This is a list of English pirates (in alphabetical order of their surnames), their dates, and links to WikiTree profiles (if they have them!).
September 19: International 'Talk Like a Pirate' Day (http://talklikeapirate.com/wordpress/)
1560-1650: English Sea Dogs and Dutch Corsairs
1650-1690: Age of the Buccaneers
1690-1730: Golden Age of Piracy
1730-1885: Post Golden Age
| Last Name | First Name | Nickname | Born | Died | Image (click for larger) |
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| Alday | James | 1516 | 1576 | 
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| Alvel | Nicholas | 17th cent |
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| Ansell | John | 1689 |
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| Anstis | Thomas | 17th cent | 
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| Axe | Samuel | 17th cent |
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| Baldridge | Adam | 17th cent |
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| Barnet | Jonathan | 18th cent |
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| Barry | Lording | 1580 | 1629 |
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| Bear | John | 17th cent | 1689 |
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| de Berry | Charlotte | Dick, Captain Rudolph | 17th cent |
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| Bellamy | Charles | 18th cent |
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| Bellamy | Samuel | Black Sam; Prince of Pirates | 1689 | 1717 |
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| Blackburne | Lancelot | 1653 | 1743 | 
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| Bond | George | 17th cent | N/K |
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| Booth | George | 17th cent | 1700 |
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| Breholt | John | 17th cent |
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| Brown | Nicholas | The Grand Pirate | 17th cent | 1726 |
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| Burgess | Josiah | Thomas Burgess | 1689 | 1719 |
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| Burn | Flora | 18th cent |
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| Butler | Nathaniel | (privateer) | 1578 | N/A |
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| Cavendish | Sir Thomas | 1560 | 1592 | 
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| Clough | Nicholas | 17th cent |
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| Cobham | Eric | 1700 | 1760 |
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| Cocklyn | Jeremiah | Thomas Cocklyn | 18th cent |
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| Cockram | John | 18th cent |
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| Cole | John | 17th cent | 1718 |
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| Collier | Edward | 17th cent |
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| Condent | Christopher | Billy One-Hand | 18th cent | 1770 |
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| Cooke | Edmund | 17th cent | 
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| Cooke | John | 1683 |
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| Coxon | John | 1689 |
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| Coyle | Richard | 17th cent | 1738 |
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| Culliford | Robert | 18th cent |
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| Dampier | William | 1651 | 1715 | 
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| Davis | Edward | 17th cent | 
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| Davis | John | Robert Searle | 18th cent | 
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| Deal | Robert | 16th cent | 1721 |
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| Dempster | Edward | 17th cent |
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| Dew | George | George d'Hout | 1666 | 1703 |
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| Drake | Sir Francis | El Draque (Dragon) | 1540 | 1596 | 
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| Easton | Peter | Peter Eston | 1570 | 1619 |
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| Essex | Cornelius | 1680 |
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| Every (or Avery) | Henry | 1659 | 1699 | 
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| Fackman | Jacob | 17th cent | N/A |
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| Fenn | John | 1723 |
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| Fly | William | 1726 | 
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| Freeman | Thomas | 17th cent |
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| Frowd | Richard | 18th cent |
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| Geare | Sir Michael | 1565 | 1603 |
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| Golden | John | 17th cent | 1698 |
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| Goldsmith | Thomas | 17th cent | 1714 |
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| Graham | John | 17th cent |
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| Grubing | Nathaniel | 17th cent |
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| Hagerty | Catherine | 19th cent |
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| Harris | Charles | 1698 | 1723 |
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| Harris | Peter | the Elder | 1680 |
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| Hawkins | Sir John | 1532 | 1595 | 
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| Hawkins | Richard | 1562 | 1622 | 
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| Hornigold | Benjamin | 1680 | 1719 |
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| Howard | Thomas | 18th cent |
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| Ingle | Richard | 1609 | 1653 |
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| Jackson | William | 17th century |
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| Jennings | Henry | 1745 |
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| Johnson | Daniel | Johnson the Terror | 1629 | 1677 |
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| Kelly | James | James Gilliam | 17th cent | 1701 |
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| Kemys | Lawrence | 1618 |
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| Kidd | William | Captain Kidd | 1645 | 1701 | 
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| King | John | 1706 | 1717 |
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| Knight | William | 17th cent |
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| Lancaster | Sir James | 1554 | 1618 | 
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| Leslie | Francis | 17th cent | 1718 |
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| Love | Peter | 1610 |
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| Low | Edward | Ned Low | 1690 | 1724 | 
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| Lowther | George | 18th cent | 1723 | 
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| Magott | Thomas | 17th cent |
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| Mainwaring | Sir Henry | The Dread Pirate | 1587 | 1653 |
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| Martel | John | 17th cent | 
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| Miller | Edward | 17th cent |
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| Moody | Christopher | 17th cent | 1718 | 
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| Moody | William | 17th cent | 1718 | 
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| Morris | John | 17th cent |
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| Myngs | Sir Christopher | 1625 | 1666 | 
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| Norcross | John | 1688 | 1758 |
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| North | Roger | 1585 | 1652 |
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| Nutt | John |
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| Oxenham | John | 1536 | 1580 |
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| Parker | William | 1617 |
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| Peterson | George | 17th cent |
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| Pound | Thomas | 1703 |
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| Preston | Sir Amyas | 1609 |
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| Quelch | John | 1666 | 1704 |
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| Rackham | John | Calico Jack | 1682 | 1720 | 
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| Raleigh | Sir Walter | 1554 | 1618 | 
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| Read | Mary | Mark Read | 1690 | 1721 |
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| Read | William | 17th cent | 1701 |
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| Riskinner | James | 17th cent |
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| Rivers | John | 17th cent | 1719 |
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| Robins | Ben | 1607 | 1640 |
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| Rogers | Tempest | 1672 | 1704 |
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| Rogers | Woodes | 1679 | 1732 | 
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| Sawkins | Richard | 1680 | 
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| Scot | Lewis | 1663 | 
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| Seagar | Jasper | 17th cent | 1721 |
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| Searle | Robert | John Davis | 17th cent |
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| Sharp | Bartholomew | 1650 | 1690 | 
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| Somers | Sir George | 1564 | 1610 | 
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| Spriggs | Francis | 17th cent | 1725 | 
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| Stillwell | Daniel | 18th cent |
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| Swan | Charles | 17th cent |
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| Taylor | John | 18th cent | 
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| Teach | Edward | Blackbeard | 1680 | 1718 | 
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| Tookerman | Richard | 1691 | 1723 |
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| Vane | Charles | 1680 | 1721 | 
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| Verney | Sir Francis | 1584 | 1615 | 
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| Ward | John | Birdy, Sharky, Yusuf Reïs | 1552 | 1622 |
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| White | Thomas | 17th cent | 1708 |
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| Winter | Christopher | 18th cent |
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| Witherborn | Francis | 17th cent |
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| Wright | William | 17th cent |
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