Early Life
Jean Bart was born in Dunkirk in 1650to a seafaring family, the son of a sailor who has been described variously as a fisherman or corsair commander. He almost certainly spoke Flemish, at that time the native language in the region, and his birth name was most probably Jan Baert.
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