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Diesel is a type of heavy-duty internal combustion engine.
It may also refer to:
People
By surname
- Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist
- Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), German engineer; inventor and namesake of the term diesel
- Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille, since 1953, an award by the German Institute for Inventions
By nickname
- Diesel (musician), born Mark Lizotte, Australian rock singer-songwriter
- Diesel (wrestler), ring name for Kevin Nash, an American professional wrestler
- Diesel Dahl (born 1959), drummer and co-founder of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT
- Diesel Washington (born 1976), an African American pornographic actor
- Maulana Diesel, nickname of Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Pakistani politician
- Glenn Jacobs, American wrestler once known as "Fake Diesel", now known as Kane
- Brett Keisel or "Diesel", NFL football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- David S. LaForce or "Diesel", cartographer and illustrator
- Shaquille O'Neal or "The Diesel", retired American basketball player
- John Riggins or "The Diesel", NFL football player
- Joe Riggs or "Diesel", mixed martial artist
- Greg Williams (Australian footballer) or "Diesel", Australian-rules footballer
- Vin Diesel (born 1967), American actor; stage name of Mark Vincent Sinclair
Companies and brands
- Diesel (brand), an Italian clothing company
- Diesel cigars, a brand manufactured by A. J. Fernandez Cigars
- Diesel Locomotive Works, largest diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer in India.
- MAN Diesel, German manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines
- Wichmann Diesel, Norwegian manufacturer of diesel engines
Science and technology
- 10093 Diesel, an asteroid named after Rudolf Diesel
- Diesel engines and associated technologies:
- And associated applications:
- Diesel aircraft engine
- Diesel generator
- Diesel locomotive
- Diesel motorcycle
- Diesel multiple unit (DMU)
- Dieselisation, term for the replacement of steam locomotives by diesel locomotives in the 1930s to 1960s.
- Diesel (game engine), a computer gaming technology
Entertainment
- Diesel, a character from The Railway Series books
- Diesel (band), a Dutch band
- Diesel, former name of Udora (band) a Brazilian alternative rock band
- Diesel (film), a 1942 German film
- Diesel, a 1985 film by Robert Kramer
- Diesel and Dust, the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, 1987
- Diesel Boy, punk rock band from Santa Rosa, California
- Diesel Brothers, American reality television series
- Diesel Park West, English alternative rock band from Leicester, England.
- Dieselpunk, genre similar to steampunk that incorporates the aesthetics of the diesel technology
- Full Diesel, hard rock/Metal band from Finland
- Strictly Diesel, debut album by the American industrial metal band Spineshank
Other uses
- Diesel, a variety of the beer cocktail Snakebite
- Diesel (cannabis), a subset of sativa-dominant Cannabis strains
- Diesel (dog), a Malinois killed in an attack on an ISIS flat in Paris in November 2015
- Diesel therapy, a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and transported for long periods
- Operation Diesel, a 2009 NATO military operation in Afghanistan
See also
- Dießl, a surname
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