This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the United States.
American Revolution era spies
Spied for the Patriots
Hercules Mulligan Abraham Woodhull Benjamin Edes Nathan Hale Benjamin Tallmadge Caleb Brewster William H. Dobbs (Captain) Clément Gosselin Daniel Bissell David Henley Enoch Crosby Ethan Allen Filippo Mazzei Henry K. Van Rensselaer John Brown of Pittsfield John Champe John Clark John Honeyman John Laurens Jonathan L. Austin Lydia Darrah Paul Revere Pierre Ayotte Silas Deane Van Rensselaer's Regiment William BinghamFranklin Ben; and Morris, Robert (1776-07-08). "The Committee of Secret Correspondence to [Silas Deane]". "Philadelphia, July 8th, 1776." "Reprinted from The North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia), October 12, 1855." Retrieved from http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=22&page=665a.
Culper Ring
Abraham Woodhull Agent 355 Anna Strong Austin Roe Benjamin Tallmadge Robert Townsend Sarah Townsend Caleb Brewster Cato James Rivington Jonas Hawkins
Spied for the Crown
Ann Bates Benedict Arnold Benjamin Church Miss Jenny Metcalf Bowler John André
Double agents
Edward Bancroft James Armistead Lafayette John Champe
American Civil War era spies
Union spies
Albert D. Richardson Charles C. Carpenter Elizabeth Van Lew Mary Bowser George Curtis Harriet Tubman Kate Warne Lafayette C. Baker Pauline Cushman Philip Henson Sarah Emma Edmonds Timothy Webster Allan Pinkerton John Scobell Grenville Dodge Hattie Lawton Pryce Lewis
Confederate spies
Alexander Keith, Jr. Annie Jones Antonia Ford Belle Boyd Confederate Signal Bureau David Owen Dodd Dr. William Joseph Heacker Henry Thomas Harrison James Dunwoody Bulloch John Yates Beall Richard Thomas (Zarvona) Sarah Ewing Sims Carter Gaut Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson Rose O'Neal Greenhow Sarah SlaterSwanson, James L., Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. New York, HarperCollins, 2006, pp.167, 256. Thomas A. Jones Thomas HarbinSwanson, James L., Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. New York, HarperCollins, 2006, p. 258f. Thomas Jordan Virginia Bethel Moon William Bryant William Norris
American World War One era spies
Julius Klein Marguerite Harrison Sylvanus Morley Sidney Mashbir
American World War Two era spies
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe Arthur Goldberg Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Claire Phillips Eric Erickson Frederick Mayer Fritz Kolbe Virginia Hall Joan Bondurant John Birch Martin Quigley, Jr. Moe Berg Rene Joyeuse Richard Sakakida Sidney Mashbir Sterling Hayden William G. Sebold Harold Ware
American Cold War era spies
Spied for America
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik Arkady Shevchenko Boris Morros Boris Yuzhin Francis Gary Powers Gerry Droller Heinz Barwich John Birch Miles Copeland, Jr. Milton Bearden Nicholas Shadrin Otto von Bolschwing Peter Burke, 1979 secretary in the US embassy in Poland Philip Agee Robert Baer Ruth Fischer Yosef Amit Yuri Nosenko Oleg Penkovsky Valery Martinov Vitaly Yurchenko Dmitri Polyakov Oleg Gordievsky Adolf Tolkachev Ramón Grau
Spied for USSR
Agnes Smedley Al Sarant Alan Nunn May Aldrich Ames Alexander Koral Alfred Tilton Allan Robert Rosenberg Anatole Volkov Arthur Adams Arvid Jacobson Bela Gold Bill Weisband Boris Morros Charles Kramer David Greenglass Donald Niven Wheeler Donald Heathfield Earl Browder Elizabeth Zarubina Frank Coe George Koval George Silverman Harold Glasser Harry Dexter White Harry Gold Harry Magdoff Hede Massing Helen Silvermaster Herbert Fuchs Irving Kaplan Irving Lerner Jacob Golos Jane Foster Zlatovski John Abt John Herrmann John Anthony Walker Julian Wadleigh Juliet Stuart Poyntz Julius Rosenberg Ethel Rosenberg Klaus Fuchs Lauchlin Currie Lee Pressman Lona Cohen Louis F. Budenz Martha Dodd Stern Michael Lance Walker, son of John Anthony Walker Morris Cohen Morton Sobell Nathan Gregory Silvermaster Nathan Witt Nathaniel Weyl Noel Field Reino Häyhänen Robert Hanssen Russell Alton McNutt Saville Sax Solomon Adler aka Schlomer Adler Sonia Steinman Gold Theodore Hall Tracey Foley Victor Perlo Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher Vincent Reno Ward Pigman Whittaker Chambers William Henry Taylor William August Fisher aka Rudolf Ivanovich Abel William "Lud" Ullman
Spied for Vietnam David Truong Ronald Humphrey
Spied for Israel Jonathan PollardThe Jonathan Pollard Case. http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/pollard/11.html Retrieved August 14, 2014. Ben-Ami Kadish
Post-Cold War spies
Spied on Iran for America Shahram Amiri
Spied on Russia for America Valery Mikhailov Col. Vladimir Lazar
Spied on America for Russia The Russian 10 from the Illegals Program included: Richard and Cynthia Murphy, Juan Lazaro, Vicky Peláez and Anna Chapman
Spied on America for China
Katrina Leung Chi Mak Glenn Duffie Shriver Noshir Gowadia
Spied on America for Cuba Carlos Alvarez Elsa Alvarez Ana Montes Kendall Myers Gwendolyn Myers Victor Manuel Rocha (US ambassador) Wasp Network Mariano Faget Jr.
Spied on America for South Africa Theresa Squillacote
Spied on Cuba for America Rolando Sarraff Trujillo
American Gulf War era spies
April Fool
Americans who spied for foreign countries
CIA
Aldrich Ames David Henry Barnett Harold James Nicholson Larry Wu-Tai Chin Sharon M. Scranage William Kampiles Tony Mendez
NSA
David Sheldon Boone Ronald Pelton
FBI
Earl Edwin Pitts Richard Miller Robert Hanssen
Defense Intelligence Agency Ana Belén Montes
Armed Forces
Clayton John Lonetree John Anthony Walker Morris Cohen George Trofimoff Clyde Lee Conrad Peter Debbins Jeffrey Martin Carney Monica Witt
Federal contractors
Andrew Daulton Lee Christopher John Boyce Jonathan Pollard Stewart Nozette
House Committee on Armed Services Theresa Squillacote
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