William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

Captain William Kidd was either one of the most notorious pirates in the history of the world or one of its most unjustly vilified and prosecuted privateers in an age typified by the rationalisation of empire.

During the War of the Grand Alliance, on orders from the province of New York, Massachusetts, Kidd captured an enemy privateer, which duty he was commissioned to perform off of the New England coast.

Shortly thereafter, Kidd was awarded £ 150 for successful privateering in the Caribbean.

In New York City, Kidd was active in the building of Trinity Church, New York.

On 16 May 1691, Kidd married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, an English woman in her early twenties, who had already been twice widowed and was one of the wealthiest women in New York, largely due to her inheritance from her first husband.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

Kidd was presented with a letter of marque, signed personally by King William III of England.

Thus short-handed, Kidd sailed for New York City, capturing a French vessel en route ( which was legal under the terms of his commission ).

It is not clear, however, if Van der Heul exercised this degree of responsibility because Kidd was nominally a privateer.

According to Edward Barlow, a captain employed by the English East India Company, Kidd attacked a Mughal convoy here under escort by Barlow's East Indiaman, and was repelled.

When Kidd found out what had happened, he was outraged and forced his men to return most of the stolen property.

Kidd was declared a pirate very early in his voyage by a Royal Navy officer to whom he had promised " thirty men or so ".

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

According to The General History of the Pirates, published more than 25 years after the event by an author whose very identity remains in dispute, Kidd made peaceful overtures to Culliford: he " drank their Captain's health ," swearing that " he was in every respect their Brother ," and gave Culliford " a Present of an Anchor and some Guns.

The other version was presented by Richard Zacks in his 2002 book The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd.

According to Zacks, Kidd was unaware that Culliford had only about 20 crew with him, and felt ill manned and ill equipped to take the Mocha Frigate until his two prize ships and crews arrived, so he decided not to molest Culliford until these reinforcements came.

Prior to Kidd returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate, and that several English men-of-war were searching for him.

Aware of the accusations against Kidd, Bellomont was justifiably afraid of being implicated in piracy himself, and knew that presenting Kidd to England in chains was his best chance to save himself.

Michael " Kidd Funkadelic " Hampton ( guitar ; born November 15, 1956 )

* Mae Street Kidd ( 1909 – 1999 )- State Representative 1968-1984, representing Louisville's 41st state legislative district was born in Millersburg, Kentucky.

* Jason Kidd ( born 1973 ), formerly of the New Jersey Nets

* Jason Kidd ( born 1973 ), formerly of the New Jersey Nets.

* Tyson Kidd ( born 1980 ), Canadian professional wrestler

John Kidd was born in Westminster, the son of a naval officer and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

Kidd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884.

* Cork Graham ( born 1964 ); imprisoned in Vietnam for illegally entering the country while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd.

Sir Douglas Lorimer Kidd, KNZM ( born 12 September 1941 ) is a former New Zealand politician.

Kidd was born in Levin.

Brian Kidd ( born 29 May 1949 in Collyhurst, Manchester ) is an English football coach and former player, who is currently Assistant Manager to Roberto Mancini at Manchester City.

Nathaniel Glover Jr., ( born February 19, 1960 ), is an American Emcee first known as Danny Dan and after 1975 as the better-known stage name The Kidd Creole.

Chip Kidd ( born September 12, 1964 ) is an American author, editor, and graphic designer, best known for his book covers.

Jodie Kidd ( born in Guildford ) is an English television personality and fashion model.

He married Jemma Madeleine Kidd ( born 1974 ), great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook, on 4 June 2005 at St James ' Church in Barbados.

Flanking Kidd on either side would be Alan Caddy ( guitar ) and Brian Gregg ( born 31 January 1939, in London ) ( bass ); and Kidd would high-kick in time to the beat.

Kidd and the Pirates ' finest moment might have been the powerful song " Shakin ' All Over ", which features memorable opening guitars and solo from Joe Moretti ( born Joseph Edward Moretti, 10 May 1938, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland ), ( who also featured on the follow-up " Restless "), and reached number one in the UK singles charts in 1960.

Richard Zacks in the biography The Pirate Hunter ( 2002 ) says Kidd came from Dundee.

Born Jennie Kidd Gowanlock in Wooden Mills, Kelso, Scotland, Jennie ( whose name is variously spelled ' Jenny ') moved with her parents to Canada in 1847, settling near Stratford, Ontario.

The area has a proliferation of churches, including the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic ( including Our Lady of Good Counsel, designed by noted Modern architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia ), Baptist, Salvation Army, independent Evangelical churches, Plymouth Brethren, Charismatic, one Scottish Episcopal Church and a Christadelphian presence.

An anticipated second installment by Kidd and Card called Rasputin has been mentioned, but its future is unknown, especially as Card suffered a " mild stroke " on January 1, 2011.

Gordon Kidd Teal ( January 10, 1907 – January 7, 2003 ) invented a method to improve transistors by applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely puregermanium single crystals.

Michael Robert " Mick " Green ( February 22, 1944 – January 11, 2010 ) was an English rock and roll guitarist who played with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates and Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas.

Meanwhile, Kidd was named as assistant to England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in January 2003.

* Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington ( b. 31 January 1978 ); married as of 4 June 2005 to the former model Jemma Kidd, a fashion stylist and great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook.

During each of David Lee Roth's, Opie and Anthony's, and Kidd Chris's tenures at WYSP since January 2006, Preston and Steve were ranked first in the key demographics.

On 12 January 1984 Orange was arrested along with his half-brother, Leonard Kidd, for the murder of four persons ( Ricardo Pedro, 25, Michelle Jointer, 30, Renee Coleman, 27, and Coleman ’ s 10-year-old son, Tony ) at 1553 W 91st Street in Chicago's South side Brainerd neighborhood based on false accusations by Kidd.