Charles Brady King

• Name — Automotive Hall of Fame • Established — 1939 10 18 • Location — 21400 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48126 • Website — https: www.automotivehalloffame.org/

The Automotive Hall of Fame was founded on October 18, 1939, in New York City by a group called the "Automobile Old Timers." Its original mission was to perpetuate the memories of early automotive pioneers and to honor people from all parts of the auto industry worldwide. For its first three decades, The Automotive Hall of Fame had four name changes. Its second iteration, "Automotive Old Timers," was adopted in 1957 to recognize a broader base, including automotive-related industries. In 1971, it became "The Automotive Organization Team." Finally, it became known as "The Automotive Hall of Fame," a name that led to further growth. In 1946, the Hall participated in the "National Golden Jubilee" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the automobile's invention and honor the industry's creators. The Jubilee committee president, William S. Knudsen, stated the selection to the Hall of Fame included "Ten pioneers whose engineering and administrative genius made possible the present day." The selection was done in cooperation with the Automobile Manufacturers Association. The ten were: Edgar Apperson, William Crapo Durant, J. Frank Duryea, Henry Ford, George M. Holley, Charles B. King, Charles W. Nash, Barney Oldfield, Ransom E. Olds, and Alfred P. Sloan Jr. were selected. The managing director of the Jubilee was George W. Romney. The events also initiated interest in older cars. The organization moved to Washington, D.C. in 1960, sharing space in the National Automobile Dealers Association building. In 1971, it moved to Midland, Michigan, where it got its first home at Northwood University. In 1997, it moved to its present home, a 25,000-square-foot building in Dearborn, Michigan, adjacent to The Henry Ford; in addition to automobile history artifacts, it contains a small theater and a central enclosed building area for public events, meetings and other exhibits. The Hall celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2014. During the 2016 induction ceremony, the Hall of Fame's president announced that the museum was exploring a possible move to downtown Detroit. These plans never materialized.

• Italy Giovanni Agnelli (2002) • United States O. Donovan Allen (1974) • United States John W. Anderson (1972) • United States Betsy Ancker-Johnson (2024) • ItalyUnited States Mario Andretti (2005) • RussiaUnited States Zora Arkus-Duntov (1991) • United States Clarence W. Avery (1990) • Warren E. Avis (2000) • United Kingdom Robert Bamford (2013) • HungaryAustria Béla Barényi (1994) • United States Mary Barra (2023) • United States Tom Barrett (2026) • United States Fred T. Bauer (2023) • United States Vincent Bendix (1984) • United Kingdom Walter O. Bentley (1995) • Germany Bertha Benz (2016) • Germany Karl Benz (1984) • Italy Nuccio Bertone (2006) • Sweden Nils Bohlin (1999) • Italy Alberto Bombassei (2017) • Germany Robert Bosch (1984) • United States Charles A. Bott (1990) • United States Ernest R. Breech (1974) • United States Allen K. Breed (1999) • United States Craig Breedlove (2009) • United States Carl Breer (1976) • United States Edward G. Budd (1985) • United States Gordon M. Buehrig (1989) • ItalyFrance Ettore Bugatti (2000) • United KingdomUnited States David D. Buick (1974) • United States Philip Caldwell (1990) • United States Richard D. Caleal (2009) • United States Frank J. Campbell (1996) • United States Michael Cardone Sr. (1994) • United States Walter F. Carey (1981) • FranceUnited States Francois J. Castaing (2010) • France Albert C. Champion (1977) • United States Roy D. Chapin (1972) His son Roy D. Chapin Jr. was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1984 and his grandson, William R. Chapin, was named president of the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2010. • SwitzerlandUnited States Louis Chevrolet (1969) • United States Walter P. Chrysler (1967) • South Korea Chung Mong-koo (2020/2021) • France André Citroën(1998) • United States J. Harwood Cochrane (1991) • United States Edward N. Cole (1977) • United States David E. Cole (2013) • United States Archie T. Colwell (1988) • United States Errett L. Cord (1976) • United States James J. Couzens (2012) • United States Keith E. Crain (2014) • United States Frederick C. Crawford (1983) • United States Lewis M. Crosley (2010) • United States Powel Crosley Jr. (2010) • United States Clessie L. Cummins (1973) • United States Harlow H. Curtice (1971) • Germany Gottlieb Daimler (1978) • Italy Giampaolo Dallara (2026) • United States Charles A. Dana (1978) • United States Howard A. "Dutch" Darrin (2010) • United States Richard E. “Dick” Dauch (2019) • United States Edward "Ed" Davis (1996) • ItalyUnited States Ralph DePalma (1973) • United States Joseph Degnan (1997) • United States W. Edwards Deming (1991) • Germany Rudolf Diesel (1978) • United States Arthur O. Dietz (1983) • United States Abner Doble (1972) • United States Horace E. Dodge (1981) • United States John F. Dodge (1997) • United States Frederic G. Donner (1994) • United States Harold D. Draper (1991) • GermanyUnited States Fred Duesenberg (1970) • United Kingdom John B. Dunlop (2005) • United States William C. Durant (1968) • United States Charles E. Duryea (1973) • United States J. Frank Duryea (1996) • United States David E. Davis (2025) • United States Harley J. Earl (1986) • United States Dale Earnhardt (2006) • United States Joseph O. Eaton (1983) • United States John E. "Jack" Echlin • United States Vic Edelbrock Jr. (2024) • United States Vic Edelbrock Sr. (2024) • United States Thomas A. Edison (1969) • United States Elliott M. Estes (1999) • United States Henry T. Ewald (1996) • United States Virgil M. Exner (1995) • Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio (2023) • Italy Battista Pininfarina (2004) • Italy Enzo Ferrari (2000) • United States Harvey S. Firestone Jr. (1975) • United States Harvey S. Firestone Sr. (1974) • United States Alfred J. Fisher (1995) • United States Carl G. Fisher (1971) • United States Charles T. Fisher (1995) • United States Edward F. Fisher (1995) • United States Fred J. Fisher (1995) • United States Howard A. Fisher (1995) • United States Lawrence P. Fisher (1995) • United States William A. Fisher (1995) • United States Walter E. Flanders (1994) • United States Edsel B. Ford (1968) • United States Henry Ford (1967) • United States Henry Ford II (1983) • United States William Clay Ford Jr. (2024) • United States A.J. Foyt (2007) • United States Bill France Sr. (2004) • United States Bill France Jr. (2006) • United States Herbert H. Franklin (1972) • United States Carlyle Fraser (1981) • United States Douglas A. Fraser (2000) • United States Joseph W. Frazer (2010) • GermanyUnited States Martin Fromm (1993) • United States Thomas N. Frost (1970) • United States August Fruehauf (2017) • Japan Takeo Fujisawa (2023) • United States Thomas C. Gale (2012) • United States Tom Gallagher (2020/2021) • United States Paul Galvin (2008) • United States Robert W. Galvin (2008) • United States Don Garlits (2004) • United States Pieter Geelen (2026) • United States Joe Girard (2001) • Italy Giorgetto Giugiaro (2002) • Netherlands Harold Goddijn (2026) • United States John E. Goerlich (1990) • United States Martin E. Goldman (1981) • United States Andy Granatelli (2003) • United States Richard H. Grant (1971) • United States Alma Green (2022) • United States Victor Green (2022) • United States Dan Gurney (2007) • United States Janet Guthrie (2019) • United States Zenon C.R. Hansen (1983) • United States Elwood Haynes (2015) • United States Donald Healey (2004) • United States Phil Hill (2008) • AustriaUnited States Maximilian E. Hoffman (2003) • United States William E. Holler (1969) • United States Earl Holley (1995) • United States George M. Holley (1995) • Japan Soichiro Honda (1989) • Germany August Horch (2000) • United States H. Wayne Huizenga (2006) • United States Anton Hulman Jr. (1978) • United States Lee Hunter (1992) • United States J.R. Hyde III (2004) • United States Lee Iacocca (1994) • United States Robert W. Irvin (2008) • Japan Shojiro Ishibashi (2006) • United Kingdom Alec Issigonis (2003) • United States Mike Jackson (2018) • United States Russ Jackson (2026) • United States John A. James (2024) • United States Thomas B. Jeffery (1975) • United States Fred Jones (1994) • United States Charles M."Chuck" Jordan (2012) • United States Edward S. "Ned" Jordan (2010) • United States Henry B. Joy (2003) • United States Albert Kahn (2012) • United States Henry J. Kaiser (2010) • United States Wunibald I. Kamm (2009) • Japan Yutaka Katayama (1998) • United States K.T. Keller (1971) • United States Frank D. Kent (1989) • United StatesCharles F. Kettering (1967) • United States Charles B. King (2007) • DenmarkUnited States William S. Knudsen (1968) • United States John W. Koons (1988) • Germany Eberhard von Kuenheim (2004) • Italy Ferruccio Lamborghini (2022) • United States Edward C. Larson (1984) • United States Elliot Lehman (1993) • United States Henry M. Leland (1973) • United States Jay Leno (2020/2021) • United States Paul W. Litchfield (1984) • FranceUnited States Raymond Loewy (1997) • United States Wilton D. Looney (1992) • China Lu Guanqiu (2022) • United States J. Edward Lundy (2003) • United States Roy Lunn (2016) • SwitzerlandUnited States Robert A. Lutz (2013) • United Kingdom Sir William Lyons (2005) • United States John M. Mack (1972) • United States Ray Magliozzi (2018) • United States Tom Magliozzi (2018) • ItalyCanada Sergio Marchionne (2019) • United Kingdom Lionel Martin (2013) • Germany Wilhelm Maybach (1996) • United States Frank E. McCarthy (2002) • United States Denise McCluggage (2001) • United States Robert B. McCurry (1997) • United States Brouwer D. McIntyre (1975) • Canada Robert S. McLaughlin (1973) • United States Robert S. McNamara (1995) • Canada Rene C. McPherson (1991) • United States William E. Metzger (2008) • France André Michelin (2002) • France Édouard Michelin (2002) • United States Arjay Miller (2006) • United States Harry A. Miller (2003) • United States William L. Mitchell (1993) • Italy Luca di Montezemolo (2015) • United States Hubert Moog (1988) • United States Jim Moran (2005) • United States Charles S. Mott (1973) • United States Alan Mulally (2016) • United States Shirley Muldowney (2005) • United States Thomas Murphy (1990) • United States Ralph Nader (2016) • United States Charles W. Nash (1975) • United States Henry J. Nave (1992) • Germany Heinrich Nordhoff (1985) • Japan Taiichi Ohno (2022) • United States Barney Oldfield (1968) • United States Ransom E. Olds (1968) • Germany Carl Opel (1998) • Germany Friedrich Opel (1998) • Germany Heinrich Opel (1998) • Germany Ludwig Opel (1998) • Germany Wilhelm Opel (1998) • Germany Nikolaus A. Otto (1996) • United States James Ward Packard (1999) • United States William Doud Packard (1999) • United States Wally Parks (2000) • United States Charles Richard and Frederick Douglass Patterson (inducted 2020/21 - founded first African-American Automobile company) • United States Peter-Frans Pauwels (2026) • United States Roger S. Penske (2015) • Thomas S. Perry (1996) • United States Donald Petersen (1992) • United States Richard Petty (2002) • France Armand Peugeot (1999) • Austria Ferdinand Piech (2014) • United States Charles M. Pigott (1998) • United States Charles J. Pilliod (1992) • Italy Sergio Pininfarina (2007) • United States Harold A. Poling (1999) • United States Ralph Lane Polk (2001) • Germany Ferdinand Porsche (1987) • United States J. David Power III (2014) • Germany Heinz C. Prechter (2004) • United States William A. Raftery (1997) • United States Alice Huyler Ramsey (2000) • France Louis Renault (2003) • United States Walter P. Reuther (1990) • United StatesEdward V. Rickenbacker (1973) • United States James M. Roche (1992) • United StatesWillard F. Rockwell Sr. (1980) • United States George W. Romney (1995) • United States Helene Rother Ackernecht (2020/2021) • United States Jack Roush (2017) • United Kingdom Frederick Henry Royce (1991) • United States Patrick Ryan (2019) • United States James A. Ryder (1985) • Italy Bruno Sacco (2006) • United States George N. Schuster (2010) • United States Mort Schwartz (2008) • United States Louis Schwitzer Sr. (1970) • United States Wendell Oliver Scott Sr. (2024) • India United States Vivek Chaand Sehgal (2024) • United States Kenneth W. Self (1994) • Brazil Ayrton Senna (2025) • United States Wilbur Shaw (1987) • United States Carroll H. Shelby (1992) • United States Betty Skelton (2025) • United States Owen R. Skelton (2002) • United States Alfred P. Sloan Jr. (1967) • United States Arthur O. Smith (1988) • United States Lloyd Smith (1988) • United States John F. "Jack" Smith Jr. (2005) • United States Charles E. Sorensen (2001) • United States Hal Sperlich (2009) • United States Clarence W. Spicer (1995) • United States Lyn St. James (2022) • United States Francis E. Stanley (1996) • United States Freelan O. Stanley (1996) • United Kingdom Sir Jackie Stewart (2013) • United States Walter W. Stillman (1987) • United States John W. Stokes (1970) • United States William B. Stout (2001) • United States Robert A. Stranahan Sr. (1979) • United States Frank Stronach (2018) • United States John M. Studebaker (2005) • United States Harry C. Stutz (1993) • Japan Genichi Taguchi (1997) • India Ratan N. Tata (2015) • United States Walter C. Teagle (1974) • United States Ralph R. Teetor (1988) • United States John J. Telnack (2008) • United States Mickey Thompson (2009) • United States McKinley W. Thompson Jr. (2023) • United States Henry M. Timken (1977) • Japan Akio Toyoda (2026) • Japan Eiji Toyoda (1994) • Japan Kiichiro Toyoda (2018) • Japan Shoichiro Toyoda (2007) • United States Alex Tremulis (2014) • United States Preston Tucker (1999) • United States Edwin J. Umphrey (1974) • France Corinne Vigreux (2026) • United States Jesse G. Vincent (1971) • United States Roy Warshawsky (2001) • United States Elmer H. Wavering (1989) • United States Edward T. Welburn (2017) • United States J. Irving Whalley (1981) • United States Rollin H. White (1997) • United States Walter C. White (1997) • United States Windsor T. White (1997) • United States Charlie Wiggins (2020/2021) • United States John L. Wiggins (1975) • United States C. Harold Wills (1970) • United States John N. Willys (2008) • United States Charles E. Wilson (1969) • United States Alexander Winton (2005) • United States Larry Wood (2023) • Japan Jiro Yanase (2004) • United States Fred M. Young (1986) • United States Frederick M. Zeder (1998) • Germany Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1998) • Germany Dieter Zetsche (2025)

In 2001, the European Automotive Hall of Fame was established and inducted its first 13 members. Permanent plaques of honor will be emplaced at Palexpo, the home of the Geneva Auto Show.