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William Kidd

English pirate

Sir John Hawkins

English naval commander

Christopher Newport

British sea captain

Sir Ralph Abercromby

British general

Sir William Courteen

English merchant

Jean Laffite

American pirate

Hubert Ingraham

prime minister of The Bahamas

Diego Columbus

Spanish explorer

Nicolás de Ovando

Spanish military leader

Jean Bart

French military officer

Lynden Pindling

prime minister of The Bahamas

Alexander Selkirk

Scottish sailor

Jean Ango

French shipowner

Sir Roland Theodore Symonette

premier of The Bahamas

Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston

Canadian governor-general

Sidney Webb

British economist

Enoch Wood

English potter

Aaron Wood

English potter

Ralph Wood, Sr.

English potter

Jill Haworth

British-born actress