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Nancy Wake

New Zealander and Australian war heroine

  • Fame58.9
  • Momentum7.3
  • New Zealand rank#70
Source-basedRising
  • Fame58.9
  • Momentum7.3
  • New Zealand rank#70
  • Wikipedia23.4K
Lived 1912–2011, aged 99New Zealand
New Zealand flagNew ZealandJournalistsJournalist
  • Wikipedia
    37 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in New Zealand
    #70
    Journalists
  • Era
    1912–2011
    Aged 99
  • Awards
    11
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a postwar career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.

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Fame
Rising
58.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum7.3
Historical22.4
Now attention40.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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#70
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