# Claes Gerritszoon Compaen

> Claes Gerritszoon Compaen, also called Claas Compaan or Klaas Kompaan, was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he turned to piracy and captured hundreds of ships operating in Europe, the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s.

*Privateer and pirate*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/claes-gerritszoon-compaen

## Identity
- **Born:** 1587
- **Died:** 1660-02-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Claes Gerritszoon Compaen](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen)
- [كلايس جيريتسون كومبان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Claes Compaen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Compaen)
- [Claes Gerritszoon Compaen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen)
- [Claes Gerritszoon Compaen](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen)
- [Claes Gerritszoon Compaen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen)
- [Claes Compaen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Compaen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8270)

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