Northe wrote:
Lou Costello invented a commercial ice cube maker sometime in the 1940s.
It was called the "Serv Ice".

Ok then, how about Ziegfeld Girl Hedy Lamarr??

Answer:
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1997/4/1997_4_10.shtml

The article has a follow up showing patents issued for other celebrity
inventors but my mobile phone wouldn't work if it weren't for Hedy.

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Adrian C