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  • Adam Opel (1837 - 1895)
    - Wikipedia - Adam Opel (9 May 1837– 8 September 1895) was the founder of the German automobile company Opel geneall.net/de
  • Adam Wilhelm von Opel (1871 - 1948)
    von Opel (15 May 1871 – 2 May 1948), known as Wilhelm Opel before being ennobled in 1917, was one of the founders of the German automobile manufacturer Opel. He introduced the assembly line to the Germ...
  • Fritz von Opel (1899 - 1971)
    Adam Hermann von Opel (4 May 1899 – 8 April 1971) was a German rocket technology pioneer and automotive executive, nicknamed "Rocket-Fritz". He is remembered mostly for his spectacular demonstrations o...
  • Georg Adolf Karl von Opel (1869 - 1927)
    cf.: Adolf Carl von Opel (31 August 1869 – 16 February 1927), known as Georg Adolf Carl Opel before being ennobled in 1918, was a bank specialist and industrialist of the Opel family and one of the fou...
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About the Opel surname

Opel stammt vom mittelalterlichen Vornamen Adalbert (der Edle und Schöne) ab, abgewandelt Albrecht und in Kurzform Apel, in thür./fränk. Dialektraum zu Opel.