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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), ''Diesel'' (1942 film), a German film about Rudolf Diesel
* Diesel (2022 film), an Indian Tamil language thriller film
* Diesel (game engine), a computer gaming technology
* Diesel, a former name of Brazilian rock band Udora (band), Udora

People

Surname

* Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist
* Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair, born 1967), American actor, producer and director
* Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), German inventor and mechanical engineer

Nickname or ring name

* Diesel (musician) (Mark Lizotte, born 1966), American-Australian rock singer-songwriter
* Kevin Nash (born 1959) ring name and gimmick for American professional wrestler Kevin Nash while performing in the WWF/E
* Kane (wrestler) (Glenn Jacobs, born 1967), American wrestler, former ring name fake "Diesel", imitating Kevin Nash's gimmick
* Diesel Dahl (born 1959), drummer of TNT
*Noah Davis (baseball) (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997), American baseball player
* Zach Banner (born 1993), once known as The Diesel, American footballer
* David S. LaForce or Diesel, American artist
* Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), American basketball player, now music producer and DJ known as DIESEL
* Joe Riggs (born 1982), or Diesel, American mixed martial artist
* John Riggins (born 1949), or The Diesel, American football player
* 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
* 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

* Dießl,or Diessl, a surname

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