 | Nicolo Bonfiglio | unknown | 1495 | | 1509 | unknown |
| | French pirate who worked the Mediterranean, attacking the Venetian fleet. |
 | Kemal Reis | unknown | 1451 | | 1511 | unknown |
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 | Sir Andrew Barton | 1466 ca | 1507 | | 1511 | 1511, Aug 2 |
| | a Scottish sailor from Leith, who served as High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland. Andrew becam... |
 | Niccolo Centurione | unknown | 1513 | | 1514 | unknown |
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| Gaddali | unknown | 1516 | | 1516 | unknown |
| | Corsair......Barbary corsair, raided off Sicily, Sardinia and Italian coast, may have worked with... |
 | Aruj Barbarossa | 1473/74 | 1495 | | 1518 | 1518 |
| | Ottoman Bey (governor) of Algiers and Beylerbey (chief governor) of the West Mediterranean and th... |
 | Pedro Botadilla | unknown | 1518 | | 1518 | unknown |
| | Captured in 1619 |
| Ochali | unknown | 1510 | | 1519 | unknown |
| | Barbary renegade.
In 1511 he sailed from Algiers with a fleet of twenty-two vessels and 1,700 ... |
 | Pier Gerlofs Donia | 1480 | 1515 | | 1519 | 1520 |
| | a Frisian rebel leader and pirate. He is best known by his West Frisian nickname Grutte Pier ("Bi... |
| Jean Fleury | unknown | 1521 | | 1527 | 1527 |
| | a 16th-century French naval officer and privateer. He is best known for the capture of two out of... |
| Giovanni da Verrazzano | 1485 | 1508 | | 1528 | 1528 |
| | an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned ... |
| Wijerd Jelckama | 1490 | 1520 | | 1529 | 1523 |
| | a Frisian military commander, warlord and member of the Arumer Zwarte Hoop ("Arumer Black Hope").... |
| Henry Killigrew [1] | unknown | 1520 | | 1529 | unknown |
| | a former pirate, was made a Vice-Admiral by Queen Elizabeth I and tasked with suppressing piracy.... |
| Kellwanton | unknown | 1520 | | 1531 | unknown |
| | A notorious pirate in the sixteenth century. Was captured in the Isle of Man in 1531. |
| Captain Nicholas Barbe | unknown | 1520 | | 1532 | unknown |
| | Master of a Breton ship, the Mychell, of St. Malo, owned by Hayman Gillard. Captured by an Englis... |
| Giafer | unknown | 1536 | | 1536 | unknown |
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| De Melton | unknown | 1520 | | 1539 | unknown |
| | A well-known pirate in the sixteenth century. Was with Kellwanton when he was captured in the Isl... |
| Jean Ango | 1480 | 1530 | | 1539 | 1551 |
| | a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Die... |
 | Bowen | unknown | 1530 | | 1539 | unknown |
| | A Bristol man. In 1537, when the Breton pirates were becoming very daring along the south coast o... |
| Peter Dromyowe | unknown | 1530 | | 1539 | unknown |
| | A Breton pirate. One of the crew of Captain du Laerquerac, who in 1537 took several English ships... |
| Captain John Du Laerquerac | unknown | 1530 | | 1539 | unknown |
| | This Breton pirate was captured in 1537 by a Bristol seaman called John Wynter. Du Laerquerac, wi... |
| Captain William Phelipp | unknown | 1530 | | 1539 | unknown |
| | In 1533 a Portuguese merchant, Peter Alves, engaged Phelipp to pilot his ship, the Santa Maria De... |
| Juan Canete | unknown | 1540 | | 1540 | unknown |
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 | Sayyida al Hurra | 1485 | 1510 | | 1542 | unknown |
| | Allied with the Turkish corsair Barbaros of Algiers. al Hurra controlled the western Mediterranea... |
| Robert Borough | unknown | 1543 | | 1543 | unknown |
| | was born in Devonshire, received a patent for the robbery of the French courts. |
| Hayreddin Barbarossa | 1478 | 1504 | | 1545 | 1546 |
| | an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born in the island of Midilli (Lesbos) and died in Consta... |
| Michael James | unknown | 1545 | | 1545 | unknown |
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| Francis Beme | unknown | 1530 | | 1549 | unknown |
| | In 1539 this Baltic pirate was cruising off Antwerp, waiting to waylay English merchant vessels.
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 | Hans Van Meghlyn | unknown | 1530 | | 1549 | unknown |
| | A pirate of Antwerp, who owned a vessel of forty-five tons, painted black with pitch, and carried... |
| James Alday | 1516 | 1540 | | 1549 | 1576 ca |
| | a 16th-century English navigator, explorer and privateer. He participated in raids against the Sp... |
| William Cooke | unknown | 1540 | | 1549 | unknown |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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| Thomas Cobham | unknown | 1563 | | 1563 | unknown |
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| 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)
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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 ... |
 | Ali Basha | unknown | 1560 | | 1570s 9 | unknown |
| | From Algiers. Barbary corsair. Conquered the Kingdom of Tunis in the sixteenth century, and captu... |
| 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
| Andrew Barker | unknown | 1560 | | 1577 | 1577 |
| | an English merchant. In 1575 at Tenerife, the Inquisition laid hands on the captain and crew of t... |
| 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... |
| Jacques de Sores | unknown | 1550 | | 1579 | unknown |
| | A French pirate whose sole documented act was his attack and burning of Havana in 1555. Other tha... |
| 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 Brewer | 1540 ca | 1560 | | 1580s 9 | 1600 ca |
| | Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ......
English captain and pirate.
H... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Thomas Fenner | 1550 ca | 1564 | | 1591 | 1591 |
| | Privateer .....
English officer and a pirate.
He was a close friend of Francis Drake.
Even a... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
 | 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... |
| George Clifford | unknown | 1558 | | 1605 | unknown |
| | an English peer, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to prepare an exped... |
| 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... |
| Richard Bishop | 1550 ca | 1561 | | 1617 | 1617 ca |
| | Pirate of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. .....
English pirate. He served in the Mediterra... |
