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Born 1679?
Died July 16, 1732 • Nassau • The Bahamas
Title / Office governor (1717), The Bahamas
Jean Ango
French shipowner
William Kidd
English pirate
Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkins
English naval commander
Christopher Newport
British sea captain
Abercromby, Sir Ralph
Sir Ralph Abercromby
British general
Sir William Courteen
English merchant
Hubert Ingraham
Hubert Ingraham
prime minister of The Bahamas
Laffite, Jean
Jean Laffite
American pirate
Diego Columbus
Spanish explorer
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish military leader
A French hero
Jean Bart
French military officer
Lynden Pindling
prime minister of The Bahamas
Selkirk, Alexander
Alexander Selkirk
Scottish sailor
Sir Roland Theodore Symonette
premier of The Bahamas
Sydney Greenstreet
British actor
Ralph Wood, Sr.
English potter
Cedric Webster Hardwicke
English actor
Sidney Webb
British economist
Jill Haworth
British-born actress
Enoch Wood
English potter