Carlos the Jackal

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal 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. He and five others demanded a plane and flew with a number of hostages to Libya.

12 October 1949

Born on the same birth date (12 October 1949): Barclay Shaw • Dave Lloyd (cyclist)

Born on the same birth day (12 October): Allan Evans (footballer) • Art Clokey • Bryn Merrick • Chris Botti • Curtis Scott • Dave Lloyd (cyclist) • Friedrich Frey-Herosé • George Thorn • Guido Molinari • Hugh Jackman • James "Sugar Boy" Crawford • Olivia Smoliga • Robert Coles (psychiatrist) • Roque Máspoli • Tony Kubek • Vijay Merchant

Born in the same month (October 1949): Dave Hope • J. P. Dutta • Joe Egan (musician) • Lance Cairns • Lawrence Tanter • Lindsey Buckingham • Manfred Trojahn • Nick Tosches • Nicolas Peyrac • Penny Junor • Peter Ackroyd • Réjean Houle • Stiv Bators • Tom Mees • Walter Hyatt • Yashiki Takajin