John Hemingway was Part of the OSS
It isn’t surprising to see the grandson of Ernest Hemingway (another entry) making it to the list of celebrity spies. Born on August 19, 1960, the American author is famous for his literary works like Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir.
He was assigned to France in 1944 where he started his career as a military officer. His primary job was to command a particular unit of Black Soldiers. Later he got transferred to the Office of Strategic Services which was relatively new at the time. The OSS then transformed into CIA after the war. Reports suggest that once he was almost captured by the Germans when he parachuted into occupied areas of France.
In the picture: US Nobel Prize Ernest Hemingway grandsons Patrick (C) and John (L) Hemingway talk to a child upon arriving on board a yacht at the Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 8, 2014, to participate in a homage for the 60th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo credit ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)