Who is the deadliest pirate?
Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach or Thatch (c. British pirates in history. While his piracy career only lasted two years before his death at the hands of the Royal Navy, his fearsome appearance and hell-raising antics became the stuff of lore and secured him an enduring legacy. Blackbeard is one of the most infamous pirates who ever lived, but can we separate the facts from the myth? Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach or Thatch (c. British pirates in history.