Etienne Lenoir

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 12, 1822

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Belgium

DEATH DATE Aug 4, 1900 (78)

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About

Invented the first internal combustion engine in 1858.

Before Fame

He taught himself chemistry and engineering.

Trivia

His first gas-powered car, built in 1862, reached speeds of three miles per hour.

Family Life

His family moved from Luxembourg to Paris where he spent his teenage years.

Associated With

He envisioned the automobile decades before Henry Ford made it commercially successful.