Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti
A black and white photograph of Ettore Bugatti taken in 1932
Bugatti in 1932
Born
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti

(1881-09-15)15 September 1881
Milan, Italy
Died21 August 1947(1947-08-21) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Resting placeDorlisheim, France
CitizenshipItalian, French
OccupationAutomotive engineer
Years active1898–1947
EmployerAutomobiles E. Bugatti (founder)
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Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-born French[1] automobile designer and manufacturer. He received French citizenship in 1946. He 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.

  1. ^ Wood 1992, p. 360.