User blog comment:JessicaFin23/The Real Pirates That Inspired One Piece Characters/@comment-24287735-20181120003507

There were actually a lot of other characters named after notable pirates that you didn't mention here.

Laffitte was also inspired by Jean Lafitte, who had a port for both smuggling and piracy operations in Louisiana. Later, he would serve the US against Britain when the latter invaded New Orleans. Jesus Burgess was named after Samuel Burgess who was a member of Kidd's crew. Kuma was named after Bartholomew Roberts who had the most ships stolen during the Golden Age. Caesar Clown was named after the two unrelated African pirates who are named "Black Caesar" who had millions of dollars at their treasure keep.