Chevrolet, Louis
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Birthname | Louis Joseph Chevrolet | ||||
born on | 25 December 1878 at 18:30 (= 6:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | La Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland, 47n06, 6e50 | ||||
Timezone | BMT m7e2630 (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Swiss-born American race car driver of French descent, founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911, and a founder in 1916 of the Frontenac Motor Corporation, which made racing parts for Ford's Model T.
He died on 6 June 1941, aged 62, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Chevrolet, Gaston (born 4 October 1892)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from "Louis Chevrolet: der Mann, der dem Chevy seinen Namen gab : die Geschichte des Rennfahrers und Autopioniers -- 1878 bis 1941" by Martin Sinzig (Huber, 2011), p. 25: "Am 25. Dezember 1878, um sechseinhalb Uhr nachmittags, wird Louis Joseph Chevrolet an der Rue Du Grenier 22a in La Chaux-de-Fonds geboren."
Translation: "On 25 December 1878 at six-thirty after noon, Louis Joseph Chevrolet was born at 22a Rue Du Grenierin, La Chaux-de-Fonds."
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical (Automobile)
- Vocation : Sports : Race Cars
- Vocation : Misc. : Mechanic