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Diesel

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Diesel may refer to:

  • Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
  • Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
  • Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine

Arts and entertainment

  • Diesel (band), a Dutch pop/rock group
  • Diesel (film), a 1942 German film about Rudolf Diesel
  • Diesel (1985 film), by Robert Kramer
  • Diesel (game engine), a computer gaming technology
  • Diesel, a former name of Brazilian rock band Udora

People

Surname

  • Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), German engineer and inventor of the diesel engine
  • Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist
  • Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair, born 1967), American actor, producer and director

Nickname or ring name

  • Diesel (musician) (Mark Lizotte, born 1966), American-Australian rock singer-songwriter
  • Diesel (wrestler), ring name for Kevin Nash (born 1959), American professional wrestler
  • Diesel Dahl (born 1959), drummer of TNT
  • Zach Banner (born 1993), once known as The Diesel, American footballer
  • Kane (wrestler) (Glenn Jacobs, born 1967), American wrestler, former ring name Diesel
  • David S. LaForce or Diesel, American artist
  • Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), American basketball player, now music producer and DJ known as DIESEL
  • John Riggins (born 1949), or The Diesel, American football player
  • Joe Riggs (born 1982), or Diesel, American mixed martial artist
  • Greg Williams (Australian footballer), or Diesel, Australian-rules footballer

Other uses

  • Diesel (brand), an Italian clothing company
  • Diesel (dog), a French police dog killed in 2015
  • 10093 Diesel, an asteroid named after Rudolf Diesel
  • Operation Diesel, a 2009 British military operation in Afghanistan
  • Diesel, brand of A. J. Fernandez Cigars
  • Diesel, a variety of Snakebite (drink)

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Diesel
  • All pages with titles containing Diesel
  • Dießl,or Diessl, a surname
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