POLL: Most Famous Spy in History

176 votes were cast.

Tom Bryant writes:

Another one, or group would be The John A Walker spy ring that hand WAAAAY to many secrets about US sub operations to the Soviets in the 1980's. Can't believe they didn't hang Johny Walker Red for that.

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
Virginia Hall	0	0%
Rose O'Neal Greenhow	0	0%
Sidney Reilly	19	11%
Aldrich Ames	0	0%
Mansfield Cummings	2	1%
James Armistead Lafayette	0	0%
other (explain)	2	1%
Baden-Powell	3	2%
Major John Andre	7	4%
George Washington	6	3%
no opinion	8	5%
Julius Rosenberg	1	1%
Frederick Joubert Duquesne	0	0%
Shi Pei Pu	0	0%
Giacomo Casanova	2	1%
Mata Hari	105	60%
Richard Sorge	2	1%
Klaus Fuchs	3	2%
Kim Philby	16	9%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

ochoin remarks:

Espionage and military matters clearly go hand in hand. Therefore some interest in the often sordid world of spying could be seen as natural in this site.

I wonder who you would nominate as being amongst the most famous spies in history?

There are a lot to choose from: Mata Hari, Richard Sorge (whose information gave the USSR the opportunity to send its Siberian forces to stop Hitler), John Andre, Casanova et al.

My nomination would be Mansfield Cummings who founded what became MI6. A wonderful eccentric, he would stab his wooden leg during interviews with spying candidates to gauge their reactions. His WWI organization pioneered or developed many of the SOPs of the world of spying.

Poll set up by Editor in Chief Bill , based on this pre-poll discussion.