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Marcel Renault

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Marcel Renault

Birth
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death
26 May 1903 (aged 31)
Payre, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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Pioneer Industrialist, Auto Racer. With his brother Louis he founded the Renault company of automakers in 1899 and drove their cars in some of the world's earliest sponsored races. He was killed in a crash on a run from Paris to Madrid. Louis Renault is buried in Herqueville in Normandy.
Pioneer Industrialist, Auto Racer. With his brother Louis he founded the Renault company of automakers in 1899 and drove their cars in some of the world's earliest sponsored races. He was killed in a crash on a run from Paris to Madrid. Louis Renault is buried in Herqueville in Normandy.

Bio by: Bobb Edwards

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Nov 5, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18272/marcel-renault: accessed ), memorial page for Marcel Renault (14 May 1872–26 May 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18272, citing Passy Cemetery, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.