French spies

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)

French statesman (1759-1820)

French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England. (1728–1810)

French politician, freemason and journalist

French army officer (1847-1923)

Tarrare (;  – 1798), sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier, and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager. He travelled around France in the company of a band of prostitutes and thieves before becoming the warm-up act for a travelling charlatan. In this act, he swallowed corks, stones, live animals, and a whole basketful of apples. He then took this act to Paris, where he worked as a street performer.

Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and philosopher

first African-American military pilot

Dutch feminist and spy

French scientist, spy and explorer (1682-1773)

French politician, prostitute and spy (1889-1982)

Soviet spy for France (1932-1985)

French pamphleteer, diplomat, spy and political adventurer (1753–1812)

French adventurer

French spy during World War I (1880–1918)

French spy in World War II (1919–2017)

German cryptographer (1888–1943)

Napoleon spy from Prussia (1770-1853)

French journalist

General and diplomat

French resistance fighter (1919-2016)

French spy

French writer, spy and resistance member (1900–1985)

French intelligence agent (1936–2017)

French diplomat and intelligence chief, ambassador of France to Hungary, Israel and Portugal

French/American physician and spy

French spy

Swiss noblewoman

French biochemist, member of the French Resistance, deported to Auschwitz (1913–1943)

French journalist

French noble and politician (1776-1858)

French explorer

French automobile designer

French secret-agent during World War I (1888–1967)

Artillery and intelligence officer, writer