Jean Bugatti: Automotive Designer, Test Driver and Bugatti Engineer
• Gianoberto Maria Carlo Bugatti; known as Jean Bugatti
• Jean Bugatti was born: 15 January 1909; Cologne, Germany
• Jean Bugatti died: 11 August 1939 at the age of 30; Duppigheim, France
• Occupation: Engineer, car designer and test driver, Bugatti
• Parents: Ettore Bugatti; Barbara Bugatti
Jean Bugatti (15 January 1909 – 11 August 1939) was an automotive designer and engineer for Bugatti. Gianoberto Maria Carlo Bugatti was born in Cologne, Germany. Gianoberto known as Jean Bugatti; was the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti and grandson of Carlo Bugatti. After his birth his family moved to the village of Dorlisheim near Molsheim in Alsace, France; where his father built the new Bugatti automobile manufacturing plant.
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Jean Bugatti became interested in his father’s business since very young age. By the late 1920s, Jean Bugatti was an essential part of the company and had already demonstrated his vehicle design skills. In 1932, he did most of the design for the company’s Type 41 Royale. His designs complemented his father’s engineering skill, making Bugatti one of the greatest names in automobile manufacturing. Jean Bugatti also designed four bodies for the Type 57, the Ventoux, Stelvio, Atalante and Atlantic models. Jean Bugatti often tested the company’s car prototypes.
Jean Bugatti died in car accident in 1939 while testing the Type 57 tank-bodied racer. The 30-year-old Jean Bugatti died when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree, after avoiding a cyclist.
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