Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche
Born	(1875-09-03)3 September 1875 Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic)
Died	30 January 1951(1951-01-30) (aged 75) Stuttgart, West Germany
Citizenship	Austria-Hungary (1875–1918) Czechoslovakia (1918–1934) Germany (1934–1951)
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Founding and leading the Porsche AG
Spouse	Aloisia Johanna Kaes (1878–1959)
Children	Louise Piëch Ferry Porsche
Parent(s)	Anton Porsche (father) Anna Ehrlich (mother)
Engineering career
Projects	Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, Tiger I, Tiger II, Elefant, Panzer VIII Maus, Volkswagen Beetle
Awards	German National Prize for Art and Science (1938) SS-Ehrenring War Merit Cross Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1936
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Ferdinand Porsche^[a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was a German-Bohemian automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.

An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II,^[1] Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 45.01 (P), the Elefant (initially called "Ferdinand") self-propelled gun, and the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb.^[2] Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS).^[3][4] He was a recipient of the German National Prize for Art and Science, the SS-Ehrenring and the War Merit Cross.

Porsche was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1996 and was named the Car Engineer of the Century in 1999.

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