**Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate?**

"_A former fish gutter from Kent may have been the inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow, the character made famous by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean films._"

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8el2wqxwno.

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