Diesel

Diesel may refer to:

• 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

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

• All pages with titles beginning with Diesel
• All pages with titles containing Diesel
• Dießl,or Diessl, a surname