# Hedy

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**Hedy** (/ˈhɛdi/) is a [German](/source/German_language) given name, sometimes a diminutive form of [Hedwig](/source/Hedwig_(given_name)).

Notable people with the name include:

- [Hedy Bienenfeld](/source/Hedy_Bienenfeld) (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer
- [Hedy Burress](/source/Hedy_Burress) (born c. 1973), American actress
- [Hedy d'Ancona](/source/Hedy_d'Ancona) (born 1937), Dutch politician, geographer, and sociologist
- [Hedy Epstein](/source/Hedy_Epstein) (1924–2016), German-born Jewish-American political activist
- [Hedy Frank-Autheried](/source/Hedy_Frank-Autheried) (1902–1979), Austrian composer
- [Hedy Fry](/source/Hedy_Fry) (born 1941), Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician
- [Hedy Graf](/source/Hedy_Graf) (1926–1997), Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano
- [Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler](/source/Hedy_Hahnloser-B%C3%BChler) (1873–1952), Swiss painter, craftswoman, art collector
- [Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann](/source/Hedy_Iracema-Br%C3%BCgelmann) (1879–1941), German operatic soprano of Brazilian birth
- [Hedy Klineman](/source/Hedy_Klineman), American painter
- [Hedy Lamarr](/source/Hedy_Lamarr) (1914–2000), Austrian-American film actress and inventor
- [Hedy Schlunegger](/source/Hedy_Schlunegger) (1923–2003), Swiss alpine skier
- [Hedy Scott](/source/Hedy_Scott) (born 1946), Belgian-American model and actress
- [Hedy Stenuf](/source/Hedy_Stenuf) (1922–2010), Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States
- [Hedy West](/source/Hedy_West) (1938–2005), American folksinger and songwriter

Fictional characters include:

- Hedra "Hedy" Carlson/Ellen Besch, in the movie *[Single White Female](/source/Single_White_Female#Cast)*
- Hedy Newman, a character played by [Jane Sibbett](/source/Jane_Sibbett) from the TV sitcom *[Herman's Head](/source/Herman's_Head#Friends,_co-workers,_and_bosses)*
- Hedy Wolfe, a Marvel Comics superhero, a friend of fellow superhero [Patsy Walker](/source/Patsy_Walker#Publication_history)
- [*Hedy* (opera)](/source/Hedy_(opera))

## See also

- [Heide (disambiguation)](/source/Heide_(disambiguation))
- [Heidi (disambiguation)](/source/Heidi_(disambiguation))

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