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Duško Popov

1912 - 1981

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Dušan "Duško" Popov (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Попов; 10 July 1912 – 10 August 1981) was a Serbian intelligence agent, lawyer and businessman who served as a double agent for MI6 during World War II. Feigning to be an asset of the German Abwehr, he passed off disinformation to Germany as part of the British Double-Cross System while occasionally using cover as a diplomat for the Yugoslav government-in-exile in London. Popov was born into a wealthy family and was practicing law at the start of the war. He held a great aversion to Nazism, and in 1940, infiltrated the Abwehr, Germany's military intelligence service, which considered him a valuable asset due to his business connections in France and the United Kingdom. Popov provided the Germans with misleading and inaccurate information for much of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duško Popov is the 362nd most popular military personnel (up from 679th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Serbian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Duško Popov ranks 362 out of 2,058. Before him are Qasem Soleimani, Luigi Cadorna, Jonas Savimbi, Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, and Shunroku Hata. After him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, and Walther Wenck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Duško Popov ranks 54. Before him are Sonja Henie, Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, Robert Doisneau, and George Emil Palade. After him are Isser Harel, Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Kathleen Ferrier, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. Among people deceased in 1981, Duško Popov ranks 32. Before him are Joe Louis, Omar Bradley, Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, William Saroyan, and Miroslav Krleža. After him are Zarah Leander, Omar Torrijos, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Abel Gance, Stefan Wyszyński, and Mehmet Shehu.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Duško Popov ranks 51 out of 661. Before him are Ellac (425), Dragan Džajić (1946), Milan Nedić (1878), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), Aleksandar Ranković (1909), and Milorad Pavić (1929). After him are Danilo Kiš (1935), Vesna Vulović (1950), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Radomir Putnik (1847), Mihajlo Pupin (1858), and Branislav Nušić (1864).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Serbia

Among military personnels born in Serbia, Duško Popov ranks 4. Before him are Romulus Augustulus (460), Draža Mihailović (1893), and Josip Jelačić (1801). After him are Milunka Savić (1890), Živojin Mišić (1855), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Vetranio (300), Petar Bojović (1858), Momčilo Perišić (1944), Sefer Halilović (1952), and Dragan Vasiljković (1954).

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