown | 1619 | | 1619 | unknown |
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| Brother Gualterotti Bardi | unknown | 1616 | | 1620 | 1620 ca |
| | Probably of Italian origin. Member of the Knights of Malta. Sailed in the Mediterranean, plunderi... |
| Juan Garcia | unknown | 1622 | | 1622 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century Spanish privateer. He was among a number of Spaniards who served the Spanish Crown... |
| Cornelis Wittebol | unknown | 1622 | | 1622 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair in Spanish service. In February 1622, attacked a fishing fleet from the Veere and M... |
| Sampson Denball | unknown | 1624 | | 1624 | unknown |
| | traveled to Tunisia, converted to Islam and made ??several raids, arrested in 1624 and sent to th... |
| Filips van Zuylen | unknown | 1624 | | 1624 | unknown |
| | As part of the Groot Desseyn plan, he was particularly active against the Portuguese in West Afri... |
| Hendrik Worst | unknown | 1624 | | 1624 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair who accompanied Pieter Schouten in his expedition to the West Indies. |
| Joost van Dyk | unknown | 1615 | | 1625 | 1631 ca |
| | a Dutch privateer (and, reportedly, sometime pirate) who was one of the earliest European settler... |
| Pieter Schouten | unknown | 1622 | | 1625 | 1625 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair and privateer. He was one of the first Dutchmen to explore to the Ca... |
| Willem Jacobszoon | unknown | 1624 | | 1625 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair who accompanied Pieter Schouten on one of the first major expeditions to the West I... |
| Claes Gerritszoon Compaen | 1587 | 1621 | | 1627 | 1660, Feb 25 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he... |
| Brother Francesco Carafa | unknown | 1625 | | 1627 | unknown |
| | Knight of Malta. Captain General of Galleys |
| Hendrick Jacobszoon Lucifer | 1583 | 1627 | | 1627 | 1627 |
| | a Dutch-born pirate. Hendrick's last name, Lucifer, referred to a lighting stick, not to the fall... |
| Dirck Simonszoon van Uitgeest | unknown | 1628/29 | | 1628/29 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair who commanded a WIC expedition to Brazil bringing back over 12 Portuguese and Spani... |
| Li Dan | unknown | 1600 | | 1629 | 1625 |
| | a prominent early 17th century Chinese merchant originally from Quanzhou in Fujian province. Li o... |
| Piet Hein | 1577, Nov 25 | 1607 | | 1629 | 1629, Jun 18 |
| | a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War between the Uni... |
| Henry Chandler | unknown | 1610 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | Born in Devonshire, his father kept a chandler's shop in Southwark. An English renegado at Algier... |
| Jan Jacobsen | 1588/89 | 1610 | | 1629 | 1622 |
| | a Flemish naval commander and Dunkirker during the Eighty Years' War. He became a posthumous hero... |
| John Browne | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | An English sailor who joined the Barbary pirates at Algiers and turned Mohammedan. Taken in the E... |
| Balduino Enrico | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | 1626 ca |
| | a Dutch privateer who starred in the famous assault to Puerto Rico of 1625. Baudouin Enrico is th... |
| Pedro de la Plesa | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century Spanish privateer. He served as a Dunkirker in the service of the Spanish Crown du... |
| Captain Samson | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | English pirate who was active in the seventeenth century. Captured the ship the Vergulde Leeuw, C... |
| Dirck Simonszoon van Uitgeest | 1590 ca | 1620 | | 1629 | 1635 ca |
| | Dutch pirate, he worked at the northern coast of South America. Challenged the Spanish and Portug... |
| Jan Marinus van Sommelsdijk | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | Former Dutch privateer turned Barbary corsair. He attacked the Dutch ship St. Jan Babtista under ... |
| Villa Rise | unknown | 1620 | | 1629 | unknown |
| | In the year 1621 this Moorish pirate commanded a small squadron of five vessels which took an Eng... |
| Dierick Ruyters | unknown | 1618 | | 1630 | unknown |
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| Pieter Adriaanszoon Ita | 1597 | 1628 | | 1630 | 1638 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair and privateer. He was also an admiral in the Dutch West India Compan... |
| Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncq | unknown | 1628 | | 1630 | unknown |
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| Jan Gijsbertszoon Booneter | unknown | 1630 | | 1630 | 1640 ca |
| | pirate attacking Spanish ships and colonies of the Caribbean. .....
Dutch pirate, he worked in... |
| John Downes | unknown | 1631 | | 1631 | unknown |
| | raided the south of Cornwall. |
| Jonathan de Neckere | unknown | 1631 | | 1631 | unknown |
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| John Nutt | unknown | 1620 | | 1632 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century English pirate. He was one of the more notorious brigands of his time raiding the ... |
| Dixie Bull | unknown | 1631 | | 1632 | 1632 ca |
| | an English sea captain, and the first pirate known to prey on shipping off the New England coast,... |
| Jan Janszoon van Hoorn | unknown | 1629 | | 1633 | unknown |
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| Gabrielle Chambres de Boisbaudrant | unknown | 1634 | | 1634 | 1640 ca |
| | Knight of Malta ...
French, Maltese knight and pirate.
He was killed by the Ottoman galley at... |
| David Jones | unknown | 1634 | | 1634 | unknown |
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| Elizabetha Patrickson | unknown | 1634 | | 1634 | unknown |
| | The poignant case of Elizabetha Patrickson and her husband William is in the same vein. The coupl... |
| Johannes van Walbeeck | 1602 | 1634 | | 1634 | 1649+ |
| | a Dutch navigator and cartographer during a 1620s circumnavigation of the earth, an admiral of th... |
| Sussex Camock | unknown | 1625 | | 1635 | unknown |
| | an English privateer who was involved in establishing the Providence Island colony, a Puritan col... |
| Liu Xiang | unknown | 1620 | | 1636 | 1636 |
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| Jacob Collaart | unknown | 1625 | | 1637 | 1637 |
| | a Flemish admiral who served as privateer and one of the Dunkirkers in Spanish Habsburg service d... |
| William Cobb | unknown | 1635 | | 1637 | unknown |
| | Privateer |
| Michiel Dorne | unknown | 1638 | | 1638 | unknown |
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| Jacob Willekens | 1564/71 | 1590 | | 1639 | 1633/1649 |
| | a Dutch admiral on a fleet to the Dutch Indies, and a herring seller, who went to sea again at th... |
| Nathaniel Butler | 1577/78 | 1619 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | an English privateer who later served as the colonial governor of Bermuda during the early 17th c... |
| Moses Cohen Henriques | unknown | 1620 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | a Dutch pirate of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin active in the Caribbean against Spain and Br... |
| Jan van Ryen | unknown | 1620 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century Dutch privateer, explorer, and colonist. He was granted a commission by the Dutch ... |
| Filips van Dorp | 1587 ca | 1630 | | 1639 | 1652 ca |
| | Lieutenant-Admiral of Zeeland in 1632. He became the Lieutenant- Admiral of Holland and West-Frie... |
| Jan Evertsen | 1600, Feb 1 | 1630 | | 1639 | 1666, Aug 5 |
| | a Dutch admiral during the 17th century. His greatest successes were in 1628 preventing the inter... |
| Thomas Gayner | unknown | 1630 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | English privateer who received a commission of Prince Frederick Henry of Orange in 1633. Gayner w... |
| Cornelis Janszoon de Haan | unknown | 1630 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer in the seventeenth century. Captain of a men-of-war that was engaged with two pri... |
| Melis Karelszn | unknown | 1630 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | Privateer in the 17th century who operated from Oostende. In the summer of 1634 he was steersman ... |
| Captain Petit | unknown | 1630 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | French filibuster.
Of San Domingo.
In 1634 was in command of Le Ruze, crew of forty men and... |
| Mathieu Romboutsen | unknown | 1630 | | 1639 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair in the service of Spain. Was part of a three ship squadron under Jacques Colaert an... |
| Daniel Elfrith | unknown | 1607 | | 1641 | 1641 |
| | a 17th-century English privateer, colonist and slave trader. In the service of the Earl of Warwic... |
| Hendrik Brouwer | 1581 | 1606 | | 1643 | 1643, Aug 7 |
| | a Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator both in Japan and the Dutch East Indies. He... |
| Zheng Zhilong | 1604 | 1623 | | 1645 | 1661 |
| | a Chinese merchant, pirate and military leader in the late Ming dynasty who later defected to the... |
| Samuel Axe | unknown | 1629 | | 1645 | unknown |
| | an English privateer in Dutch service during the early 17th century. In 1635, he accepted Dutch l... |
| William Rous | unknown | 1631 | | 1645 | 1645 |
| | a 17th-century English privateer in the service of the Providence Island Company. He started as a... |
| William Jackson [1] | unknown | 1639 | | 1645 | unknown |
| | an English privateer who, based in Guanaja and Roatan, was in the service of the Providence Islan... |
| Thomas Cromwell [2] | unknown | 1643 | | 1645 | unknown |
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| Manuel Butiens | unknown | 1645+ | | 1645+ | unknown |
| | Dutch renegade and Dunkirker in the service of Spain......Privateer who operated from Duinkerken ... |
| Captain James [2] | unknown | 1630 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | A buccaneer captain who was in 1640 temporarily appointed "President" of Tortuga Island by the Pr... |
| Francisco Díaz Pimienta | unknown | 1630 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | Spanish privateer and general in the Spanish army. He commanded the Spanish fleet that attacked a... |
| James Riskinner | unknown | 1630 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century English privateer who operated from Providence Island against Spanish shipping dur... |
| William Rudyerd | unknown | 1630 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | Muster master General of the Island of Providence colony from 1630 - 1634. In 1634 he returned to... |
| Frederico Langravio d'Assia | unknown | 1640 | | 1649 | 1645 ca |
| | Knight of Malta. Captain General of the Galleys.....
Probably pirate Italian and Maltese knigh... |
| Don Antonio Maldonado de Texeda | unknown | 1640 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | Privateer who commanded a Spanish fleet that included two generals of the Brazil fleet: Don Juan ... |
| Pierre Paulusen | unknown | 1640 | | 1649 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer employed by Spain. On 30 May 1644 he captured a Dutch hooker ship and ransomed it... |
| Catalina de Erauso | unknown | 1585 | | 1650 | unknown |
| | a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male ide... |
| Jean Le Vasseur | unknown | 1642 | | 1652 | unknown |
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| Philip Ras | unknown | 1652 | | 1655 | unknown |
| | Captured several English ships as both a corsair and privateer during the First Anglo-Dutch War..... |
| Bartholomeus de Jager | unknown | 1655 | | 1655 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair active against the Portuguese. He attacked a small merchant fleet at Fernando Noron... |
| Cornelis Janszoon van de Velde | unknown | 1655 | | 1655 | unknown |
| | Dutch corsair active near the Antillen, he was briefly associated with Bartholomeus de Jager........ |
| Willem Albertse Blaeuvelt | unknown | 1643 | | 1656 | unknown |
| | From 1643 to 1656 we find many references to the Capetyn in the documentary history of the Colony... |
| Rupert | unknown | 1640 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | After an adventurous life as a soldier on the Continent, he sailed from Ireland in 1648 with seve... |
| Vincenzo Alessandri | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | 1657 |
| | Originally an Italian Knight of Malta, Alessandri became a notorious buccaneer. He worked mostly ... |
| Captain Thomas Harding | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | In 1653 he captured a rich prize, a Barbadoes vessel. For this he was tried for piracy at Boston. |
| Captain Edward Hull | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | Commanded the Swallow "frigott" in which he sailed from Boston in 1653, and captured several Fren... |
| Jan Naelhout | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | Naelhout the elder was a privateer who served the Dutch West Indies Company until 1657. In 1657 h... |
| Leijn Pické | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer who managed to capture at least 12 English vessels during the "First English War"... |
| Mathijs Quars | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | Dutch privateer in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company. In August 1656 he managed to cap... |
| Thomas Veal | unknown | 1650 | | 1659 | unknown |
| | One of four pirates to seek refuge in the Lynn Woods, Thomas Veal avoided capture by hiding in Du... |
| Captain Stanley | unknown | 1650 | | 1660 | unknown |
| | Buccaneer.
With a few other buccaneers in their stronghold at New Providence Island in 1660, w... |
| Theunis Post | unknown | 1650 | | 1660s 9 | unknown |
| | Captain of a privateer in 1654. In 1660 he served on a merchant ship to the West-Indies. During t... |
| Captain De L'Isle | unknown | 1659 | | 1661 | unknown |
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| Koxinga | 1624, Aug 24 | 1646 | | 1662 | 1662, Jun 23 |
| | a Chinese military leader who was born in Hirado, Japan to the Chinese merchant/pirate Zheng Zhil... |
| Abraham Blauvelt | 1600 ca | 1630 | | 1663 | 1663 ca |
| | a Dutch privateer and explorer mapping much of Central America in the 1630s, after whom both the ... |
 | Gustav Skytte | 1637 | 1657 | | 1663 | 1663, Apr 21 |
| | a Swedish nobleman and pirate. Born as the child of Jacob Skytte and Anna Bjelkenstjerna, he beca... |
| Cornelis Evertsen the Elder | 1610, Aug 4 | 1626 | | 1666 | 1666, Jun 11 |
| | a Dutch admiral. In 1626 Cornelis is first mentioned as actually serving on sea, during a private... |
 | Edward Mansvelt | unknown | 1659 | | 1666 | 1666 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair and buccaneer who, at one time, was acknowledged as an informal chie... |
| Major Samuel Smith | unknown | 1640 | | 1669 | unknown |
| | Buccaneer. At one time a buccaneer with the famous Mansfield. In 1641 he was sent, by the Governo... |
| Philippe Bequel | unknown | 1650 | | 1669 | unknown |
| | a 17th-century French privateer. At the request of Deschamps of Rausset, Bequel would use the sma... |
| Jacquotte Delahaye | unknown | 1650 | | 1669 | unknown |
| | a probably fictitious pirate, or buccaneer, active in the Caribbean sea. Alongside Anne Dieu-le-V... |
| Sir Christopher Myngs | 1625 | 1650 | | 1669 | 1666 |
| | English naval officer and pirate. He first appears prominently as the captain of the Elisabeth, ... |
| Christina Anna Skytte | 1643 | 1650 | | 1669 | 1677 |
| | a Swedish baroness and pirate. From 1657 onward, her brother, baron Gustav Skytte, secrecy manage... |
| Bartolomeu Portugues | unknown | 1655 | | 1669 | unknown |
| | a Portuguese buccaneer who attacked Spanish shipping in the late 1660s; he also established one o... |
| Roche Braziliano | 1630, Feb 27 | 1654 | | 1671 | 1671+ |
| | a Dutch pirate born in the town of Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disapp... |
| Moise Vauquelin | unknown | 1650 | | 1672 | unknown |
| | An officer under François l'Ollonais, he also had a partnership with Pierre Le Picard. In his l... |
| Lawrence Prince | 1630 ca | 1659 | | 1672 | 1717 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer and an officer under Captain Sir Henry Morgan. Captain Prince was ... |
 | Grillo Diego | unknown | 1620 | | 1673 | unknown |
| | Spanish but worked for the French, Hanged |
| Diego Grillo | unknown | 1639 | | 1673 | 1673 |
| | There are relatively few historical records of Diego el mulato Grillo, and they are not all consi... |
| Daniel Johnson | 1629 | 1657 | | 1675 | 1675 |
| | an English buccaneer who, serving under buccaneers as Moyse Van Vin and Pierre le Picard, sailed ... |
| Cornelis Evertsen the Younger | 1628, Apr 16 | 1648 | | 1678 | 1679, Sep 20 |
| | a Dutch Admiral from the 17th century. Cornelis was the son of Lieutenant-Admiral Johan Evertsen ... |
| Isaac Rochussen | 1631 | 1650 | | 1679 | 1710 |
| | a 17th-century Dutch corsair and privateer during the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch War. His captu... |
| Pierre Le Grand | unknown | 1620 or 1660 | | 1680 | unknown |
| | a French buccaneer of the 17th century. He is known to history only from one source, Alexandre Ex... |
| Captain Nicholas Van Hoorn | 1635 ca | 1655 | | 1683 | 1683, Jun |
| | a merchant sailor, privateer and pirate. He was born in the Netherlands and died near Veracruz af... |
| Basil Ringrose | unknown | 1653 | | 1686 | unknown |
| | surgeon and cartographer ……runaway indentured servant who joined Bartholomew Sharp's "Pacific... |
| Sir James Houblon | 1629, Jul | 1654 | | 1698 | 1700, Oct |
| | an influential merchant and Member of Parliament for the City of London. He held appointments in ... |
| Anne Dieu-Le-Veut | 1661, Aug 28 | 1650 | | 1704 | 1710, Jan 11 |
| | a French Pirate. Alongside Jacquotte Delahaye she was one of very few female Buccaneers. She was ... |
| Jan Janszoon | 1570 | 1600 | | 171 | 1641 ca |
| | one of the most succesful corsairs of the Mediterranean sea. Like so many Dutch pirates Jan, of t... |
| Cornelius Corneliszoon Jol | 1597 | 1620 | | 173 | 1641, Oct 31 |
| | a 17th-Century Dutch corsair and admiral in the Dutch West India Company during the Eighty Years'... |
| Robert Searle | unknown | 1650 | | 175 | unknown |
| | one of the earliest and most active of the English buccaneers on Jamaica. Nothing, to date, is kn... |
