Hedy
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Hedy (/ˈhɛdi/) is a German given name, sometimes a diminutive form of Hedwig.
Notable people with the name include:
- Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer
- Hedy Burress (born c. 1973), American actress
- Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937), Dutch politician, geographer, and sociologist
- Hedy Epstein (1924–2016), German-born Jewish-American political activist
- Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979), Austrian composer
- Hedy Fry (born 1941), Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician
- Hedy Graf (1926–1997), Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano
- Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler (1873–1952), Swiss painter, craftswoman, art collector
- Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann (1879–1941), German operatic soprano of Brazilian birth
- Hedy Klineman, American painter
- Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian-American film actress and inventor
- Hedy Schlunegger (1923–2003), Swiss alpine skier
- Hedy Scott (born 1946), Belgian-American model and actress
- Hedy Stenuf (1922–2010), Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States
- Hedy West (1938–2005), American folksinger and songwriter
Fictional characters include:
- Hedra "Hedy" Carlson/Ellen Besch, in the movie Single White Female
- Hedy Newman, a character played by Jane Sibbett from the TV sitcom Herman's Head
- Hedy Wolfe, a Marvel Comics superhero, a friend of fellow superhero Patsy Walker
- Hedy (opera)
