As a nickname, The Jackal may refer to:
People with the nickname
Carlos the Jackal (born 1949), Venezuelan-born terrorist Carlos Bocanegra (born 1979), American soccer player Carl Frampton (born 1987), boxer from Northern Ireland Daniel Sentinelli, Argentine hacker Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916), Mexican military officer and President of Mexico nicknamed "El Chacal" ("The Jackal") The Jackal of Nahueltoro (1922–1963), Chilean mass murderer The Jackal of Pupunahue (born ca. 1930–?), Chilean mass murderer Robin Jackson (1948–1998), Northern Irish terrorist Jackal Kaizer or Janove Ottesen (born 1975), Norwegian musician John Purse (born 1972), American former BMX racer Guillermo Rigondeaux (born 1980), Cuban boxer nicknamed "El Chacal" Andrew Wylie (literary agent) (born 1947), American literary agent
See also Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (c. 1915–2004), Pakistan Army lieutenant-general nicknamed the "Jackal of Bengal"