This is an incomplete list of Western Bloc intelligence agents, military personnel, scientists, politicians, diplomats, and other prominent people who defected to Eastern Bloc or non-aligned countries during the Cold War and after.

Defections before 1991

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Defector	Profession/Prominence	Country of origin	Year of Defection	Country of defection
Erwin Borchers	French Foreign Legion	Germany / France	1945	Viet Minh[1]
Ernst Frey	French Foreign Legion	Austria / France	1945	Viet Minh[2]
Siegfried Wenzel	French Foreign Legion	Germany / France	1945	Viet Minh[3]
Kostas Sarantidis	French Foreign Legion	Greece / France	1946	Viet Minh[4]
Stefan Kubiak	French Foreign Legion	Poland / France	1946	Viet Minh[5]
Park Si-hyeong	Historian	South Korea (U.S. Occupation Zone)	1946	North Korea (Soviet Occupation Zone)[6]
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler	BBC journalist	West Germany (British Occupation Zone)	1947	East Germany (Soviet Occupation Zone)[7]
Emil Selhofer	French Foreign Legion	Switzerland / France	1947	Viet Minh[8]
George Shaw Wheeler	Foreign Economic Administration economist	United States	1947	Czechoslovakia
Annabelle Bucar	State Department	United States	1948	Soviet Union[9]
Hong Myong-hui	Writer	South Korea	1948	North Korea[10]
Kang Tae-mu	Republic of Korea Army	South Korea	1948	North Korea[11]
Kim Sun-nam	Composer	South Korea	1948	North Korea[12]
George Koval	Atomic spy	United States	1948	Soviet Union
James McMillin	United States Army cryptographer	United States	1948	Soviet Union
Pyo Mu-won	Republic of Korea Army	South Korea	1948	North Korea[11]
Albert Clavier	French Army	France	1949	Viet Minh
Robert Dagleish	Foreign Office	United Kingdom	1949	Soviet Union[13]
Gerhart Eisler	Journalist	United States	1949	East Germany
Noel Field	State Department	United States	1949	Czechoslovakia
Archibald Johnstone	Journalist	United Kingdom	1949	Soviet Union[13]
James Stuart	British Army	United Kingdom	1949	East Germany[14]
Miroslav Surý	French Foreign Legion	Czechoslovakia / France	1949	Viet Minh[15]
František Vaňhara	French Foreign Legion	Czechoslovakia / France	1949	Viet Minh[15]
David Young	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	1949	People's Republic of China[16]
Leopold Infeld	University of Toronto physicist	Canada	1950	Poland
Ian Milner	United Nations diplomat	Australia	1950	Czechoslovakia[17]
Ján Poláček	French Foreign Legion	Czechoslovakia / France	1950	Viet Minh[15]
Bruno Pontecorvo	Atomic physicist	Italy / United Kingdom	1950	Soviet Union (via Finland)
John Peet	Reuters correspondent	United Kingdom	1950	East Germany
Nâzım Hikmet Ran	Poet	Turkey	1950	Soviet Union
Ri Sung-gi	Seoul National University chemistry professor	South Korea	1950	North Korea
Arna Rides	British Council medical adviser	United Kingdom	1950	Czechoslovakia[18]
Josef Zvoník	French Foreign Legion	Czechoslovakia / France	1950	Viet Minh[15]
Guy Burgess	Foreign Office /MI5	United Kingdom	1951	Soviet Union
Donald Maclean	Foreign Office	United Kingdom	1951	Soviet Union
Alfred Sarant	Military engineer / Atomic spy	United States	1951	Poland, then Soviet Union
Joel Barr	Military engineer / Atomic spy	United States	1951	Czechoslovakia, then Soviet Union
Margaret Schlauch	New York University English professor	United States	1951	Poland[19]
Weng Wenhao	Geologist and Kuomintang politician	Taiwan	1951	People's Republic of China[20]
Heiner Braun	Track athlete (5000 meters)	West Germany	1952	East Germany[21]
Stefan Heym	United States Army / Writer	United States	1952	Czechoslovakia, then East Germany
Günther Gereke	Christian Democratic Union politician	West Germany	1952	East Germany[22]
Victor Grossman	United States Army	United States	1952	East Germany[23]
Kug Yong-am	Republic of Korea Army	South Korea	1952	North Korea[24]
Charles Lucas	United States Army	United States	1952	East Germany[25][26]
Aubrey E. Miles	United States Army	United States	1952	East Germany[27]
Wolfgang Gans zu Putlitz	MI5	United Kingdom	1952	East Germany[28]
Miloud Salhi	French Army	France	1952	Viet Minh[29]
Clarence Adams	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Howard Gayle Adams	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Albert Constant Belhomme	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Otto Grayson Bell	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Arthur Boyd	United States Army	United States	1953	East Germany[31]
Andrew Condron	Royal Marines	United Kingdom	1953	People's Republic of China[32]
Richard G. Corden	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
William Cowart	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
W. Glancy	British Army	United Kingdom	1953	East Germany[33]
Rufus Douglas	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
John Roedel Dunn	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Andrew Fortuna	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Hans Joachim Geyer	Gehlen Organization	West Germany	1953	East Germany[34]
Lewis Griggs	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Samuel David Hawkins	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China
Wolfgang Höher	Gehlen Organization	West Germany	1953	East Germany[35]
R. Irvine	British Army	United Kingdom	1953	East Germany[33]
Kim Sung-bai	Republic of Korea Air Force	South Korea	1953	North Korea[36]
S. Lewes	British Army	United Kingdom	1953	East Germany[33]
Norman M. Lowell	United States Army	United States	1953	East Germany[37]
R. W. Luwman	Royal Netherlands Army	Netherlands	1953	East Germany[38]
Clifford F. Murphy	United States Army	United States	1953	East Germany[39]
Arlie Pate	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Scott Rush	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Lowell Skinner	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Larance Sullivan	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Richard Tenneson	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
James Veneris	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Harold Webb	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
R. Wanroy	Royal Netherlands Army	Netherlands	1953	East Germany[38]
William White	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Morris Wills	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Aaron Wilson	United States Army	United States	1953	People's Republic of China[30]
Stanislaw Zdanowski	United States Army	United States	1953	Poland[40]
William Donal Adkins	United States Army	United States	1954	Soviet Union[41]
Choi Man-chong	Republic of Korea Air Force	South Korea	1954	North Korea[42]
Joseph Cort	Doctor of Medicine and University of Birmingham physiology lecturer	United States	1954	Czechoslovakia[43]
James Davis	United States Army	United States	1954	Czechoslovakia[44]
Bruno Folta	Radio announcer	West Germany	1954	Czechoslovakia[45]
Raymond H. Hutto	United States Army	United States	1954	East Germany[46]
Otto John	Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz	West Germany	1954	East Germany
Karl Franz Schmidt-Wittmack	Bundestag deputy and Christian Democratic Union politician	West Germany	1954	East Germany[47]
Richard Squires	British Army	United Kingdom	1954	Soviet Union[48]
William Turner	United States Army	United States	1954	Soviet Union[49]
Ralph Bernard Frederick Cross	Canadian Army	Canada	1955	East Germany[50]
James W. Pulley	United States Army	United States	1955	East Germany[46]
Manfred von Brauchitsch	Racing driver	West Germany	1955	East Germany
Ho Wei-Chin	Republic of China Air Force	Taiwan	1955	People's Republic of China[51]
B. F. Holland	United States Army	United States	1955	East Germany[52]
Horst Spanier	United States Army	United States	1955	East Germany[53]
Wei Li-Huang	Republic of China Army	Taiwan	1955	People's Republic of China[54]
Hung Chin-Shan	Republic of China Police	Taiwan	1955	People's Republic of China[55]
Henri Maillot	French Army	France	1956	Algerian National Liberation Front
Wolf-Dieter Loebl	Bundeswehr	West Germany	1956	East Germany[56]
Orest Stephen Makar	Photogrammetrist and St. Louis University engineering associate professor	United States	1956	Soviet Union[57]
Anthony Wraight	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	1956	Soviet Union[58]
Augustin Cabrera Oroza	Spanish Navy	Spain	1957	Mexico[59]
Manuel Fernandez Rodriguez	Spanish Navy	Spain	1957	Mexico[59]
Ginas Jiminez Nortes	Spanish Navy	Spain	1957	Mexico[59]
Enrique Medina Fernandez	Spanish Navy	Spain	1957	Mexico[59]
Jürgen Mickeleit	Bundeswehr	West Germany	1957	East Germany[60]
Victor Rodriguez	Spanish Navy	Spain	1957	Mexico[59]
Alfred Kaufman Stern	Philanthropist	United States	1957	Czechoslovakia
Martha Dodd Stern	Philanthropist	United States	1957	Czechoslovakia
Ernie Fletcher	United States Army	United States	1959	East Germany[61]
Klaus Fuchs	Atomic spy	United Kingdom	1959	Exchanged to East Germany
Ho Ye-Chen	Republic of China Army