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fictional spymasters Gokhale, Nitin. Gentleman Spymaster:R.N.Kao. Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-9354358913. Years of service as a spymaster with
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2015 documentary film
The Spymasters: CIA In the Crosshairs is a 2015 documentary film which covers the experience of the Central Intelligence Agency as seen through the eyes
The_Spymasters
Marvel supervillain
Spymaster is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily as enemies of Iron Man. The first
Spymaster_(character)
Book about R.N. Kao and R&AW
R.N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster is a biography of Rameshwar Nath Kao, the founding chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis
R.N._Kao:_Gentleman_Spymaster
English spy and statesman (1532–1590)
20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Born to a well-connected family from the landed gentry, Walsingham attended
Francis_Walsingham
Spanish double agent for the British in World War II
Juan Pujol García (Spanish: [ˈxwan puˈʝol ɣaɾˈθi.a]; 14 February 1914 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (Catalan: [ʒuˈan puˈʒɔl i ɣəɾˈsi
Juan_Pujol_García
United States Intelligence Community award
The George Washington Spymaster Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed by the Director of National Intelligence, and may be given to civilians
George Washington Spymaster Award
George_Washington_Spymaster_Award
Fictional extraterrestrial race
The Skrulls (/skrʌlz/) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first
Skrull
Indian spymaster
over organisations in the private and public sector. R.N. Kao Gentleman Spymaster Adrishya "RAW founder chief R.N. Kao dies". The Times of India. New Delhi
R._N._Kao
British diplomat (1919–1996)
Sir Howard Frank Trayton Smith GCMG (15 October 1919 – 7 May 1996) was a British diplomat who served as Director General of MI5 from 1978 to 1981. Smith
Howard_Smith_(diplomat)
American chemist and spymaster
Gottlieb (August 3, 1918 – March 7, 1999) was an American chemist and spymaster who headed the Central Intelligence Agency's 1950s and 1960s assassination
Sidney_Gottlieb
2015 spy-themed board game
Czech Games Edition (CGE). In it, two teams compete by each having a "spymaster" give one-word clues that can point to specific words on the board. The
Codenames_(board_game)
2004 American TV series or program
Spymaster USA is an American television program originally made by Wall to Wall Television for The Learning Channel in 2003. The series was created by
Spymaster_USA
English author
2017 it was announced that his book, M: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster, based on the life of Maxwell Knight, would be adapted for television
Henry_Hemming
American spy (1737–1805)
Nathaniel Sackett (April 10, 1737 – July 28, 1805) was the spymaster appointed by General George Washington to create a network of civilian spies located
Nathaniel_Sackett
25th Secretary of R&AW
Parag Jain (born 1 January 1967) is an Indian bureaucrat and spymaster who is currently serving as the 25th Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing
Parag_Jain
2011 American film
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby is a 2011 American documentary film exploring the life and career of former CIA
The_Man_Nobody_Knew
5th National Security Advisor of India (born 1945)
Ajit Kumar Doval (born 20 January 1945) is an Indian bureaucrat, spymaster and retired police and intelligence officer who has been serving as the longest
Ajit_Doval
Director General of MI5
Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, KCB, DL (born 17 February 1958) is a British life peer who formerly served as the Director General of
Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale
Jonathan_Evans,_Baron_Evans_of_Weardale
American spy thriller television series
Blake gives Ogletree a list of possible compromised operatives. 13 3 "Spymaster" Grant Heslov Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth June 21, 2026 (2026-06-21)
The_Agency_(2024_TV_series)
Canadian spymaster (1897–1989)
January 1989) was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of British Security Coordination
William_Stephenson
British spymaster, naturalist, broadcaster (1900–1968)
known as Maxwell Knight, (9 July 1900 – 27 January 1968) was a British spymaster, naturalist and broadcaster, reputedly a model for the James Bond character
Maxwell_Knight
Indian spymaster and head of National Security Council of India
Alok Joshi is an Indian spymaster and retired IPS officer of 1976 batch of Haryana cadre who previously served as the chief of Research and Analysis Wing
Alok_Joshi
This is a list of fictional spymasters, deputy directors, directors general, and executive directors of Intelligence agencies. Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy
List_of_fictional_spymasters
British spymaster
soldier, industrialist, and aesthete, was a Special Operations Executive spymaster who led Force 136 throughout the period of its existence during the Second
Colin_Hercules_Mackenzie
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
Norfolk, to lose his head) to the Babington Plot of 1586, Elizabeth's spymaster Francis Walsingham and the royal council keenly assembled a case against
Elizabeth_I
Indian intelligence officer (born 1964)
Ravi Sinha (born 14 January 1964) is a retired Indian bureaucrat, spymaster and an IPS officer of the 1988 batch who served as the Secretary of the Research
Ravi_Sinha
Sir John Lewis Jones, KCB (17 February 1923 – 9 March 1998) was Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1981 until
John_Jones_(MI5_officer)
East German intelligence service chief (1923–2006)
(19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung
Markus_Wolf
British head of intelligence (1890–1968)
Cave Brown in his book C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill. Cave Brown insists that Menzies's primary criteria
Stewart_Menzies
British civil servant and politician
Wickham PC PC (Ire) (11 November 1761 – 22 October 1840) was a British spymaster and a director of internal security services during the French Revolutionary
William Wickham (civil servant)
William_Wickham_(civil_servant)
6th Director of the Secret Intelligence Service
Sir John Ogilvy Rennie, KCMG (13 January 1914 – 30 September 1981) was the 6th Director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1968 to 1973. He
John_Rennie_(MI6_officer)
Mexican politician (1875–1913)
Felix A. Sommerfeld, Spymaster in Mexico, 1908 to 1914, p. 100 Heribert von Feilitzsch, In Plain Sight: Felix A. Sommerfeld, Spymaster in Mexico, 1908 to
Gustavo_A._Madero
Russian spymaster
Vitaly Shlykov (Russian: Виталий Васильевич Шлыков; 1934–2011) was a spymaster in the GRU, Russian deputy minister of defence and founder of the influential
Vitaly_Shlykov
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
work introduced Dahl to espionage and the activities of the Canadian spymaster William Stephenson, known by the codename "Intrepid." During the war,
Roald_Dahl
Former British prince (born 1960)
October 2025. Gooch, Bryony (17 October 2025). "Prince Andrew 'met China spymaster at least three times'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2025. "Financial
Andrew_Mountbatten-Windsor
Soviet spy and defector (1899–1941)
June 28, 1899 – February 10, 1941) was a Soviet military intelligence spymaster who defected to the West and revealed plans for the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop
Walter_Krivitsky
Governor of West Bengal since 2026
Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tamil Nadu. He was a former bureaucrat and a spymaster, who held various positions with the Government of India. Born in Patna
R._N._Ravi
Israeli intelligence officer (1912–2003)
Isser Harel (Hebrew: איסר הראל; 1912 – 18 February 2003) was spymaster of the intelligence and the security services of Israel and the Director of the
Isser_Harel
U.S. Founding Father and president from 1789 to 1797
British, destroying their villages. Washington became America's first spymaster by designing an espionage system against the British. In 1778, Major Benjamin
George_Washington
Fictional character
television series Andor. Introduced in the series' second episode, Luthen is a spymaster for the Axis Network, a clandestine faction that works to unite several
Luthen_Rael
Autobiographical work by Pavel Sudoplatov
Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness – A Soviet Spymaster is the autobiography of Pavel Sudoplatov, who was a member of the intelligence
Special_Tasks
Chinese general and spymaster (1897–1946)
March 1946), courtesy name Yunong, was a Chinese lieutenant general and spymaster. Dai was born in Jiangshan, Zhejiang and later studied at the Whampoa
Dai_Li
1997 novel by Iain Pears
figures of the Stuart Restoration, including philosophers, scientists, spymasters, inventors, clerics, politicians, and conspirators. Also covered is the
An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost
Chinese spymaster
January 1898 – 11 December 1956) was a Republic of China general and spymaster who headed the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (BIS, also known
Mao_Renfeng
Indian intelligence officer
Vikram Sood is an Indian bureaucrat, former spymaster and the former head of India's foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)
Vikram_Sood
British author, popular historian
History); Paperback “3rd edition”. Cook, Andrew (2004), M: MI5’s First Spymaster; Tempus Pub Ltd; 336 pages Cook, Andrew (2005), To Kill Rasputin: The
Andrew_Cook_(author)
American novelist
Brenda Joyce (born c. 1963, New York State) is an American author of romance novels, who also signed a novel as B.D. Joyce. Joyce, a native of New York
Brenda_Joyce_(author)
Pakistani Army general
Mukhtar is a retired three-star Pakistan Army lieutenant general and former spymaster who served as the Director General of the ISI in office from 11 December
Naveed_Mukhtar
1586 plot to assassinate Elizabeth I
restoration of the old religion. The plot was discovered by Elizabeth's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and used to entrap Mary for the purpose of removing
Babington_Plot
English actress (born 1995)
backed out of the role. Marki is the assistant and enforcer to rebel spymaster Luthen Rael, played by Stellan Skarsgård, with whom Dulau auditioned.
Elizabeth_Dulau
Royal Navy admiral (1754-1816)
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. D'Auvergne also worked as a spymaster for British intelligence, engaging in plots to destabilise the First French
Philippe_d'Auvergne
English government minister (1563–1612)
Salisbury (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman and alleged spymaster noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1973 to 1976
(director) (September 2011). The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (Motion picture). New York City: Act 4 Entertainment. Retrieved
William_Colby
Former Secretary of Research & Analysis Wing
Anil Dhasmana is a retired Indian Police Service officer and a former spymaster who served as the Chief of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)
Anil_Dhasmana
Fourth novel in the Witcher Saga
has slaughtered them. Bonhart defeats and captures Ciri. Nilfgaard's spymaster, Vattier de Rideaux, wants Ciri captured alive, but the Imperial coroner
The_Tower_of_the_Swallow
British civil servant and intelligence officer (born 1977)
Riley-Smith, Ben (15 June 2025). "MI6 Gadget Chief Becomes First Female Spymaster". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 June 2025. Mitchell, Archie (15 June
Blaise_Metreweli
Former director of Intelligence Bureau of India
Bhola Nath Mullik was an Indian civil servant, spymaster and the second director of the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB). He served as the director of
Bhola_Nath_Mullik
Cast of the novels by George R. R. Martin
called the Spider, is a eunuch who serves as Master of Whisperers, the spymaster for the king of the Seven Kingdoms. He is feared by nobles and common
List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters
List_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_characters
Indian intelligence official (born 1940)
Amarjit Singh Dulat (born 1940) is an Indian bureaucrat former spymaster and a former special director of the Intelligence Bureau he also served as Secretary
A._S._Dulat
King of England from 1509 to 1547
(real or imaginary, minor or serious) supplied by Cromwell in his role as spymaster. Enriched by the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry used some of his
Henry_VIII
U.S. intelligence and covert action agency
(director) (September 2011). The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (Motion picture). New York City: Act 4 Entertainment. Archived
Central_Intelligence_Agency
2021 novel by Ken Follett
upheaval: a pair of agents trailing terrorists in the Sahara; a Chinese spymaster with political ambitions; a woman being trafficked by people smugglers;
Never_(novel)
23rd Secretary of Research & Analysis Wing
Samant Kumar Goel is a former spymaster and a retired 1984 batch Indian Police Service officer (IPS) from Punjab cadre who served as the Secretary of
Samant_Goel
2018 novel by Frederick Forsyth
2018 by Bantam Press. The story concerns an SIS Cyber operation run by Spymaster Adrian Weston. The British Prime Minister calls Sir Adrian Weston, former
The_Fox_(Forsyth_novel)
1983 spy novel by John le Carré
intelligence agency, and the manipulations of Martin Kurtz, an Israeli spymaster who intends to kill Khalil, a Palestinian terrorist who masterminds bombings
The_Little_Drummer_Girl
American novelist
described as "witty, beautifully descriptive, [and] cleverly plotted". The Spymaster's Lady is frequently cited as a reader favorite, with a spy hero who is
Joanna_Bourne
German university professor-turned-spymaster
Baronne and Mlle. Schwartz, was a German university professor-turned-spymaster for Abteilung III b in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. Schragmüller
Elsbeth_Schragmüller
Romanian spy thriller television series
Romania, the series is loosely based on the real-life defection of Romanian spymaster Ion Mihai Pacepa. The series was produced by Mobra Films (Romania) and
Spy/Master
Indian bureaucrat and Additional National Security Advisor of India
Khanna (born 1956) is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a spymaster who is currently serving as the Additional National Security Advisor of
Rajinder_Khanna
English actor (1886–1972)
he was often cast as doctors or other authority figures (such as the spymaster "Professor" in North by Northwest). Carroll eventually played a character
Leo_G._Carroll
1962 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Cape Cod. [...] I lived there for 20 years, and I met a spymaster. The guy had been a spymaster during the Second World War, and he was complaining about
Mother_Night
American intelligence analyst
is covered in the documentaries Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden, The Spymasters, and Makers: Women Who Make America. Bennett is an adjunct professor in
Gina_Bennett
Community of Icelandic emigrants
William Stephenson, a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor and spymaster. Chester Thordarson, was an Icelandic-American inventor who eventually
Icelandic_diaspora
their friends in the Ninth Ghost Regiment and Ninyu Kerai Indrahar, the spymaster manipulating the whole conflict. Bred for War Michael A. Stackpole c.3058
List_of_BattleTech_novels
American attorney, spymaster, and non-profit executive (1888–1954)
the public. With help from his assistant Joseph Roos, Lewis' work as spymaster resulted in the successful prosecution of multiple American Nazis before
Leon_L._Lewis
1979 novel by John le Carré
will lead to a final confrontation with Smiley's nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla. Maria Ostrakova is a Soviet émigrée in Paris. She is told by a
Smiley's_People
Soviet diplomat (1913–1993)
blown by the U.S. Army Venona Program which identified him as a key NKVD spymaster involved in the 1940s Atomic Spy Ring. In 1940 Yatskov had graduated the
Anatoli_Yatskov
British politician (1877–1971)
information between the CPGB and the Comintern in Moscow. He was the CPGB's spymaster and, at one stage, controlled the Cambridge Five. Stewart was born in
Bob_Stewart_(communist)
Cuban-American CIA officer (born 1941)
for the Contras. In 1970, after the Cambodian incursion, Bien Hoa CIA Spymaster Orrin DeForrest worked with Rodríguez, whom he described as "the CIA's
Félix_Rodríguez_(soldier)
Indian intelligence officer
Dhar (13 July 1939 – 19 May 2012) was an Indian intelligence officer, spymaster and an author who served in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), India's domestic
Maloy_Krishna_Dhar
Pakistani general and spymaster
Faisal Naseer (Urdu: فیصل نصیر) is a Pakistani two-star general and spymaster who is the current Director General of Counter Intelligence for the Inter-Services
Faisal_Naseer
Russian activist and KGB general (born 1934)
First Directorate book about Cold War espionage and a subsequent book Spymaster in 2008. He also collaborated with former CIA Director William Colby and
Oleg_Kalugin
British intelligence officer
Weybridge, Surrey, where his wife Norah was also interred in 1977. Helen Fry: Spymaster: The Secret Life of Kendrick 2014. Ladislas Farago, 1961, Burn After Reading:
Thomas_Kendrick_(agent)
Cambridge Ceylon University College Trinity College, Kandy Occupation Spymaster Spouse Sushila Jayaram Children Athmaram Katakam and Asoka Katakam Parent
Atma_Jayaram
Soviet intelligence officer (1891-1937)
international intelligence and counter-intelligence and security officer and spymaster of the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s. Artuzov's father was Italian-Swiss
Artur_Artuzov
Deputy prime minister of Romania (born 1941)
Gelu Voican Grigoriță Voiculescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒelu vo.iˈkan vo.ikuˈlesku]; born Grigore Voiculescu on 8 February 1941) is a Romanian politician
Gelu_Voican_Voiculescu
1940 murder in Mexico City, Mexico
(1994). Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness – A Soviet Spymaster. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-77352-2. Volkogonov, Dmitri (1996)
Assassination_of_Leon_Trotsky
Japanese general (1893–1972)
Ryūkichi Tanaka (田中 隆吉, Tanaka Ryūkichi; 9 July 1893 – 5 June 1972) was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Tanaka was born
Ryūkichi_Tanaka
2017 American thriller film by D. J. Caruso
Gutiérrez plays Lola, Shawn Roberts plays Jonas, Daniel Kash plays Russian Spymaster, and Andrey Ivenchko plays Red Erik. Following the release of xXx in 2002
XXX:_Return_of_Xander_Cage
2023 video game
Edelthrad aboard the Von Valancius flagship. Assailants led by Theodora's spymaster Kunrad Voigtvir attack the flagship and capture the player character;
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (video game)
Warhammer_40,000:_Rogue_Trader_(video_game)
1997 book by Martin A. Lee
(later prints carried the subtitle Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists) is a 1997 book by
The_Beast_Reawakens
Polish officer and spy (1896-?)
Major in Section II ("Dwójka") of the Polish General Staff and a Polish spymaster in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany (1926–1934), where he used the
Jerzy_Sosnowski
Intelligence service of the Holy See
greatly expand the Entity's activities. By the 1970s, Cardinal Luigi Poggi, spymaster under Pope John Paul II, saw the need to modernize the intelligence service
The Entity (intelligence service)
The_Entity_(intelligence_service)
Chinese businesswoman (1889–1973); wife of H. H. Kung
Sharpe. pp. 477–. ISBN 978-0-7656-0798-0. Frederic E. Wakeman (2003). Spymaster: Dai Li and the Chinese Secret Service. University of California Press
Soong_Ai-ling
Mexican revolutionary general and politician (1878–1923)
p. 58 von Feilitzsch, Heribert, In Plain Sight: Felix A. Sommerfeld, Spymaster in Mexico, 1908 to 1914, 314–316. Reed, Insurgent Mexico. He went on to
Pancho_Villa
British actor (1916–2011)
of The Avengers (1965), returning the following season as the Russian spymaster Nutski in "The Correct Way to Kill". He was introduced in the first-season
Michael_Gough
18th century American spy
selected sources—Kilmeade places 355 in the social circle of British spymaster and legendary party-thrower John André. "One agent remains unidentified
Agent_355
German politician
Wilhelm Zaisser (20 June 1893 – 3 March 1958) was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security
Wilhelm_Zaisser
Russian statesman and diplomat (1832–1908)
Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (Russian: Никола́й Па́влович Игна́тьев; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1832 – 3 July [O.S. 20 June] 1908) was a Russian
Nikolay_Pavlovich_Ignatyev
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English : from Middle English sturgeon ‘sturgeon’ (a reduced form of Old French estourgeon), hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble a sturgeon.
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Shailee means style
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English : distinguishing epithet for the smaller of two men with the same personal name (see Little).
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(मानदीप) Hindi name MANDEEP means "light of the mind."
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Australian, Danish, Finnish
Race; Great; Honoring God
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English : variant of Brookins. This is the most frequent form of the surname in the British Isles.
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British, English
From the Preserving Land
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Hindu, Indian, Rajasthani, Traditional
Brave Lord; Similar to Virendra
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Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of English Mark, MALEKO means "defense" or "of the sea."
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Hindu, Indian
Bright
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