Klaus Fuchs

Criminal

Birthday December 29, 1911

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Jan 28, 1988 (76)

About

German spy who was caught providing information to the USSR about the Manhattan Project.

Before Fame

He graduated from University of Bristol in 1937 with a Ph.D. in Physics.

Trivia

He was awarded the National Prize of East Germany after serving 9 of his 14-year espionage sentence.

Family Life

He married Margarete Keilson in 1959 and had two sisters.

Associated With

As a spy, he worked with Albert Einstein and created the first hydrogen bomb.