George Blake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George Blake

British spy, a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Profession: resistance fighter, spy

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

George Blake (born George Behar on 11 November 1922) is a former British spy who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union.
He became a Communist and decided to work for the KGB while a prisoner during the Korean War.
Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union.
He was not one of the Cambridge Five spies, although he associated with Donald Maclean and Kim Philby after reaching the Soviet Union.
He was educated at Downing College, Cambridge.