What is André Citroën?
{{Infobox person |name = André Citroën |image = AndreCitroen.jpg |image_size = |caption = André Citroën on an ocean voyage |birth_name = André-Gustave Citroën |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1878|2|5}} |birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1935|7|3|1878|2|5}} |death_place = Paris, France |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = French |other_names = |known_for = Founder of [[Citroën]] |education = |employer = |occupation = Business, engineering |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = Levie Citroen and Masza Amelia Kleinman |relatives = [[Alfred Lindon]] <small>(brother-in-law)</small> |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} [[Image:Engrenages - 85.488 -.jpg|thumb|The gears with ''double chevrons'' that reputedly were the basis of the Citroën logo.]] [[Image:ACitroen-Grab.JPG|thumb|His grave in Paris]] '''André-Gustave Citroën''' ({{IPA-fr|ɑ̃dʁe ɡystav sitʁɔɛn|lang}}; 5 February 1878 – 3 July 1935) was a [[France|French]] industrialist and [[freemason]] of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and [[Poland|Polish]] [[Jew]]ish origin.<ref>Dictionnaire universel de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Monique Cara, Jean-Marc Cara and Marc de Jode, Larousse ed., 2011)</ref><ref>LE METRO VIRTUEL – Page 282 (Thierry Van de Leur, PARISIS CODE 5 ed., 2012)</ref><ref>André Citroën – page 92 (Jacques Wolgensinger, Flamarion ed., 1991)</ref> Citroen was the founder of the car company [[Citroën]], and for his application of [[Herringbone gear|double helical gears]]. Citroën was born on 5 February 1878 in the city of [[Paris]] and died from [[stomach cancer]] on 3 July 1935 in Paris, aged 57. He had graduated the [[École Polytechnique]]