Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a political terrorist, was nicknamed Carlos the Jackal after Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel.

The character is fictional, based on Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel of the same name, but there was really a man nicknamed “the Jackal,” as well. $14.58 Shop Now Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, born ...

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, born October 1949 ... a journalist uncovered a copy of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal, and Carlos was soon dubbed ‘Carlos the Jackal’ by the media.” ...