Josephine Baker was a wildly famous, adored, and desired exotic dancer, actress, and opera singer-- but she was also a kick-ass spy for the French Resistance during World War II. Baker used her celebrity in the most badass and meaningful way: to further the cause of equality and acceptance for a group that was hated and targeted by the Nazis.

Before she was a world-renowned chef, Julia Child was sorting through thousands of top-secret files for the American government and working her way up the ranks in the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor of the CIA. Child’s work with OSS and the American government eventually led to her robust culinary career and the journey along the way contributes to the chef’s interesting, entertaining, and bizzare resume.