Hedy Lamarr — actress / inventor with roots in the Empire
Hedy Lamarr. Vienna-born film actress and co-inventor of frequency-hopping spread spectrum (1914-2000). No documented connection to the Russian Empire. Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna in 1914, she was the daughter of Emil Kiesler, a bank director born in Lemberg (Lviv) in Austrian Galicia, and Gertrud Lichtwitz, a pianist from Budapest.
Tracing the roots — Vienna; father from Lemberg (Austrian Galicia), mother from Budapest - no Russian Empire link documented
No documented connection to the Russian Empire. Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna in 1914, she was the daughter of Emil Kiesler, a bank director born in Lemberg (Lviv) in Austrian Galicia, and Gertrud Lichtwitz, a pianist from Budapest.
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Vienna; father from Lemberg (Austrian Galicia), mother from Budapest - no Russian Empire link documented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."