Velvalee Dickinson

Velvalee Dickinson was an American spy convicted of espionage against the United States on behalf of Japan during World War II. Known as the "Doll Woman", she used her business in New York City to send information on the United States Navy to contacts in Argentina via steganographic messages. She was finally caught when one of her contacts in Buenos Aires moved and her messages were returned.

12 October 1893

Born on the same birth day (12 October): Bronzell Miller • Dick Gregory • George Thorn • Jessica Hogg • Jordan Pundik • Kullervo Manner • Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria • Piero Taruffi • Robert Fitzgerald • William J. Hardee

Born in the same month (October 1893): Alice Dalgliesh • Christopher Kelk Ingold • Cliff Friend • George Ohsawa • Ip Man • Kurt Reidemeister • Leroy Shield • Luis Otero (footballer) • Meghnad Saha • Miloš Crnjanski • Mário de Andrade • Raffaele Bendandi • Roland Freisler • Sidney Holland