American pirate on the Great Lakes (early 1900s), smuggler and hijacker known as “Roaring Dan,” infamous for seizing ships and bootlegging during Prohibition.

Roaring Dan Seavey

Somali pirate active in the Gulf of Aden, targeted merchant shipping during the 2000s surge in piracy, part of a larger network of maritime raiders.

Abdul Hassan

German naval officer nicknamed the "Sea Devil," famous for his World War I commerce raiding aboard the sailing ship SMS Seeadler, capturing vessels without unnecessary bloodshed.

Felix von Luckner

Trinidadian gangster and pirate during the mid-20th century, attacked merchant vessels in the Caribbean, involved in murder, robbery, and smuggling operations.

Boysie Singh

Venezuelan rebel who hijacked ships and raided coastal towns in the 1920s and 1930s, using piracy to finance political uprisings against the Gómez government.

Rafael Simón Urbina

British sailor and adventurer, convicted of piracy for commandeering a German ship during World War II while attempting to escape captivity, later cleared posthumously.

Peter de Neumann

Venezuelan revolutionary and naval commander who conducted raids in the Caribbean in the early 20th century, targeting government forces and foreign ships to finance uprisings.

Román Delgado Chalbaud

Mexican revolutionary who attacked government shipping and coastal positions during early 20th century uprisings, combining guerrilla warfare and piracy in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jose Maria Ortega Martinez

Somali pirate leader, captured the Maersk Alabama in 2009, later arrested and tried in the U.S., becoming a global symbol of modern piracy.

Abduwali Muse

Venezuelan soldier of fortune active during World War I and later conflicts, involved in maritime raids and arms smuggling to support revolutionary causes in Latin America.

Rafael de Nogales Méndez