Look up diesel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diesel may refer to: Contents [hide] 1 Technology 2 Names 3 Music 4 Other uses Technology[edit] Diesel fuel Diesel engine Diesel cycle Diesel exhaust Diesel (game engine) Diesel (programming language), successor of Cecil Names[edit] Given names and nicknames Diesel Dahl (born 1959), drummer and co-founder of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT David S. LaForce or "Diesel", cartographer and illustrator John Riggins or "The Diesel", NFL football player Greg Williams (Australian footballer) or "Diesel", Australian-rules footballer "Diesel", a former ring name of American professional wrestler Kevin Nash Glenn Jacobs, American wrestler once known as "Fake Diesel" and now better known as Kane Joe Riggs or "Diesel", mixed martial artist Shaquille O'Neal or "The Diesel", a retired American basketball player Brett Keisel or "Diesel", NFL football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers Diesel (dog), a Malinois (Belgian Shepherd Dog) which was killed in an attack on an ISIS flat in Paris in November 2015 Surnames Nathanael Diesel (1692 1745), Danish composer, violinist and lutenist Rudolf Diesel (1858 1913), German engineer; inventor of the namesake Diesel engine Vin Diesel (born 1967), American actor Music[edit] Diesel (band), a Dutch band Udora (band) or Diesel, a Brazilian alternative rock band Diesel (musician), an Australian rock singer-songwriter Other uses[edit] Diesel (film), a 1942 German film Diesel, a 1985 film by Robert Kramer The Diesel (aka D261), a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Diesel, a character from The Railway Series Diesel (Cannabis), a subset of sativa-dominant Cannabis strains Diesel cigars, a brand manufactured by A. J. Fernandez Cigars Diesel, a variety of the beer cocktail Snakebite 10093 Diesel, an asteroid named after Rudolf Diesel Diesel (brand), an Italian clothing company Operation Diesel, a 2009 NATO military operation in Afghanistan Disambiguation icon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Diesel. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point direc tly to the intended article. Categories: Disambiguation pagesDisambiguation pages with surname-holder lists