INVENTOR

Leo Fender

1909 - 1991

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Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Fender designed the company's iconic early instruments: the Fender Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster, among the most iconic electric guitars; and the Fender Precision Bass, which set the standard for electric basses. He also designed the Fender Bassman amplifier, which became the archetype for later amplifiers (notably by Marshall and Mesa Boogie) that dominated rock and roll music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Fender has received more than 1,158,459 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Leo Fender is the 99th most popular inventor (down from 94th in 2019), the 1,182nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Inventor.

Leo Fender is most famous for his contributions to the electric guitar. He created the Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Precision Bass guitars.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Leo Fender ranks 99 out of 426. Before him are André-Jacques Garnerin, Daniel Swarovski, Elisha Otis, Franz Reichelt, Alphonse Bertillon, and Johann Maria Farina. After him are Momofuku Ando, Robert Noyce, Louis Le Prince, Jacque Fresco, John Harrison, and Edmund Cartwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Leo Fender ranks 39. Before him are Jessica Tandy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Edward Tatum, Miep Gies, Matt Busby, and Ernst vom Rath. After him are Alain Poher, Hélder Câmara, Vicente Feola, László Rajk, Colonel Tom Parker, and Yiannis Ritsos. Among people deceased in 1991, Leo Fender ranks 38. Before him are Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Jean Tinguely, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Kempff, and Stan Getz. After him are Don Siegel, Gino Colaussi, James Irwin, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, and Ivan Kozhedub.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leo Fender ranks 1,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Sharp (1928), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Anjelica Huston (1951), George Armitage Miller (1920), Lisa Kudrow (1963), and Mary Higgins Clark (1927). After him are Joe Jackson (1928), William Fichtner (1956), Don Siegel (1912), Donna Haraway (1944), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), and Sissy Spacek (1949).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Leo Fender ranks 24. Before him are John Deere (1804), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), George Eastman (1854), Ray Tomlinson (1941), and Elisha Otis (1811). After him are Robert Noyce (1927), Jacque Fresco (1916), Lee de Forest (1873), Josiah Warren (1798), Hiram Maxim (1840), and Percy Spencer (1894).

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