Birthdate: August 7, 1876

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Died: October 15, 1917

Mata Hari was a Dutch courtesan and exotic dancer, charged with spying for Germany during World War I. She was executed by a firing squad in France, and her head was preserved in a museum, but later went missing. The “femme fatale” has been immortalized in many films and books.