# Karl Benz

> He built the first practical automobile and then drove it in public in 1886. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen wasn't just a prototype — it was the first car put into series production, and the company that made it became the world's largest automobile plant.

*German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1844-11-25
- **Died:** 1929-04-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant in 1844, the German engine designer would go by Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz. In 1885 he completed the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, receiving a patent for it the following year — the same year he first took it out for a public drive. His company, Benz & Cie., operated from Mannheim and grew into the first dedicated automobile plant on earth, and the largest of its era. In 1926 it merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz, the maker of Mercedes-Benz. He died in 1929, widely regarded as the father of the car and of the industry that followed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 73.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 30.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #140
- **Category rank:** #45

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Science, #19th Century

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