This is a list of fictional
pirate
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
s, organized into either
air pirate
Air pirates (or sky pirates) are a class of stock character from science fiction and fantasy.
Description
Such characters typically operate as pirates in the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or moon, and travel by ...
s, sea pirates, or
space pirate
Space pirates are a type of stock character from science fiction. A take on the traditional seafaring pirates of history or the fictional air pirates of the 19th century, space pirates travel through outer space. Where traditional pirates target ...
s. They may be
outlaws, but are not the same as
space marine
The space marine, an archetype of military science fiction, is a kind of soldier who operates in outer space or on alien worlds. Historical marines fulfill multiple roles: ship defence, boarding actions, landing parties, and general-purpose hi ...
s or space
cowboys in
space westerns. To learn more about pirates and their context in popular culture as a whole, see the
Pirates in popular culture
In English-speaking popular culture, the modern pirate stereotype owes its attributes mostly to the imagined tradition of the 18th century Caribbean pirate sailing off the Spanish Main and to such celebrated 20th century depictions as Ca ...
and
List of pirate films
This is a list of pirate films and TV series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the Golden Age of Piracy
The Golden Age of Piracy is a common designation for the period between the 1650s and the 1730s, when maritime piracy was a signifi ...
pages.
Within in each category, the characters are organized
alphabetically ''
by surname'' (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.
Sea pirates
Air pirates
Space pirates
See also
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The Five Gold Bands
''The Five Gold Bands'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in the November 1950 issue of '' Startling Stories '' magazine. It was published in 1953 as a separate book under the title ''The Space Pirate'', ...
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Roberto Cofresí in popular culture
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Lego Pirates
Pirates was a Lego theme launched in 1989 featuring pirates, soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, Pacific Islanders, sailing ships, and buried treasure, being influenced by the late Golden Age of Piracy. The theme has been seen in Lego System ( ...
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Il pirata
''Il pirata'' (''The Pirate'') is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act '' mélodrame ''from 1826: ''Bertram, ou le Pirate'' (''Bertram, or The Pirate'') by Charles Nod ...
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Polly and the Pirates
''Polly and the Pirates'' is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh (with volume 2 being illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez) and released through Oni Press.
This is a miniseries of comic books (also available as a graph ...
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Red Seas Under Red Skies
''Red Seas Under Red Skies'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the second book (of a projected seven) in the ''Gentleman Bastard Sequence'' series. It continues the adventures of protagonist Locke Lamora and his friend Jean Ta ...
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The Red Seas
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List of pirates
Notes
References
External links
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