This character in the historical drama legal thriller film "Bridge of Spies" was born on July 11, 1903.
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Bridge of Spies (film) Bridge of Spies is a 2015 historical drama legal thriller film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman, Ethan and Joel Coen and stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. Set during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a U.S. Air Force pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet KGB spy held under the custody of the United States, whom he represented at trial. The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the prisoner exchange took place. The film was an international co-production of the United States and Germany.
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Rudolf Abel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (Russian: Рудольф Иванович Абель ), real name Vilyam "Willie" Genrikhovich Fisher (Вильям "Вилли" Генрихович Фишер), (July 11, 1903 – November 15, 1971) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He adopted his alias when arrested on charges of conspiracy by FBI agents in 1957.
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John T. Clancy John Thomas Clancy (April 11, 1903 – May 14, 1985), also known by his nickname Pat Clancy, was a lawyer, Democratic politician and surrogate judge from Queens, New York City.
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George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle Lieutenant-Commander George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle (6 January 1895 – 17 February 1963), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1911 to 1912, was a British nobleman, politician, and peer.
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Frederick Augustus Starring General Frederick Augustus Starring (24 May 1834 – 11 April 1904) was an American civil engineer, lawyer, and soldier. After the American Civil War, he entered public service as an agent for the U.S. Treasury and examined U.S. consular and diplomatic affairs in Europe.
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Joseph Rosenfield Joseph Frankel Rosenfield (May 16, 1904 – June 7, 2000) was an American lawyer, businessman and philanthropist.
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Wilton Graff Wilton Graff (13 August 1903 – 13 January 1969) was an American actor.
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Mary Price Mary Wolfe Price (1909–1980) was an American who was accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union.
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Joe Jackson (police officer) Sir Richard Leofric Jackson CBE (12 July 1902 – 17 February 1975), known as Joe Jackson, was a British barrister and police officer in the London Metropolitan Police.
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Sir John Buchanan-Riddell, 11th Baronet Sir John Walter Buchanan-Riddell, 11th Baronet (14 March 1849 – 31 October 1924) was a British barrister and baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford before being called to the bar (becoming a barrister) by Inner Temple in 1874. He succeeded his uncle (Sir Walter Riddell, 10th Baronet) as 11th Baronet in the line of Riddell Baronets in 1892. In 1897, he served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. He was a member of the Council of Keble College, Oxford from 1899 until his death. He died on 31 October 1924, succeeded by his son, Sir Walter Robert Buchanan-Riddell, 12th Baronet, who was Principal of Hertford College, Oxford.
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Gaston Means Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938) was an American private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, and con artist.
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John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (12 June 1848 – 2 December 1914), known as Viscount Dalrymple 1864-1903, was a British army officer and nobleman.
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Alexander Pyatkov Alexander Alexandrovich Pyatkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Пятков ; born July 31, 1950, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.
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Ashley Greenwood Ashley Martin Greenwood OBE MC QC (12 June 1912 - 30 September 2003) was a British soldier, lawyer, and judge. He served inter alia as Attorney General of Fiji and Attorney General of Gibraltar, as well as a judge in Uganda. He was also an accomplished mountaineer. He calculated that in his climbing, military and legal careers, he had spent time in 103 countries.
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Иванович Кузнецов ) (July 27, 1911–March 9, 1944) was a semi-legendary Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) during World War II who personally killed six high-ranking German officials. His file is still not fully disclosed and will be held until 2025 in the FSB archives. It was not until 1990 that Kuznetsov was officially recognized as a NKVD agent. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g. Rudolf Schmidt, Nikolai Vasilevitsh Grachev (Николай Васильевич Грачёв) and Oberleutnant Paul Siebert. Kuznetsov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Thomas Bridges (dramatist and parodist) Thomas Bridges (c.1710 - 1775 or later) was an English writer of parodies, drama and one novel. He was born in Hull, the son of a physician. He became a wine merchant and a partner in a banking firm.
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John Twist John Twist (July 14, 1898 – February 11, 1976) was an American screenwriter whose career spanned four decades.
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Paul Hartman Paul Hartman (March 1, 1904–October 2, 1973) was an American dancer, stage performer and television character actor.
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Allan Rosenberg (spy) Allan Robert Rosenberg (April 21, 1909 – April 1, 1991) was a 20th-century American attorney and civil servant, accused as a Soviet spy by Elizabeth Bentley and listed under Party name "Roy, code names "Roza" in the VENONA Papers and code name "Sid" in the Vasilliev Papers.
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Maurice Bridgeman Hon. Sir Maurice Richard Bridgeman, KBE (26 January 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British businessman and civil servant.
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Edward Noel (Indian Army officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Charles Noel {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a British officer, diplomat and spy.
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Charles E. Saltzman Charles Eskridge Saltzman (September 19, 1903 – June 16, 1994) was a United States soldier, businessman and State Department official.