William Stephenson

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World War II person businessperson human industrialist intelligence officer military officer spymaster

William Stephenson was a Canadian-born spymaster and industrialist who played a key role in Allied intelligence operations during World War II and is often cited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.

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Label Occurrences
William Stephenson canonical 12
Sir William Stephenson 3
Sir William Samuel Stephenson 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II person ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
spymaster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Intrepid ⓘ
William Stephenson ⓘ
surface form: Sir William Samuel Stephenson
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-01-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-01-31 ⓘ
decoratedFor services to Allied intelligence in World War II ⓘ
employer British Security Coordination ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
ethnicGroup Canadian of Icelandic and Scottish descent ⓘ
fieldOfWork covert operations ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
genreOfActivity espionage ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of American wartime intelligence structures ⓘ
inspired aspects of Ian Fleming’s character James Bond ⓘ
knownFor codename "Intrepid" ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
name William Stephenson self-link ⓘ
notableFor coordinating British and American intelligence during World War II ⓘ
influencing the creation of the Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
notableWork leadership of British Security Coordination in New York ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
spymaster ⓘ
participatedIn Anglo-American intelligence cooperation ⓘ
placeOfBirth Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Paget, Bermuda
positionHeld head of British Security Coordination ⓘ
residence Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Medal for Merit → notableRecipient → William Stephenson ⓘ
William Stephenson → name → William Stephenson self-link ⓘ
William Stephenson → alsoKnownAs → William Stephenson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Samuel Stephenson
Intrepid → refersTo → William Stephenson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Stephenson
Intrepid → aliasOf → William Stephenson ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Samuel Stephenson
British Security Coordination → notableCommander → William Stephenson ⓘ
British Security Coordination → employer → William Stephenson ⓘ
Camp X → keyFigure → William Stephenson ⓘ
Camp X → notableCommander → William Stephenson ⓘ
A Man Called Intrepid → subject → William Stephenson ⓘ
A Man Called Intrepid → mainCharacter → William Stephenson ⓘ
BSC → notableCommander → William Stephenson ⓘ
subject surface form: British Security Coordination
BSC → leader → William Stephenson ⓘ
subject surface form: British Security Coordination
Intrepid Park → namedAfter → William Stephenson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Stephenson
Intrepid Park → associatedWith → William Stephenson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Stephenson
William Stevenson → wroteAbout → William Stephenson ⓘ
William Stevenson → mainSubject → William Stephenson ⓘ
subject surface form: A Man Called Intrepid