in Thomas Costain's historical novel For My Great Folly, which was published in 1942. In the 2010s, various Turkish newspapers and websites popularised a hypothesis put forth in the monthly Derin Tarih that John Ward could be the inspiration for the character Jack Sparrow from the film series Pirates of the Caribbean. The BBC History Magazine also revealed John Ward as the pirate behind the character. References Further reading Bak, Greg. Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Times. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd. 2006. Costain, Thomas, For My Great Folly, 1942 Tinniswood, Adrian. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean. Riverhead Hardcover, 2010. Peter Lamborn Wilson. Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes External links A True and Certaine Report of the Beginning, Proceedings, Overthrowes, and Now Present Estate of Captaine Ward and Danseker by Andrew Barker Captain John Ward Ward the Pirate by Abdal-Hakim Murad see also (same article) https://anonhq.com/captain-jack-sparrow-real-muslim/ 1550s births 1622 deaths People from Faversham English pirates English privateers 17th-century pirates Barbary pirates English Muslims Converts to Islam 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Infectious disease deaths in Tunisia 16th-century English people 17th-century English people