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Throughout the One Piece series, several pirates seem to be based upon real
life pirates. Some of which are quite obvious

  * Like Blackbeard & Whitebeard. These names combined would be the real name of Blackbeard, [Edward Teach](http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Edward_Teach).

And some are a bit less obvious, but still well known

  * Like Roronoa Zoro based on: [François l'Olonnais](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_l'Olonnais).

Now my question is:

Are there more pirates in One Piece named after, or based upon real life
pirates?


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How many characters are based on real life pirates?


Well this list is not comprehensive but will be covering most of the famous
pirates including most of the supernovas and the worst generation. All data is
sourced for the One Piece Wikia and the various SBS answered by Oda.

  1. Yorki, the Rumbar Pirates Captain is based on Calico Jack.
  2. Alvida, the Alvida Pirates Captain is based on the pirate Awilda.
  3. Thatch, the 4th Division Commander, Whitebeard Pirates' name is based on Edward Thatch.
  4. Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin, Yonku and Captain of the Big Mom Pirates is based on the pirate Charlotte Badger.
  5. Scratchmen Apoo, the On Air Pirates Captain is based on the chinese pirate Chui A-poo.
  6. Basil Hawkins, the Hawkin Pirates Captain's name is based on two pirates. His given name came from Basil Ringrose, while his surname came from John Hawkins
  7. Urouge, the Fallen Monk Pirates' captain is based on Oruç Reis.
  8. X Drake, the Drake Pirates Captain is based on the pirate Sir Francis Drake.
  9. Jewelry Bonney, the Bonney Pirates captain is based on the pirate Anne Bonny

There might be more but these were all I could find. Blackbeard and Whitebeard
share their names with the pirate and are based on the pirate Edward Teach.


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Here is a list of known references to actual pirates used in One Piece (most
of which are just borrows names) as mentioned on various sources:

  * Alvida - Awilda

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lVu5N.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lVu5N.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qh9oo.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qh9oo.png)

  * Bartolomeo - Bartholomew Roberts "Black Bart"

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sz7yP.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sz7yP.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hpCKb.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hpCKb.png)

  * Basil Hawkins - John Hawkins

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t206Z.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t206Z.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HjD0q.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HjD0q.jpg)

  * Bellamy - Samuel Bellamy 

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y02Rq.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y02Rq.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzIMl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzIMl.png)

  * Blackbeard - Edward Teach "Blackbeard" 

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yVE6J.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yVE6J.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lafBz.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lafBz.png)

  * Cavendish - Thomas Cavendish:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rOGaA.gif)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rOGaA.gif)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00JwV.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00JwV.png)

  * Charlotte Linlin (Big Mom) - Charlotte Badger

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oiWjc.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oiWjc.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3oQ4p.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3oQ4p.png)

  * Eustass Kid - William "Captain" Kidd:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xu6Nq.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xu6Nq.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t10Du.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t10Du.png)

  * Gol D Roger - Olivier Levasseur:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/twxx0.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/twxx0.png)

  * Jewelry Bonney - Anne Bonny 

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E05xt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E05xt.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dq42.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dq42.png)

  * Lafitte - Jean Lafitte:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MmdYw.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MmdYw.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vdHjX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vdHjX.png)

  * Roronoa Zoro - François l'Olonnais

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1VMQW.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1VMQW.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BGKEO.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BGKEO.jpg)

  * Scratchmen Apoo - Chui A-poo:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cAG7A.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cAG7A.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k9qjx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k9qjx.png)

  * Silvers Rayleigh - Sir Walter Raleigh:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WxRcN.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WxRcN.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HgFhf.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HgFhf.png)

  * Thatch - Edward Thatch

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8lkHR.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8lkHR.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcTzx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcTzx.png)

  * Urouge - Oruç Reis

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W5cPP.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W5cPP.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mvVo7.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mvVo7.png)

  * X Drake - Sir Francis Drake:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x6AAa.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x6AAa.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxusk.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxusk.png)

  * Yorki - Calico Jack

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyslx.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyslx.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R7swO.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R7swO.png)

  * Zeff - "Red Legs" Greaves

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmnDt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmnDt.png)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DWyMB.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DWyMB.jpg)

Although these are the references to actual pirates which was intended by Oda,
there are also coincidental lookalikes to real life people which has been
mentioned in [this BuzzOtaku article.](http://buzzotaku.com/2014-04/one-piece-
real-life.html)


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I would like to add Hordy (sometimes spelled Hody) might be a reference to
Vice Admiral Horthy Miklos. He was the leader of Hungary during world war 2
and fought in the Autro-Hungarian Navy during world war 1.

While the real life Horthy wasn't really racist, I can imagine that a Japanese
Author would look at an Admiral who allied with Hitler as a convenient name-
reference for the leader of a racist Fishman army. Tho it is just a slight
name reference, nothing more.

I have written a book and know the pain of inventing names, cuz it needs to
sound real and memorable and not just some gibberish. Often times when I need
a new name I google a real life person who has a certain trait or
characteristic connected with the fictional character (successful businessman,
explorer, murderer, general, pacifist, poet, you name it) and then just edit
the name slightly to make it a bit different. I'm sure other Authors do that
too and as we can see above (like Alvida) the author of OP does it as well. I
am sure there are many character names, places etc. that are slight references
to real life people and places. Water 7 is obviously a reference to Venice,
Impel down is Alcatraz, Head Warden Magelan is a reference to the explorer of
the same name etc. etc.


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Alot of people say Thatch is edward thatch. But its actually edward teach aka
blackbeard. Teach/blackbeard is based on teach/blackbeard. Thatch has no
relevence to any real world pirate that im aware of


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