Hwang Jang-Yop

Hwang Jang-Yop

male, 87 years old
philosopher, embassy, North Korean defector, suicide, korean, defected…Defector
Hwang Jang-yop (born 1922) is a former major politician in North Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, making him the highest-ranking defector...
Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon

male, 81 years old
Israeli, Kadima, Former Member of the Knesset, Jewish person, Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister…Defector
"' (also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק"' is a former Israeli Prime Minister and military leader whose political career was ended by a massiv...
Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald

male, deceased (1963)
marine, Assassin, assassination, murder victim, John F. Kennedy assassination, American…Defector
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 - November 24, 1963) was, according to two United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S....
Hussein Kamel

Hussein Kamel

male, deceased (1996)
death by firearm in Iraq, iraqi, Saddam Kamel al-Majid, weapons of mass destruction, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, jordan…Defector
Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid was the son-in-law and second cousin of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and took to helping the...
Oleg Gordievsky

Oleg Gordievsky

male, 71 years old
Double agents, KGB officer, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, cmg, Order of St Michael and St George, Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky…Defector
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky, CMG (born 10 October 1938 in Moscow, Russia), was a Colonel of the KGB and KGB Resident-designate ("rezident") and...
Chen Yonglin

Chen Yonglin

male
Defector, diplomat, chinese, human rights in the People's Republic of China, human rights record
Chen Yonglin is a former Chinese diplomat who sparked fears of a diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in the summer of 2005. The...
Anatoliy Golitsyn

Anatoliy Golitsyn

male, 83 years old
kgb, Cold War spy, Defector, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, soviet, Order of the British Empire…Soviet defector
Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE (born August 25, 1926 in Piryatin, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about...
Yuri Nosenko

Yuri Nosenko

male
Cold War spy, Soviet defector, Yuriy Nosenko, Defector, kgb, Family jewels
Lt. Col. Yuriy Nosenko was a KGB defector who became a figure of significant controversy within the U.S. intelligence community. His case was...

Kang Chol-Hwan

male
Political prisoner, human rights in North Korea, writer, Pierre Rigolout, Yodok concentration camp, The Aquariums of Pyongyang…Defector
Kang Chol-Hwan is a defector from North Korea. As a child he was imprisoned in the Yodok concentration camp for 10 years; after his release he fled...
Hun Sen

Hun Sen

male, 58 years old
communist, Sam Rainsy Party, Cambodian People's Party, military coup, National Leader, politician…Defector
Hun Sen (born April 4 1951 or August 5 1952) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and is married to Bun Rany. He is a key leader of the Cambodian...