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Ettore Bugatti

1881-09-15 – 1947-08-21

Portrait of Ettore Bugatti
Ettore Bugatti in 1932Credit: Agence de presse Meurisse

Life & Legacy

Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer. He received French citizenship in 1946 and is remembered as the founder and proprietor of the automobile manufacturing company Automobiles E. Bugatti, which he founded in 1909 in the then German town of Molsheim in the Alsace region of what is now France. Bugatti died in Paris and is buried in Dorlisheim, France.

Occupation & Career

engineer, racing automobile driver, inventor, entrepreneur, industrialist

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Family & Relationships

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q314419 — wikidata View source

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