Henry Every

Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery, sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. He probably used several aliases throughout his career, including Benjamin Bridgeman, and was known as Long Ben to his crewmen and associates.

20 August 1659

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Aaron Hamill • Anthony Ainley • Donn Swaby • Doug Fieger • Gus Macdonald • Jack Teagarden • Matt Eisenhuth • Maxim Vengerov • Mitchell Trubisky • Peter Day (chemist) • Shah Rukh • Ívar Ingimarsson

Born in the same month (August 1659): Sebastiano Ricci