Karl Benz

Karl Benz

male, deceased (1929)
carl, Ladenburg, From karlsruhe, karlsruhe, sparks, ignition system…internalcombustionengine, gasoline engine, boxer engine
Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of "Carl" is used ocassionaly, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, La...
Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Daimler

male, deceased (1900)
German, engineer, Daimler-Benz, Daimler-Benz AG, Pioneer, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft…internalcombustionengine, internal-combustion engine
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg) what is now Germany. H...
Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Diesel

male, deceased (1913)
engineer, engines, internalcombustionengine, cause of death disputed, National Inventors Hall of Fame, German…diesel engine, Inventor of the Diesel Engine
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine.
Wilhelm Maybach

Wilhelm Maybach

male, deceased (1929)
National Inventors Hall of Fame, internalcombustionengine, Mercedes-benz, Mercedes, Automotive pioneer, inventor
Wilhelm Maybach (February 9, 1846 - December 29, 1929), was an early German engine designer and industrialist. In the 1890s he was hailed in...
Samuel Morey

Samuel Morey

male, deceased (1843)
from Vermont, Connecticut River, From New Hampshire, lake morey, American, internalcombustionengine
Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an internal combustion engine and was a pioneer in...
George Cayley

George Cayley

male, deceased (1857)
Brompton, Scarborough, From north yorkshire, From Scarborough, University of Westminster, Optics, helicopter…internalcombustionengine, heat engine
Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (December 27, 1773 - December 15, 1857) was a prolific English engineer from Brompton-by-Sawdon, near Scarborough in...

Samuel Brown

male
Blackheath, London, engineer, condensing steam engine, Shooter's Hill, Newcomen steam engine, steam engine…combustion, internalcombustionengine
Sir Samuel Brown was an English engineer who developed an internal combustion engine. In patents dated 1823 and 1826, Brown proposed to fill a...
Nicolaus Otto

Nicolaus Otto

deceased (1891)
internalcombustionengine, Exhaust, National Inventors Hall of Fame, automobile, inventor, engine…internal-combustion engine, external-combustion engine, atmospheric engine
Nikolaus August Otto was the German inventor of the internal-combustion engine, the first engine to burn fuel directly in a piston chamber. Up...
Harry Ricardo

Harry Ricardo

male, deceased (1974)
engineer, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, From London, inventor, rugby school, British automotive engineer…internalcombustionengine, two-stroke engine
Sir Harry Ricardo (1885-1974) was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal...

François Isaac de Rivaz

male, deceased (1828)
Swiss, inventor, automobile, internalcombustionengine
François Isaac de Rivaz was an inventor from Switzerland. He is credited with the construction of the first internal combustion engine during 1806 a...