Ivan Dirkie de Veenboer

Ivan Dirkie de Veenboer was a 17th-century Dutch corsair. A privateer during the Eighty Years' War, he later turned to piracy and became an officer under Simon the Dancer. He later converted to Islam, becoming known as Süleyman Reis, and had a highly successful career as an Ottoman captain and Barbary corsair commanding the Algiers corsair fleet during his later years.