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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 convict 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 3,620,503 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Carlos the Jackal is the 25th most popular extremist, the 3rd most popular biography from Venezuela 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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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Carlos the Jackal ranks 25 out of 283. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ulrike Meinhof, Ed Gein, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Albert Fish, and Charles Ponzi. After him are Patrizia Reggiani, George Habash, Frederick Trump, Amon Göth, Luis Carrero Blanco, and Abu Nidal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Carlos the Jackal ranks 27. Before him are Roger Taylor, Sandra Mason, Slavoj Žižek, Thomas Sankara, Jessica Lange, and Bobby Farrell. After him are George Foreman, Alla Pugacheva, Sebastián Piñera, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Jeff Bridges, and Patrick Süskind.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Carlos the Jackal ranks 3 out of 183. Before 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), Rafael Caldera (1916), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), and Rómulo Betancourt (1908).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Venezuela

Among extremists born in Venezuela, Carlos the Jackal ranks 1. 

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