Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti, whose real name was Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (September 15, 1881 - August 21, 1947), was an Italian inventor and designer of avant-garde mechanics, who developed luxury automobiles and was one of the founders of the motorsport industry.

The Bugatti 101 built in 1951 à eight examples, one of the last models of the original marque, 7 of them are housed in the Musée National de l’Automobile.

Ettore Bugatti in 1932, photograph belonging to the Bibliothèque nationale de France