Sorry if this one was done already-too cool of a guy too miss.
"Mad Mike" Hoare-soldier of fortune. Model for the main character in "The Wild Geese."
The obit in The Economist highlighted the fact that he was an accountant and after his misadventure in the Seychelles he was upset at being expelled from the accountant thing.
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020 ... bruary-2nd