Tag intelligence officers
Here are some notable intelligence officers throughout history:
United States
- Allen Dulles (CIA Director, 1953-1961)
- James Jesus Angleton (CIA Counterintelligence Chief, 1954-1974)
- Richard Helms (CIA Director, 1966-1973)
- William Casey (CIA Director, 1981-1987)
- George Tenet (CIA Director, 1997-2004)
- Porter Goss (CIA Director, 2004-2006)
- Michael Hayden (CIA Director, 2006-2009)
- Leon Panetta (CIA Director, 2009-2011)
- David Petraeus (CIA Director, 2011-2012)
- John Brennan (CIA Director, 2013-2017)
United Kingdom
- Kim Philby (MI6 Officer, 1940s-1950s)
- Guy Burgess (MI6 Officer, 1940s-1950s)
- Anthony Blunt (MI5 Officer, 1940s-1970s)
- Dick White (MI5 Director-General, 1953-1965)
- Maurice Oldfield (MI6 Chief, 1973-1978)
- Sir David Spedding (MI6 Chief, 1994-1999)
- Sir Richard Dearlove (MI6 Chief, 1999-2004)
- Sir John Sawers (MI6 Chief, 2009-2014)
- Sir Alex Younger (MI6 Chief, 2014-2020)
Soviet Union/Russia
- Lavrentiy Beria (NKVD Chief, 1938-1953)
- Andrey Gromyko (KGB Chairman, 1985-1988)
- Viktor Chebrikov (KGB Chairman, 1982-1988)
- Vladimir Kryuchkov (KGB Chairman, 1988-1991)
- Yevgeny Primakov (KGB Chairman, 1991-1992)
- Vladimir Putin (KGB Officer, 1975-1990)
- Sergei Ivanov (FSB Director, 1998-2008)
- Nikolai Patrushev (FSB Secretary, 1999-present)
Other
- Mata Hari (Dutch spy, 1910s)
- Sidney Reilly (British spy, 1910s-1930s)
- Richard Sorge (German spy, 1930s-1940s)
- Klaus Fuchs (German-born British spy, 1940s)
- Aldrich Ames (CIA Officer, 1980s-1990s)
- Robert Hanssen (FBI Officer, 1970s-2000s)
- Oleg Penkovsky (Soviet spy, 1950s-1960s)
- Kim Hyon-hui (North Korean spy, 1980s)
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other notable intelligence officers not included here.