RUDOLF DIESEL

(Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel)


Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel
  • Born: March 18, 1858
  • Died: September 29, 1913
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine, and for his suspicious death at sea. Diesel was the namesake of the 1942 film Diesel.