Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche (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, 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. Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Porsche has received more than 3,114,131 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Ferdinand Porsche is the 3rd most popular designer, the 14th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Designer.

Ferdinand Porsche is most famous for designing the first Volkswagen Beetle.