Adolf Daimler

A mechanical engineer by training, Adolf became managing director and co-owner of his father's firm Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in 1900.

Along with his brother Paul Daimler, Adolf is credited with developing the distinctive Mercedes 3-pointed star logo.

He was the second son of Gottlieb Daimler and spent his childhood in Cologne when his father served as technical director at the Deutz AG gas engine factory.

In 1882, the family moved to Bad Cannstatt, one of the outer city districts of Stuttgart, then the capital of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

His funeral was held on March 26, 1913, at Uff Cemetery in Bad Cannstatt, where his father had already been laid to rest a few years earlier.