Lista de Espiar Famosas

Virginia Hall Goilott fue una espía estadounidense con la Dirección de Operaciones Especiales británica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y más tarde con la Office of Strategic Services y la División de Actividades Especiales de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia. Ella era conocida por muchos alias, incluidos "Marie Monin", "Germaine", "Diane", "Marie of Lyon", "Camille", y "Nicolas".

Shakil Afridi, or Shakeel Afridi, is a Pakistani physician who helped the CIA run a fake hepatitis vaccine program in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to confirm Osama bin Laden's presence in the city by obtaining DNA samples. Details of his activities emerged during the Pakistani investigation of the deadly raid on bin Laden's residence. This account is disputed in a recent account of events which implies Afridi was implicated as a cover for the real CIA operative. Afridi was arrested at the Torkham border crossing while trying to flee the country days after the raid. On 23 May 2012, he was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment for treason, initially believed to be in connection with the bin Laden raid, but later revealed to be due to alleged ties with a local Islamist warlord Mangal Bagh. Lawyers appealed against the verdict on 1 June 2012. On 29 August 2013, his sentence was overturned and a retrial ordered.

Sir Richard Francis Burton fue un cónsul británico, explorador, traductor y orientalista, aunque él se consideraba a sí mismo fundamentalmente un antropólogo y cultivó ocasionalmente la poesía. Se hizo famoso por sus exploraciones en Asia y África, así como por su extraordinario conocimiento de lenguas y culturas. De acuerdo a un recuento reciente, hablaba veintinueve lenguas europeas, asiáticas y africanas.

Vitaly Shlykov was a spymaster in the GRU, Russian deputy minister of defence and founder of the influential Council for Foreign and Defence Policy.

Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a renowned Confederate spy during the American Civil War. A socialite in Washington, D.C., during the period before the war, she moved in important political circles and cultivated friendships with presidents, generals, senators, and high-ranking military officers including John C. Calhoun and James Buchanan. She used her connections to pass along key military information to the Confederacy at the start of the war. In early 1861, she was given control of a pro-Southern spy network in Washington, D.C., by her handler, Thomas Jordan, then a captain in the Confederate Army. She was credited by Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, with ensuring the South's victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in late July 1861.

Tzipora (Tzipi) Malka Livni, nacida en Tel Aviv el 8 de julio de 1958, es una política israelí, actual diputada y líder del partido Hatnuah. Durante el gobierno de Ehud Ólmert (2006-2009) fue Ministra de Asuntos Exteriores y viceprimera ministra de Israel. Además, fue la segunda mujer, tras Golda Meir, en ocupar la cartera de Exteriores en Israel. También fue líder de la oposición en la Knéset durante algunos meses, en 2018.

Caroline "Carrie" Phillips was a mistress of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States. The young Carrie Fulton was known by admirers to have epitomized the Gibson Girl portrait of beauty, a look popular at the turn of the 20th century. Her relationship with Senator Warren G. Harding was kept secret from the public during its time and for decades thereafter. The affair ended when Phillips blackmailed Harding during the Senator's run for office for President of the United States.

Pável Anatólievich Sudoplátov fue un agente secreto soviético, miembro del NKVD.

Michael Vernon Townley es un exagente estadounidense de la Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), la policía secreta de la dictadura militar chilena de Augusto Pinochet. Se le sindica la autoría material en los atentados a Orlando Letelier, Ronny Moffit y Carlos Prats, bajo instrucciones de la DINA. Actualmente vive bajo los términos del Programa Federal de Protección de Testigos de los Estados Unidos.

Wang Liqiang, or William Wang, is a Chinese defector to Australia and self-proclaimed former spy. In November 2019, Wang sought political asylum in Australia, claiming to be a spy who was involved in the People's Republic of China's intervention in the affairs of Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. The factual accuracy of his claims is disputed, and some experts suggested he may not be more than a low-level operative. Wang's case drew worldwide attention, and led to two arrests in Taiwan.