Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) born in Austria and made her way to America where she was a famous actress. At the beginning of WWII, Hedy along with composer George Antheli invented a radio guidance system for torpedoes. This technology, spread-spectrum techniques are incoproated into the Bluetooth technology we know today as well as early version of Wi-Fi. For this, she was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
“A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things.” —Grace Hopper