Famous Male Spies

1 Eli Cohen

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: December 6, 1924

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: Egyptian, Israeli

Died: May 18, 1965

Israeli spy Eli Cohen is remembered for his espionage activities from 1961 to 1965 in Syria, where he served as the chief advisor to the defense minister. He was eventually convicted and publicly hanged. His story later inspired the Netflix miniseries The Spy and the TV film The Impossible Spy.

2 Ian Fleming

Famous As: Author of James Bond Series

Birthdate: May 28, 1908

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: British

Died: August 12, 1964

Ian Fleming was a British writer, naval intelligence officer, and journalist. Fleming is credited with creating one of the most popular characters of all time, James Bond. His James Bond series of novels have sold more than 100 million copies, making them one of the best-selling fictional book series in history. Jamaica’s Ian Fleming International Airport is named after him.

3 Robert Hanssen

Famous As: Former FBI Agent & Spy for the Soviet Union

Birthdate: April 18, 1944

Sun Sign: Aries

Nationality: American

4 Aldrich Ames

Famous As: Former CIA Officer & Agent for the Soviet Union & Russia

Birthdate: May 26, 1941

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: American

5 Hiroo Onoda

Famous As: Imperial Japanese Army Intelligence officer

Birthdate: March 19, 1922

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: Japanese

Died: January 16, 2014

6 Giacomo Casanova

Famous As: Womanizer

Birthdate: April 2, 1725

Sun Sign: Aries

Nationality: Italian

Died: June 4, 1798

7 Tony Mendez

Famous As: CIA Officer

Birthdate: November 15, 1940

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Nationality: American

Died: January 19, 2019

8 John André

Famous As: 18th Century British Army Officer & Spy

Birthdate: May 2, 1750

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: British

Died: October 2, 1780

9 Klaus Fuchs

Famous As: Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy

Birthdate: December 29, 1911

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: German

Died: January 28, 1988

10 John Cairncross

Famous As: British civil servant

Birthdate: July 25, 1913

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: British

Died: October 8, 1995

11 Nathan Hale

Famous As: American Martyr

Birthdate: June 6, 1755

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: American

Died: September 22, 1776

12 John O. Brennan

Famous As: Intelligence official

Birthdate: September 22, 1955

Sun Sign: Virgo

Nationality: American

13 Clyde Tolson

Famous As: Associate Director of the FBI

Birthdate: May 22, 1900

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: American

14 Donald Maclean

Famous As: Diplomat

Birthdate: May 25, 1913

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: British

Died: March 6, 1983

15 Ramón Mercader

Famous As: Leon Trotsky's Killer

Birthdate: February 7, 1913

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: Spanish

Died: October 18, 1978

16 E. Howard Hunt

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: October 9, 1918

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: American

Died: January 23, 2007

17 Duško Popov

Famous As: Double agent

Birthdate: July 10, 1912

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: Yugoslav, Serbian

Died: August 18, 1981

18 David Greenglass

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: March 2, 1922

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: American

Died: July 1, 2014

19 Theodore Hall

Famous As: Physicist

Birthdate: October 20, 1925

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: American

Died: November 1, 1999

20 Edwin P. Wilson

Famous As: Businessman

Birthdate: May 3, 1928

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: American

Died: September 10, 2012

21 James Armistead Lafayette

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: December 10, 1760

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: American

Died: August 9, 1830

22 Luis Posada Carriles

Famous As: Intelligence agent

Birthdate: February 15, 1928

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: Cuban

Died: May 23, 2018

23 Peter Wright

Famous As: Intelligence officer

Birthdate: August 9, 1916

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: British

Died: April 27, 1995

24 John Vassall

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: September 20, 1924

Sun Sign: Virgo

Nationality: British

Died: November 18, 1996

25 Josef Jakobs

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: June 30, 1898

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: German, Luxembourgian

Died: August 15, 1941

26 Konon Molody

Famous As: Soviet spy

Birthdate: January 17, 1922

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: Canadian

Died: September 9, 1970

27 George Koval

Famous As: U.S. Born Soviet Spy

Birthdate: December 25, 1913

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: Russian

Died: January 31, 2006

28 Alan Nunn May

Famous As: Physicist

Birthdate: May 2, 1911

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: British

Died: January 12, 2003

29 Israel Beer

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: October 9, 1912

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: Israeli

Died: May 1, 1966

30 Edward Bancroft

Famous As: Physician

Birthdate: January 20, 1745

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: British, American

Died: September 7, 1821

31 Lafayette C. Baker

Famous As: Investigator

Birthdate: October 13, 1826

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: American

Died: July 3, 1868

32 Herbert Philbrick

Famous As: Spy

Birthdate: May 11, 1915

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: American

Died: August 16, 1993

33 Ralph McGehee

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: April 9, 1928

Sun Sign: Aries

Nationality: American

Died: May 2, 2020

34 Laurence Oliphant

Famous As: Writer

Birthdate: August 3, 1829

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: British

Died: December 23, 1888

35 George Reginald Starr

Famous As: Secret agent during World War II

Birthdate: April 6, 1904

Sun Sign: Aries

Nationality: British

Died: September 2, 1980

36 Avraham Shalom

Famous As: Intelligence agent

Birthdate: July 7, 1928

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: Austrian, Israeli

Died: June 19, 2014

37 William Lithgow

Famous As: Traveler

Birthdate: 1585 AD

Nationality: Scottish

Died: 1645 AD

38 Robert Ferguson

Famous As: Pamphleteer

Birthdate: 1637 AD

Nationality: Scottish

Died: 1714 AD

39 Manfred Ramminger

Famous As: Architect

Birthdate: March 8, 1931

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: German, Russian

Died: November 1, 1997

40 Robert J. Lamphere

Famous As: Intelligence officer

Birthdate: February 14, 1918

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: American

Died: January 7, 2002

41 Benjamin Thomas Wolf

Famous As: Former FBI Agent

Birthdate: 1975 AD

Nationality: American

42 Thomas Dangerfield

Famous As: Informer

Birthdate: 1650 AD

Nationality: British

Died: June 22, 1685