Jackal (disambiguation)

Jackal may refer to:

• Jackal, a canine animal
• Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916), president of Mexico, known by the pejorative name El Chacal ("the Jackal")
• Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as "Carlos the Jackal", a well-known Venezuelan-born terrorist, named after The Day of the Jackal
• An Australian slang term for a homosexual man.
• A Game played by American teenagers in which teams of two hunt each other with small concealable water pistols in rounds lasting five days to a week.

Fiction

• The Day of the Jackal, a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth

Television

• The Jackal is a nickname of Damian Spinelli in the daytime soap opera General Hospital

Film

• The Day of the Jackal (film) the 1973 film adaptation of the novel
• The Jackal (film), a 1997 remake of The Day of the Jackal starring Bruce Willis

Comics

• Jackal (Marvel Comics), a mad scientist and enemy of Spider-Man in the Marvel Comics universe
• Jackal, a terrorist and enemy of Superman in the DC Comics universe who first appeared in Action Comics #683 (1992)

Anime/Manga

• Kuroudou Akabane, or "Dr. Jackal", a character in the manga/anime series GetBackers
• The Hellsing ARMS 13mm Auto Anti-Freak Cannon "Jackal", a custom-made pistol wielded by the vampire Alucard in the manga/anime series Hellsing

Games

• Jackals, an alien race in the video game Halo
• Jackal (video game), a video game by Konami

Other Uses

• SHACAL, a block cipher
• The Jackal (Ronny Jordan song)
• Fightlinker.com jackals