Defected

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EVENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kenneth Alibek Biologist c. 1951 Biological weapons designer

Rafid Ahmed Alwan Hoaxer 1968 "Curveball"

Nadia Comaneci Gymnastics 12-Nov-1961 Olympic gymnast

Charles-François Dumouriez Military 25-Jan-1739 14-Mar-1823 French general, intriguer

Milos Forman Film Director 18-Feb-1932 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

George Gamow Physicist 4-Mar-1904 19-Aug-1968 Proponent of Big Bang Theory

Roberto C. Goizueta Business 18-Nov-1931 18-Oct-1997 CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97

Donald Maclean Spy 25-May-1913 6-Mar-1983 Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five

Georgi Markov Victim 1-Mar-1929 11-Sep-1978 Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella

Martina Navratilova Tennis 18-Oct-1956 Nine-time Wimbledon winner

Rudolf Nureyev Dancer 17-Mar-1938 6-Jan-1993 Defected to France from Kirov Ballet

Kim Philby Spy 1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6

Wernher von Braun Scientist 23-Mar-1912 16-Jun-1977 German-American rocket scientist

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