Carl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
- Occupation
- engineer, inventor
- Position held
- founder, co-founder
- Citizenship
- Republic of Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden
- Born
- November 25, 1844
- Died
- April 4, 1929
