The Resume

(1680-November 22, 1718)
Birth name is Edward Teach
Served as a privateer in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713)
Captained the ship 'Queen Anne's Revenge'
Preyed on coastal towns of the West Indies and Atlantic Coast of North America
Raided over 40 ships in the Caribbean Sea (1716-1718)
Killed in a battle with the 'HMS Pearl' (November 22, 1718)

Why he might be annoying:

He looked like Rupert Boneham.
When he was in his late 30s, he married a 16 year old.
He never took any prisoners, preferring to burn and kill his victims.
He bribed the governor of North Carolina into giving him a full pardon.
Just weeks after being pardoned, he went back to piracy.
He weaved wicks laced with gunpowder into his beard.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is probably the most famous pirate of all time.
If the crews of the ships he raided cooperated, he let them free.
He was shot 5 times and stabbed more than 20 times before he finally died.
His head was put on the bowsprit of the 'HMS Pearl' as a warning to all pirates.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alleged Kid Lovers
• Bad Hair - Male
• Bears
• Beastie Boys References
• Bigamists/Polygamists
• Black and White
• Body Part Names
• Criminals
• Epic Rap Battles of History [Complete] (Ranked: 3)
• Epic Rap Battles of History [Season 3] (Ranked: 2)
• Ghosts in The ‘Devil and Daniel Webster’ Trial
• I Died for My Sins
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 38)
• I Lost My Head [Decapitation]
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Took a Bullet
• I was Stabbed
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Look at Me, I'm Wet
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Look at My Flame
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Pirates
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14108)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Satirized on the Simpsons
• Seamen
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 69 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 75 Votes: 50.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 193 Votes: 72.54% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 69 Votes: 71.01% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 49.50% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 151 Votes: 58.94% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 315 Votes: 64.76% Annoying