Mata Hari (1876–1917)
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Portrait of Dutch-born German World War I spy Mata Hari, c. 1915. After the break-up of her marriage to a Dutch army officer, she became a dancer in Paris where she adopted the stage name of Mata Hari (meaning ‘eye of the day’ in Malay). During World War I she gave Allied secrets to the Germans, and was shot as a spy by the French, although the exact facts about her espionage activities still remain uncertain.
Dutch courtesan, dancer, and probable spy. In World War I she had affairs with highly placed military and government officials on both sides and told Allied secrets to the Germans. She may have been a double agent, in the pay of both France and Germany. She was shot by the French on espionage charges.
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