{{Wiktionary|diesel}} '''Diesel''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} <!--Common uses at the top--> * 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'' (1942 film), a German film about Rudolf Diesel * Diesel (game engine), a computer gaming technology * Diesel, a former name of Brazilian rock band Udora * ''Diesel'' (2025 film), an Indian action thriller film
== People == === Surname === * Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist * Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), German inventor and mechanical engineer * 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 * Zach Banner (born 1993), once known as The Diesel, American football player * Diesel Dahl (born 1959), drummer of TNT * Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953) famously known as Diesel or Maulana Diesel *Noah Davis (baseball) (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997), American baseball player * Kane (wrestler) (Glenn Jacobs, born 1967), American wrestler, former ring name fake "Diesel", imitating Kevin Nash's gimmick * David S. LaForce or Diesel, American artist * Kevin Nash (born 1959) ring name and gimmick for American professional wrestler Kevin Nash while performing in the WWF/E * 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 * Diesel (donkey), a wild donkey in California * 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== {{srt}} * Dießl,or Diessl, a surname
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