Ferdinand Porsche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Porsche

German automobile designer

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1875

Place of Birth: Liberec, Liberec Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1951

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, inventor

Nationality: Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company.
He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, several other important developments and Porsche automobiles. An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II, Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 4501 (P), Tiger I, Tiger II, Elefant, and Panzer VIII Maus, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb.
Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party, and was called the "Great German Engineer" by Nazi officials.
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 won the Car Engineer of the Century award in 1999.