Black Vulmea , the nickname of Terrence Vulmea, a swashbuckling hero of the Spanish Main created by Robert E. Howard. Vulmea's adventures are collected in Black Vulmea's Vengeance .
Captain Blood, the title character of novel by Rafael Sabatini who is an English doctor turned slave, then pirate. It was also adapted into a film starring Errol Flynn by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz.
Captain Pugwash from the series of children's comic strips, books and animated films created by John Ryan.
The Crimson Pirate the titular hero of the 1952 movie played by Burt Lancaster. The Crimson Pirate was actually Captain Vallo, an acrobatic rogue who becomes a hero. Lancaster's former circus partner Nick Cravat also appears as Vallo's mute sidekick Ojo.
The notorious Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride, by William Goldman, was in fact a long series of different pirates operating under the same name, each inheriting the title from the last and capitalizing on its reputation.
Pirates of the Caribbean, the Disneyland ride, also spawned the 2003 movie vaguely based on the ride, , which introduced the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow.
