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Carlos the Jackal

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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Spanish: [iˈlitʃ raˈmiɾes ˈsantʃes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–Leninist, Ramírez Sánchez was one of the most notorious political terrorists of his era, protected and supported by the Stasi and the KGB. After several bungled bombings, Ramírez Sánchez led the 1975 raid on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna, during which three people were killed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos the Jackal has received more than 3,335,371 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos the Jackal is the 25th most popular extremist (up from 28th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Venezuela (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Extremist.

Carlos the Jackal is most famous for being a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, an international terrorist, and a mercenary. He is also known for being the mastermind behind the 1975 OPEC attack in Vienna, Austria, and the 1974 attack on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries headquarters in Vienna.

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  • 66.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Carlos the Jackal ranks 25 out of 209Before him are Albert Fish, Ulrike Meinhof, Charles Ponzi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, John Wayne Gacy, and Jim Jones. After him are Amon Göth, Cleon, Machine Gun Kelly, Luis Carrero Blanco, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and Frederick Trump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Carlos the Jackal ranks 29Before him are André Rieu, Jessica Lange, Slavoj Žižek, Sebastián Piñera, Thomas Sankara, and Bobby Farrell. After him are Patrick Süskind, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Robin Gibb, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Joan Enric Vives Sicília.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Carlos the Jackal ranks 3 out of 155Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783) and Hugo Chávez (1954). After him are Nicolás Maduro (1962), Francisco de Miranda (1750), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Carolina Herrera (1939), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), and Rómulo Betancourt (1908).

Among EXTREMISTS In Venezuela

Among extremists born in Venezuela, Carlos the Jackal ranks 1