Female wartime spies

British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)

heroine of the Colombian Independence Movement (1795–1817)

Japanese spy in China (1907-1948)

Polish spy (1908–1952)

is a Japanese term for . In popular culture, it is often used for female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo). The term was largely popularized by novelist Futaro Yamada in his novel in 1964.

Lebanese activist

Kunoichi (female ninja)

American spy for the Soviet Union (1913–1992)

alleged intrigant at the royal court of Charles I of England

American spy for the USSR (1908–1963)

Greek slave courtesan, Russian agent and Polish noble

Vietnamese revolutionary

heroine of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honor

Egyptian spy

Soviet intelligence officer (1900–1981)

napoleon's secret agent

Swedish spy

Hungarian freedom fighter (1824-1883)

The first female employee (and youngest) to be killed in action in the CIA's history and the first American woman killed in the Vietnam War

soviet agent

Chilean spy

Swedish actress, translator, journalist, poet and spy (1916-2007)

Swiss noblewoman

Dutch writer and translator

American military personnel defecting to Iran

British nurse and spy