Hedy Lamarr (Vienna, 1914 – Casselberry, 2000) studied telecommunications engineering, although her great passion was acting. Throughout her life, she managed to excel in both fields.

Beyond her career as an actress, working with significant Hollywood filmmakers, her major contribution came in 1941 during World War II. With the desire to end Nazism, Lamarr offered her engineering expertise to the National Inventors Council to develop a frequency-hopping communication system. Although it was not used after her patent, it became a precursor to modern wide-spectrum technology.

Later, Lamarr continued her career as an actress, keeping her role as an inventor secret because she believed it could affect her Hollywood diva image. In 1997, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded her the Pioneer Award for his technological contributions.