Even though One Piece is a fiction and Shonen Manga, there are some elements that Eiichiro Oda takes into consideration when designing characters and the world of One Piece. With that said, today we will be discussing 10 pirates from One Piece that are based on real pirates.
Now with One Piece having a very large cast of characters that are pirates in the One Piece World, this list will be narrowed down because it may get overwhelming. As we will now list the pirates from One Piece who are named from pirates from real life! With that said, let us begin! It should also be noted that none of these are ranked in any order, they are simply listed as is.
Silvers Rayleigh
Silvers Rayleigh is originally a member of Roger’s pirates. Rayleigh is said to be a master of Haki and has no devil fruit powers. Rayleigh the character was inspired by Sir Walter Rayleigh (An Englishman, traveler, soldier, poet, and writer).
X Drake
Originally Captain of the Drake pirates. With a bounty of 222,000,000 million, he also possesses a Devil Fruit (unnamed) that allows him to transform into a Dinosaur (T-Rex). X Drake was inspired and named after Sir Francis Drake. This name would sound familiar to people who have played the Uncharted series. Sir Francis Drake was an English Sea Captain, privateer of the Elizabeth Era, as well as a slave trader.
Eustass Captain Kidd
Originally captain of the Kidd pirates. With a bounty of 470,000,000, he is from the Worst Generation and has a magnetic power from his devil fruit. Kidd is named after two real life pirates. William Kidd is the first pirate whose nickname was “Captain.” And his surname was taken from Eustace the Monk.
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