- Mata Hari was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle.
- Fritz Duqesne had at least 30 known aliases.
- Lise de Baissac was primarily known as Irene Brisse but also Odile, Margerite and Adele.
- Even Dušan Popov, who's allegedly the source for James Bond used in more than one occasion aliases like Duchan, Dusan or Hans: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=8204882&catln=6
- Eli Cohen also used a fake Syrian identity because c'mon, you won't go around with an Israeli name trying to get into the Syrian government.
I know that double agents like Richard Sorge or Aldrich Ames would use their actual identities, but fake identities or even using the names of deceased people is very common.
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Also, in the Bond universe a LOT of people seem to know who he is, it’s not public knowledge per se, but like it seems that all major intelligence services have heard of him and also anybody with power and connections and ill-intent.
He kinda operates like a really weird form of special forces than a spy half the time.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Good chance is if you know who he is by face or name, you’re in trouble or about to see trouble.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 14 hours ago
They originally sent him in as a spy but he’s a narcissist so he makes sure everyone knows who he is but they keep sending him because it turns out despite being a terrible spy he’s still really good at completing the missions anyway.