Marcel Renault (14 May 1872 – 26 May 1903) was a French racing driver and industrialist, co-founder of the carmaker

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. He was the brother of

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and

Fernand Renault Fernand Renault (28 November 1864, Paris – 22 March 1909, Paris) was one of the brothers that founded Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile ...

. Renault was born in

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; he and his brothers jointly founded the Renault company on 25 February 1899. He and Louis raced the cars it built starting the next year. He died in Payré, at the age of 31, of severe injuries he sustained during the Paris-Madrid race. After his death, a statue was built in Renault's memory which later would be destroyed by the

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attacks during

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History of Renault with MarcelHistoric Racing: Marcel Renault
* 1872 births 1903 deaths Automotive businesspeople Burials at Passy Cemetery French automotive engineers French founders of automobile manufacturers French racing drivers Racing drivers who died while racing Renault people Sport deaths in France {{France-autoracing-bio-stub