# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-benz
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:58:14.249Z

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description: "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."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.