Inventors

  • W. O. Bentley

    W. O. Bentley

    Walter Owen Bentley was born September 16th, 1888 in London. The youngest of nine children, Walter Owen or W. O. as he is invariably known, was fascinated by all things mechanical from an early age. He left school at the age of 16 and started to work as an apprentice railway engineer at the Great…

  • Vincenzo Lancia

    Vincenzo Lancia

    Vincenzo Lancia was born on 24 August 1881 in Fobello, Val Sesia, Italy. Vincenzo was the son of Cavalier Giuseppe Lancia, who had made his fortune in the preserved food industry. Since they were quite well-to-do, Vincenzo’s family would spend the summer in their villa in Fobello and the rest of the year in Turin,…

  • Louis Renault

    Louis Renault

    Louis Renault was born in 1877, in Paris, France. He was the fourth of six children of Alfred and Berthe Renault. Their father Alfred was a successful button manufacturer and fabric merchant. Louis Renault was fascinated by engineering and mechanics from an early age. At the family’s country home in Billancourt, outside Paris, he converted…