Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy

male, deceased (1957)
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the...
Alger Hiss

Alger Hiss

male, deceased (1996)
Alger Hiss was a U.S. State Department official involved in the establishment of the United Nations. He was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948...
Roy Cohn

Roy Cohn

male, deceased (1986)
Roy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 - August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer who came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph...
Whittaker Chambers

Whittaker Chambers

male, 108 years old (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Jay Vivian (David Whittaker) Chambers was an American writer, editor, Communist party member and spy for the Soviet Union who defected and became...
Ellen Schrecker

Ellen Schrecker

female, 71 years old
Ellen Wolf Schrecker, Ph.D. (born August 4, 1938) is a professor of American history at Yeshiva University. She is primarily known for her work in...
Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

male, deceased (2003) (New York, United States)
Elia Kazan was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential...
Joseph Welch

Joseph Welch

male, deceased (1960)
Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 - October 6, 1960) was the head attorney for the United States Army while it was under investigation by Joseph...
Harry Dexter White

Harry Dexter White

male, deceased (1948)
Harry Dexter White (October 1892 - August 16, 1948) was an American economist and senior U.S. Treasury department official. He was a primary mover...
Owen Lattimore

Owen Lattimore

male, deceased (1989)
Owen Lattimore (July 29, 1900 - May 31, 1989) was a U.S. author and educator, the most influential American scholar of Central Asia in the 20th...
Elizabeth Bentley

Elizabeth Bentley

female, deceased (1963)
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908-November 18, 1963) was an American spy for the Soviet Union from 1938 until 1945. In 1945 she defected...