Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
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Updated 2026-05-29
German engineer who invented the diesel engine in the 1890s. His name stuck to both the engine and the fuel it runs on, which is pretty solid legacy math.
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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel; both are named after him.
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