Meet the 'most beautiful woman in the world' Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood icon who escaped Nazi Europe, invented a World War II radio signaling system and earned the title 'mother of Wi-Fi'

Regarded as the "most beautiful woman in the world", Hedy Lamarr's name is not only confined to Hollywood. The Old Hollywood's biggest actress sold millions in war bonds during World War II and was also an inventor with her creations including a frequency-hopping radio communications device for Allied torpedoes during the war.

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