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John Zachary DeLorean
American automobile manufacturer and entrepreneur
J. Frank Duryea
American inventor
Charles E. Duryea
American inventor
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
Italian automobile manufacturer
Walter P. Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
American engineer and automobile manufacturer
Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz
German automotive pioneer
Juan Alberto Grieve
Peruvian inventor
Robert S. McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
United States statesman
Sloan, Alfred P., Jr.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
American industrialist
Patricia Russo
American businesswoman
Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
American businessman
William P. Lear
American engineer and industrialist
William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield
British industrialist
André-Gustave Citroën
André-Gustave Citroën
French engineer
Harley Jefferson Earl
American industrial designer
Siegfried Marcus
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Kettering, Charles F.
Charles F. Kettering
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Giovanni Agnelli
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