# Sigismund Payne Best

> Captain Sigismund Payne Best OBE was a British Secret Intelligence Service agent during the First and Second World Wars. He was captured by German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) men on 9 November 1939 in the Venlo Incident.

*British intelligence agent (1885-1978)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1885-04-14
- **Died:** 1978-09-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sigismund_Payne_Best)
- [سيجيسموند باين بيست](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [Sigismund Payne Best](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_Payne_Best)
- [Sigismund Payne Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_Payne_Best)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467782)

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