William Kidd, sidoo kale Captain William Kidd ama kabtan Captain Kidd (c.1654 - 23 Maajo 1701), [1] wuxuu ahaa markab shisheeye oo Scottish ah oo la isku dayey lana fuliyay burcad badeed ka dib markii uu ka soo laabtay safar uu u socday Badweynta Hindiya. Qaar ka mid ah taariikhyahanada casriga ah, tusaale ahaan Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton (eeg Buugaagta), oo ka dhigo mid aan caddaalad darro sharaf leh. Kidd wuxuu ku dhashay Dundee, [2] Scotland, c. 1654, aabihiis, Captain John Kyd, oo laga badiyay badda. Kidd wuxuu siiyey Greenock booskiisa dhalashadiisa iyo da'diisa 41-jir oo marwalba ku dhaariyey Maxkamadda Sare ee Admiralty Oktoobar 1694 ama 1695. Bulsho degaan ah ayaa taageertay qoys Kyd oo dhaqaale ahaan ka dib dhimashada aabaha. Kidd ayaa asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Greenock waxaana shaqada ka eryey David Dobson, kuwaas oo aan helin magaca Kidd ama Kyd ee diiwaanka rikoodhka; Khuraafaad ah in uu "aabihiis loo maleynayay in uu ahaa kaniisada wasiirka Scotland" ayaa la dhimay, maaddaama aysan jirin wax xusuus ah oo ku qoran magaca kaniisada dhamaystiran ee diiwaanka Scotland muddadaas.