Jason Bourne (/boʊrn/) is the title character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel The Bourne Identity (1980), which was adapted for television in 1988.

Is Jason Bourne based on a real person?

Fictional Jason Bourne is inspired by Ansel Bourne's real memory trauma. Even more awestruck were the neighbors, who learned that the man's name was not Brown, but Ansel Bourne and that he was an evangelical preacher who lived in Rhode Island. ...

Why did they want Jason Bourne dead?

Mystery at hand: Bourne wants to know why he joined Treadstone. ... He, along with CIA Director Ezra Kramer, wants Bourne dead for trying to protect a journalist and CIA informant working to expose the new program.