Editing Jean Bart (section)

==Legacy==
Many anecdotes tell of the courage and bluntness of the uncultivated sailor, who became a popular hero of the [[French Navy]]. He captured a total of 386 ships and also sank or burned a great number more. The town of Dunkirk has honoured his memory by erecting a statue and by naming a [[town square|public square]] after him. During the carnival of Dunkirk, held every year the Sunday before Holy Tuesday, local people kneel all together in front of his statue and sing the Cantate à Jean Bart<ref>[[:fr:Cantate à Jean Bart]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}. Jean Bart is viewed by the inhabitants of Dunkirk as a local hero. During the interwar period, in 1928, following excavations carried out in the church, Dr. Louis Lemaire found the bones of Jean Bart, which makes it possible to estimate his size, 1.90 <abbr>m.</abbr><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Bart (le Corsaire Dunkerquois) à Dunkerque – Dunkerque Annuaire |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://www.dunkerque-annuaire.com/fiches/jean-bart-le-corsaire-dunkerquois-dunkerque.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref>

In [[World War II]], 70% of Dunkirk was destroyed, but the statue survived.[[File:Jean Bart dli 0613700363.jpg|thumb|313x313px|Anonymous Flanders, ''Jean Bart'', late 1700s, engraving<ref>[https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1p5jkvq/alma991620963804896 Image Collections, nga.gov]</ref>]]<gallery>
File:Jean Bart statue Dunkirk.jpg|Statue of Jean Bart in Dunkirk
File:Jean Bart.png|Jean Bart as depicted in 1845
File:Jean Bart par Jean-Léon Gérôme (1862).jpg|Painting of Jean Bart by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]] (1862)
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===Ships bearing the name Jean Bart===
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More than 27 ships of the [[French Navy]], over a period of 200 years, have borne the name Jean Bart. These include:
*[[Jean Bart (1788)|''Jean Bart'']] (1788) – [[Seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] [[ship of the line]]
*[[Jean Bart (1811)|''Jean Bart'']] (1811) – 74-gun ship of the line
*[[Jean Bart (1886)|''Jean Bart'']] (1886) – First class [[cruiser]] of 4800 tonnes
*[[French battleship Jean Bart (1911)|''Jean Bart'']] (1910) – 23,600 tonne [[battleship]]; the first French [[Dreadnought]]
*[[French battleship Jean Bart (1940)|''Jean Bart'']] (1940) – 50,000 tonne battleship armed with 380mm guns. Although launched in 1940, the ship was not fitted out and completed until 1955, having spent much of [[World War II]] in dock at [[Casablanca]]; the last French battleship completed
*[[French frigate Jean Bart|''Jean Bart'']] (1988) – Anti-aircraft [[frigate]], decommissioned in August 2021.

Many smaller naval ships as well as privateers have also borne the name "Jean Bart".

===Commercial products branded Jean Bart===
*Jean Bart [[shoe polish]]
*Jean Barth [[Dutch cigarette tobacco]]

===Jean Bart in popular culture===
*Jean Bart appears as a character in [[the Baroque Cycle]] by [[Neal Stephenson]].
*In the [[manga]] and [[anime]] ''[[One Piece]]'' a slave turned pirate is named after Jean Bart.
*The Chinese smartphone game [[Azur Lane]] features a female character with a name and personality inspired by Jean Bart and the [[French battleship Jean Bart (1940)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Bart – Azur Lane Wiki|date=16 May 2021|url=https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Jean_Bart}}</ref>
*The name Jean Bart is also a frequently used name for [[Sea Scout|sea scouting]] groups.
*The book [[Het Eerste Litteken]] of Flemish writer [[Johan Ballegeer]] is an adaptation of Jan Baert's life story.
*Jean Bart is the pseudonym (pen name) of Romanian novelist [[Eugeniu Botez]].