==== Female Pirates ====

  * Ching Shih (鄭一嫂) born in Guangdong, operated in South China Sea during the 18th century (commanded the Guangdong Pirate Confederation and her infamous Fleet of the Red Flag)
  * Anne Cormac (Anne Bonny) born in Ireland, operated in the Caribbean during the 17th century (close friend of Mary Read)
  * Mary Read, born in England, operated in the Caribbean during the 17th century (also ran a bar in the Netherlands)
  * Jeanne de Clisson (The Breton Tigress) born in France, married in Brittany, operated in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel during the 14th century
  * Sayyida al-Hurra (للا عائشة بنت علي بن رشيد العلمي ) born in Granada or Morocco, Governor of Tétouan and corsair, operating in the Mediterranean during the 16th century
  * Rachel Wall, born in Pennsylvania, operated in the Caribbean during the 18th century
  * Jacquotte Delahaye, born in Haiti (in fact or legend…), operated in the Caribbean during the 17th century
  * Gráinne Mhaol (The Pirate Queen) born in Ireland, fought in the “Nine Years’ War” against the English during the 16th century
  * Teuta of the Ardiaei, born in Illyria, operated in the Adriatic Sea, fought against the Roman Republic circa 220 BCE
  * Sadie Farrell (Sadie the Goat) kidnapper and river pirate of the New York City waterfront during the 19th century