Talk:Inspirations for James Bond

message: Isn't the James Bond character inspired from the German Nazi Spy Ciccero a.k.a. Elyesa Bazna???
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The main James Bond page says that most researchers agree that James Bond was based on Ian Fleming himself.
In addition, the assertion on this page that the name "James Bond" came from a church in Toronto, stated in the "Character Inspirations" section is countered in the first paragraph, where the more widely accepted belief that the name is based on the author of a book on birds is given.
:Yes, and since the Ian Fleming article itself debunks the story of Fleming training in Canada, I'm going to change the reference accordingly.  Binabik80 19:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone have any more information on the real-life James Bond whose Who's Who entry allegedly hangs on a wall in a corridor at Fettes? The only person in Who Was Who called James Bond is Colonel James Henry Robinson Bond, and he doesn't seem to fit the description of an SBS frogman given in the article. Opera hat 18:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Fettesian Bond 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:James Bond logo.jpg

message: The article states that "The international dialing code for the Soviet Union is 007". This is not true; the international dialling code for Russia is "7" - the "00" is the prefix used by most countries to tell the exchange that you are making an international call. At the time that Bond was being created, the prefix in Britain was "010". It didn't become "00" until 16 April 1995. Therefore, I move that this item be removed.--wintermute 14:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  007 Inspirations 

message: One name that never seems to be cited on Wikipedia's assorted James Bond/Flemming pages is the name of Ivar Bryce (John F. C. Bryce) who has been cited by more then one source as being yet another Bond inspiration. 
Ivar went to Eton with Flemming, they were colleagues in intelligence roles, and Flemming stayed at (and penned portions of at least one book at) Ivor's estate [or rather wife Josephine's] on the Vermont-New York boarder north of Saratoga Springs, known as Black Hollow Farm. Heiress to the A&P fortune (maiden name Hartford) Josephine lived a jet setting life with yachts, race horses, airplanes, et al. 
It was at Moyns Park (once owned by Bryce, located in Essex eastern England) that Fleming stayed the summer of 1956 and made final changes to 'From Russia, With Love'. A Telegraph article from 1997 goes so far as to suggest Ivar help co-create the name "James Bond". 
Anyhow its curious there wasn't another citation of him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellsboro Jack (talk • contribs) 20:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ivor Bryce

message: The fictional character Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, Secret Agent 117, pre-dates the James Bond character by four years. Perhaps Double-Oh-Seven was inspired by Double-One-Seven?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.215.6 (talk) 01:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agent 117 

message: According to Sir William Stephenson's memoirs, and according to the Wikipedia article on BSC, the organisation had its offices in Rockefeller Centre, New York, not in Washington.  
NetNus (talk) 10:19, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - I've just checked and you're quite right. Text now altered accordingly; many thanks! -  SchroCat (^ • @) 10:29, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Security Co-ordination 

message: The following quote is attributed to Ian Fleming: "Sorge was the man whom I regard as the most formidable spy in history."
The quote can be found on the wikipedia page of Richard Sorge and on many other pages. However, I cannot find when and where Ian Fleming said it and what is the source of this quote. I have added Richard Sorge to the list and marked it as citation needed. I have the following reasons:
1) Richard Sorge should have been well known to Ian Fleming given his history.
2) Fleming based his fictional creation on a number of individuals he came across during his time in Intelligence. 
Therefore, it is highly unlikely that this guy, if the quote is true would have been omitted. This is furthermore obvious if one takes the time to read Tokyo Espionage Ring and others. The likeness is uncanny. The case for the inclusion in this list is in my opinion as high as any of the other guys there, save Ian Fleming himself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorum (talk • contribs) 20:07, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: A few things, firstly, please add comments at the bottom of talk pages not the top, and please remember to sign your posts using the four tildes (~~~~). In terms of the Sorge informaiton, please find a reliable source before you add the information again. If you can't find a reliable source, then it's not right to include it. Without that it's just your own opinion, rather than something encyclopaedic. Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 20:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I understand. I reverted the edit because I thought you deleted it just like my edit on the previous page. Nevertheless, I have added the citation needed to the page. Why was it deleted nevertheless? 21:37, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Richard Sorge

message: http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/video/the-real-james-bond 
Just saw this and thought an editor of this page might want to incorporate it into the article somewhere. 
Phantom in ca (talk) 22:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 min Travel Channel re. Sidney Reilly inspiring IF re JB 

message: The Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Rubirosa indicates that he too was among the inspirations for the legend of James Bond. A new "Rubirosa" podcast is exploring this angle. Probably worth including for completeness, and running links back and forth between pages?
68.160.133.137 (talk) Bill in Boston 68.160.133.137 (talk) 14:16, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porfirio_Rubirosa