Automotive pioneers

Albert Augustus Pope, US industrialist, (lived 1843 - 1909) - sometimes called Colonel Pope - founded a successful cycle manufacturing group in 1879. From 1896 he owned companies manufacturing electric vehicles and - later - petrol cars. By decline of cycle manufacturing, his motor goup was dragged down. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Augustus Pope"

Marquis Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. He was born in 1856 and died in 1946. de Dion and his partner, Georges Bouton, founded the de Dion-Bouton automobile company, which became the world's largest automobile manufacturer for a short time. He also founded the Mondial de l'Automobile (Paris Motor Show) in 1898. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert de Dion"

Alexandre Darracq, November 10 1855– 1931, was a French automobile manufacturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexandre Darracq"

André-Gustave Citroën (Born February 2, 1878 and died July 3, 1935 in Paris) was a French entrepreneur of Dutch descent. He is remembered chiefly for the make of car named after him. ...more on Wikipedia about "André Citroën"

André Michelin ( 16 January 1853– 4 April 1931) was a ...more on Wikipedia about "André Michelin"

Anita King ( August 14, 1884 – June 10, 1963) was an American racecar driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anita King"

Arthur Chevrolet, ( April 25, 1884 – April 16, 1946) was an Swiss-born American racecar driver and automobile manufacturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Chevrolet" It's time to think about shortopedia. Automotive_pioneers

August Horch ( October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ...more on Wikipedia about "August Horch"

Bertha Benz, born Bertha Ringer (born May 3 1849 in Pforzheim, died May 5 1944 in Ladenburg), was the first person who drove a car over a longer distance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bertha Benz"

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward ( November 10, 1890 in Hamburg Altona - July 28, 1963 in Bremen) was a German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl F. W. Borgward"

Carl Graham Fisher ( January 12, 1874 - July 15, 1939) was an American entrepreneur. Overcoming a sensory disability (sight-impairment), he became a pioneer of the automotive, auto racing, and real estate development industries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl G. Fisher"

Charles Edgar Duryea ( December 15, 1861 – September 28, 1938) was a manufacturer of motor vehicles. He was born in Canton, Illinois. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Duryea"

Charles Franklin Kettering ( August 29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958), also known as "Boss" Kettering, was born in northern Ohio, USA. He was a farmer, school teacher, mechanic, engineer, scientist, inventor and social philosopher. He had poor eyesight, but acquired an electrical engineering degree from Ohio State University in 1904. He held that new ideas can be developed through cooperative team efforts and applied this to a broad range of interests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Kettering"

Charles W. Nash ( January 28, 1864 - June 6, 1948) was a United States automobile entrepreneur. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles W. Nash" Visit again shortopedia

David Dunbar Buick ( September 17, 1854 - March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-American inventor best known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland but moved to Detroit, Michigan at the age of two when his parents emigrated to the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Dunbar Buick"

Duesenberg was a US-based luxury automobile company active from the 1910s until 1937. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duesenberg"

Edward A. Deeds ( 12 March, 1874– July 1, 1960) was an engineer, inventor and industrialist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward A. Deeds"

Edward Gowen Budd ( 1870– 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward G. Budd"

Emile Delahaye, born October 16, 1843 - died June 1, 1905, was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emile Delahaye"

Errett Lobban Cord, also known as E.L. Cord ( 20 July, 1894 - 2 January, 1974) was a leader in United States transport during the early and middle 20th century. Cord founded the Cord Corporation in 1929 as a holding company for over 150 companies he controlled, mostly in the field of transportation. The corporation controlled the Auburn Automobile Company which built the Auburn Automobile and the Cord Automobile, Lycoming Motors, Duesenberg Inc., New York Shipbuilding, Checker Cab, Stinson Aircraft Company and American Airways (later American Airlines) amongst other holdings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Errett Lobban Cord"

Automobile designer and manufacturer Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was born on September 15, 1881 in Brescia, Italy, into a notably artistic family that had its roots in Milan. He was the elder son of Teresa Lorioli and her husband Carlo Bugatti (1856–1940), an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry designer. His younger brother was a renowned animal sculptor, Rembrandt Bugatti (1884–1916), his aunt, Luigia Bugatti, was the wife of the painter Giovanni Segantini, and his paternal grandfather, Giovanni Luigi Bugatti, was an architect and sculptor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ettore Bugatti"

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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, better known by his nickname "Ferry" ( September 19, 1909 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria to March 27, 1998), was an automotive designer and engineer and founder of sports car manufacturer Porsche AG, he was the son of Ferdinand Porsche. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche"

Ferdinand Porsche ( September 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer. Porsche was born to German speaking family in Vratislavice (German: Maffersdorf), in former Austria-Hungary. His birthplace can be found in Liberec, in present-day Czech Republic. Porsche is best known for designing the original Volkswagen Beetle and for his contributions to advanced German tank designs: Tiger I, Tiger II and the Elefant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Porsche"

Franz Xaver Reimspieß (born 1900) was an engineer. he was born in Wiener Neustadt in Austria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Xaver Reimspieß"

Gaston Chevrolet ( October 26, 1892 – November 25, 1920) was a French-born American racecar champion driver and automobile manufacturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaston Chevrolet"

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