Ferdinand Porsche
German automotive engineer
Ferdinand Porsche was a German-Bohemian automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and... Wikipedia
Born: September 3, 1875, Vratislavice nad Nisou, Liberec, Czechia
Died: January 30, 1951 (age 75 years), Stuttgart, Germany
Children: Ferry Porsche and Louise Piëch
Grandchildren: Ferdinand Piëch, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Wolfgang Porsche, and more
Spouse: Aloisia Johanna Kaes (m. 1903–1951)
Parents: Anton Porsche and Anna Ehrlich
Awards: German National Prize for Art and Science (1938); SS-Ehrenring; War Merit Cross; Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1936