Famous French Spies

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Violette Szabo
(British-French Special Operations Executive Agent During the Second World War)
Violette Szabo
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Birthdate: June 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 5, 1945

Violette Szabo was a British-French spy who worked as a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. During her second mission in occupied France, Violette Szabo was captured by the Germans. She was tortured, interrogated, and deported to Ravensbrück, where she was executed on 5 February 1945 at the age of 23.

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Chevalier d'Éon
(French Diplomat and Spy)
Chevalier d'Éon
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Birthdate: October 5, 1728
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tonnere, France
Died: May 21, 1810

Chevalier d'Éon not just fought for France in the Seven Years' War but was also a spy. Interestingly, he led the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. In his unpublished memoir, he claimed he was a woman raised as a man.

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Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
(French Army Officer & Spy for the German Empire)
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
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Birthdate: December 16, 1847
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 21, 1923
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Violette Morris
(French Athlete and Nazi Collaborator)
Violette Morris
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Birthdate: April 18, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 26, 1944
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Madeleine Damerment
(Spy)
Madeleine Damerment
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Birthdate: November 11, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lille, France
Died: September 13, 1944
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Andree Borrel
(Spy)
Andree Borrel
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Birthdate: November 18, 1919
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bécon-les-Bruyères, France
Died: July 6, 1944
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Antoinette de Maignelais
(Chief mistress of Charles VII)
Antoinette de Maignelais
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Birthdate: 1434 AD
Birthplace: France
Died: 1474 AD
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Pearl Cornioley
(British wartime agent)
Pearl Cornioley
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Birthdate: June 24, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 24, 2008
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Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins
(Courtier)
Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins
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Birthdate: 1642 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 5, 1722