Pirate

:This article is about sea pirates. For other uses see Pirate (disambiguation)

Notable privateers

• Kanhoji Angria
• William Dampier
• Sir Francis Drake, also British admiral; regarded by the Spanish as a pirate
• Sir Walter Raleigh, who spent little time at sea but organised many pirate expeditions. See Derek Parker, 'The Queen's Pirates', a dual biograph of Drake and Raleigh. London, Scholastic, 2004
• Jean Bart
• Piet Hein
• Sir Andrew Barton, Scots privateer, regarded by the English as a pirate
• Surcouf
• Hippolyte de Bouchard
• Khair ad Din Barbarossa
• Murat Rais
• Uluj Ali
• Victual Brothers
• Jean Laffite New Orleans privateer, helped America in the War of 1812.