Benz may refer to:

Automobile history

• Karl Benz, German automobile engineer and inventor who was awarded the 1886 patent for the first automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, many engine and automobile inventions, and the flat engine, (also spelled Carl occasionally)
• Bertha Benz (née, Ringer), the first person to drive an automobile a long distance (over 106 km or 66 miles), investor in the first business of and soon thereafter married to Karl Benz
• Benz & Cie., founded in 1883, the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz (sometimes with partners or his sons), which became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world by the end of the nineteenth century and, that merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz, which branded all vehicles produced thereafter as, Mercedes-Benz
• Daimler-Benz, automobile manufacturer founded by merger in 1926 of Benz & Cie. Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen (or motorcar built in 1885, is widely regarded as the first Automobile, that is a vehicle designed to be propelled A flat engine is an Internal combustion engine with pistons that are all relatively horizontal Bertha Benz (née Ringer) (born 3 May 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany, married inventor Karl Benz on 20 July Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ( Daimler Motor Company, DMG was a German Engine and later Automobile manufacturer in operation from 1890 Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles motor vehicles and engines which was founded in 1926 Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, thereafter branding all of its vehicles as, Mercedes-Benz; succeeded by DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007) and Daimler AG (2007-Present)
• Mercedes-Benz, the brand name created in 1926 for all automobiles and trucks produced by Daimler-Benz and retained as a brand name thereafter by its successors, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler AG

Other references

• Benz, Nordwestmecklenburg, a municipality in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Benz, Ostvorpommern, a municipality in the district Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Derek Benz, an American author
• Kafi Benz, an American writer, historian, designer, and artist; studio director for sculptor Jim Gary; the founder of Friends of Seagate Inc. and Kafi Benz Productions
• Maria Benz, a model and performer
• Nicky Benz, the performing name of an American professional wrestler named Nicholas Berk
• Nikki Benz, a Canadian pornographic actress and film director
• Spragga Benz, a reggae artist
• Walter Benz, a German mathematician
• Benz (group), a London-based pop-RnB group of the mid-1990s, best known for Top 40 singles Urban City Girl and Miss Parker
• Benz (rapper), a hip hop artist from the Netherlands working for Raw Matz Music and using a single stage name
• Benz (unit), a measurement, a unit of velocity equivalent to a metre per second

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