Guy Burgess

Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. His defection in 1951 to the Soviet Union, with his fellow spy Donald Maclean, led to a serious breach in Anglo-United States intelligence co-operation, and caused long-lasting disruption and demoralisation in Britain's foreign and diplomatic services.

16 April 1911

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Charles Lennox Richardson • Ed Townsend • Frans van Mieris the Elder • Gertrude Chandler Warner • Kyle Okposo • Lukas Haas • Patrik Järbyn • Polly Adler • Vangelis Mantzaris • Wolfgang Leonhard

Born in the same month (April 1911): Augusta Braxton Baker • Emil Cioran • Feodor Lynen • Johnny Revolta • Kemal Satır • Lee Falk • Martin Denny • Melvin Calvin • Michael Woodruff • Nino Sanzogno • Ronald Neame