William Moulton Marston

William Moulton Marston had a lot going on. He was a Harvard-educated psychologist, a lawyer, a writer, and an inventor. But perhaps his most enduring legacy is the creation of Wonder Woman, a character he designed to promote his theories on feminism and a matriarchal society. She was, quite literally, a superhero built on a polygraph, since Marston also helped invent the lie detector.

Marston's personal life was as unconventional as his academic pursuits. He lived in a polyamorous relationship with his wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, and his former student, Olive Byrne, with whom he also had children. This progressive — or, depending on your era, scandalous — lifestyle certainly informed his forward-thinking portrayal of female power in his comic creation.

While Marston was a proponent of women's rights and a trailblazer in several fields, his family tree doesn't seem to have branched into the Chosen People. Despite his progressive views and polyamorous domestic arrangements, there's no evidence of a Jewish connection, making him distinctly, unequivocally... not Jewish. But hey, at least he gave us an Amazonian princess who knows how to lasso the truth.