Inventors of devices that changed driving, from the windshield wiper and the self-starter to the three-point seat belt and the first patent for a gasoline automobile. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person an inventor of a device or system used in cars. It excludes company founders and race drivers. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
All Automotive Inventors
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Mary Anderson inventor (Wikipedia)
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Mary Elizabeth Anderson (February 19, 1866, June 27, 1953) was an American inventor and entrepreneur credited with inventing the first operational windshield wiper.
George B. Selden (Wikipedia)
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George Baldwin Selden (September 14, 1846, January 17, 1922) was an American patent lawyer and inventor from New York who was granted a U.S.
Nils Bohlin (Wikipedia)
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Nils Ivar Bohlin (17 July 1920-21 September 2002) was a Swedish mechanical engineer and inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo.
Elwood Haynes (Wikipedia)
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Elwood Haynes (October 14, 1857, April 13, 1925) was an American inventor, metallurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur, and industrialist.
Charles F. Kettering (Wikipedia)
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Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876, November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles Fredrick Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.
Felix Wankel (Wikipedia)
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was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named
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