Marcel Dassault

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 22, 1892

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace France

DEATH DATE Apr 17, 1986 (94)

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About

French aircraft industrialist who invented the propeller used by the French airplanes in World War I.

Before Fame

He graduated from the engineering school Breguet and married the daughter of a prominent Jewish furniture dealer.

Trivia

He was deported from France for refusing to collaborate with the German aviation industry in World War II.

Family Life

He married Madeline Minckes in 1919, and the couple later had two sons.

Associated With

He and Oscar Schindler were both industrialists during World War II.