Danuta Kobylińska-Walas (also Danuta Walas-Kobylińska, born 27 November 1931 in Kozietuły) - of Poland was the first woman to Sea Captain.
Walas was also partially responsible for creating the famous sequence in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when the Nazis melt from the intense heat created by the Ark of the Covenant.
The addition of Walsh to the name is from the surname Walsh, which means "of the Welsh", from Old English walas "Welsh, foreigners".