Personalities

Desmo-engine designers

Arnott, F.H. (JAP)
Azzariti, Vincenzo (Azzariti)
Battlogg, Stefan
Bordi, Massimo (Ducati)
Brüdersdorf, Roland
Cappa, Giulio Cesare (Fiat 401)
Causan, Némorin-Laurant
Cenna, Fernando (Ducati)
Craigh, Joe (Norton)
DelBiondo
Downwer, David (Rudge)
Duesenberg, Fred (Frederick Samuel) (06-12-1876 - 26-07-1932) (Duesenberg)
Foale, Tony
Gardner, Ron (Ariel)
Germain, Louis
Goossen, Leo (Miller/Offenhauser/Reventlow)
Hartung, Willi (NSU)
Hele, Doug(las) (Norton)
Doug Hele, master engineer and designer of the Desmo-Manx Norton, passed away on 2 November 2001 aged 82 (13-07-1919 - 02-11-2001)
Horak, Karel
Howarth, W.
Küchen, Richard (Neander)
Länge, Hans Peter (on a Moto Guzzi)
Lantenhammer, Otto (on a JAWA)
Lau Foo Wah
Lorscheidt, Manfred (13-11-1921 - ??-?? 1985) (for Mercedes)
Marchetti, Angiolino (Joe) (Ferrari & Ducati)
Mangoletsi, G.A.
Marmorini, Luca (Ferrari & Toyota)
Mengoli, Gianluigi (Ducati)
Michelat, Arthur Léon
Michaux, Gratien-Élie-Nicolas
Miller, Harry (Arminius) (09-12-1875 - 03-05-1943)(Miller)
Norton, Pa (James Lansdowne) (08-01-1869 - 21-04-1925) (Norton)
Peeren, Frits
Petit, Emile (Salmson)
Pohn, Franz (on a BMW)
Prestwich, J.A. 1874-1952 (JAP)
Reventlow, Lance (24-02-1936) - 24-07-1972)(see Goossen)
Serri, Arturo
Taglioni, Fabio (Ducati)
See short biography at: Taglioni, Fabio
Fabio died wednesday 18 july 2001 (10-09-1920 - 18-07-2001)
Tonti, Lino (Bianchi)
Treen, Charles
Vareille, Pierre Henry Edmond (Lombard)

Desmo-related or non-desmo related

Delage
Henry, Ernest
Ernest Henry, der - gleichhaltrig mit Boillot, Goux und Zuccarelli - im Dezember 1950 mit 65 Jahren völlig vereinsamt, vergessen und verarmt bei Paris starb.
source: Hütten, Helmut Schnelle Motoren, p. 48