# Diesel

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**Diesel** may refer to:

- [Diesel engine](/source/Diesel_engine), an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
- [Diesel fuel](/source/Diesel_fuel), a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
- [Diesel locomotive](/source/Diesel_locomotive), a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine

## Arts and entertainment

- [Diesel (band)](/source/Diesel_(band)), a Dutch pop/rock group
- [*Diesel* (1942 film)](/source/Diesel_(1942_film)), a German film about Rudolf Diesel
- [Diesel (game engine)](/source/Diesel_(game_engine)), a computer gaming technology
- Diesel, a former name of Brazilian rock band [Udora](/source/Udora_(band))
- [*Diesel* (2025 film)](/source/Diesel_(2025_film)), an Indian action thriller film

## People

### Surname

- [Nathanael Diesel](/source/Nathanael_Diesel) (1692–1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist
- [Rudolf Diesel](/source/Rudolf_Diesel) (1858–1913), German inventor and mechanical engineer
- [Vin Diesel](/source/Vin_Diesel) (Mark Sinclair, born 1967), American actor, producer and director

### Nickname or ring name

- [Diesel (musician)](/source/Diesel_(musician)) (Mark Lizotte, born 1966), American-Australian rock singer-songwriter
- [Zach Banner](/source/Zach_Banner) (born 1993), once known as The Diesel, American football player
- [Diesel Dahl](/source/Diesel_Dahl) (born 1959), drummer of TNT
- [Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953)](/source/Fazal-ur-Rehman_(politician,_born_1953)) famously known as Diesel or Maulana Diesel
- [Noah Davis (baseball)](/source/Noah_Davis_(baseball)) (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997), American baseball player
- [Kane (wrestler)](/source/Kane_(wrestler)) (Glenn Jacobs, born 1967), American wrestler, former ring name fake "Diesel", imitating Kevin Nash's gimmick
- [David S. LaForce](/source/David_S._LaForce) or Diesel, American artist
- [Kevin Nash](/source/Kevin_Nash) (born 1959) ring name and gimmick for American professional wrestler Kevin Nash while performing in the WWF/E
- [Shaquille O'Neal](/source/Shaquille_O'Neal) (born 1972), American basketball player, now music producer and DJ known as DIESEL
- [John Riggins](/source/John_Riggins) (born 1949), or The Diesel, American football player
- [Joe Riggs](/source/Joe_Riggs) (born 1982), or Diesel, American mixed martial artist
- [Greg Williams (Australian footballer)](/source/Greg_Williams_(Australian_footballer)), or Diesel, Australian-rules footballer

## Other uses

- [Diesel (brand)](/source/Diesel_(brand)), an Italian clothing company
- [Diesel (dog)](/source/Diesel_(dog)), a French police dog killed in 2015
- [Diesel (donkey)](/source/Diesel_(donkey)), a wild donkey in California
- [10093 Diesel](/source/10093_Diesel), an asteroid named after Rudolf Diesel
- [Operation Diesel](/source/Operation_Diesel), a 2009 British military operation in Afghanistan
- Diesel, brand of [A. J. Fernandez Cigars](/source/A._J._Fernandez_Cigars)
- Diesel, a variety of [Snakebite (drink)](/source/Snakebite_(drink))

## See also

- [Dießl](/source/Die%C3%9Fl),or Diessl, a surname

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