Claim: Inspirations for James Bond included 16 separate people born before 1885.
Evidence: 2 September 1887 - 27 February 1970 R.H. Bruce Lockhart 17 June 1894 – 13 February 1969 Sidney Cotton 1 June 1913 – 14 October 2003 Patrick Dalzel-Job 24 December 1899 – 13 November 1990 Wilfred (Biffy) Dunderdale 31 May 1907 – 18 August 1971 Peter Fleming 18 April 1912 – 6 March 2004 Sandy Glen 11 August 1910 – 1 November 1995 Duane Hudson 11 March 1911 – 15 June 1996 Fitzroy Maclean — Michael Mason 21 December 1906 – 3 September 1987 Merlin Minshall 19 November 1893 – 23 October 1986 Conrad O'Brien-ffrench 10 July 1912 – 10 August 1981 Duško Popov 24 March 1873 – 5 November 1925 Sidney Reilly 9 December 1913 – 8 June 2006 Peter Smithers 23 January 1897 – 31 January 1989 William Stephenson 17 June 1902 – 26 February 1964 Forest Yeo-Thomas