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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. Fender, who was not a guitarist himself, was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Fender is the 96th most popular inventor (up from 99th in 2019), the 1,395th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 29th 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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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Leo Fender ranks 96 out of 426. Before him are Henri Coandă, Thomas Savery, André-Jacques Garnerin, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Johann Maria Farina, and Sakichi Toyoda. After him are Daniel Swarovski, John Harrison, Momofuku Ando, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Richard Arkwright, and Elisha Otis.

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Among people born in 1909, Leo Fender ranks 40. Before him are Colonel Tom Parker, Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, Teiichi Matsumaru, and John Fante. After him are Alain Poher, Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, Hélder Câmara, and Yiannis Ritsos. Among people deceased in 1991, Leo Fender ranks 43. Before him are Jean Tinguely, Don Siegel, Gunnar Gren, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, and Salvador Luria. After him are Alfonso García Robles, Richard Stone, George Stigler, Tony Richardson, Ivan Kozhedub, and Mohammed Abdel Wahab.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leo Fender ranks 1,395 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Wolfe (1900), Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), Ash Carter (1954), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), and Edna Purviance (1895). After him are Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Eric Adams (1960), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), and Tom Holland (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Leo Fender ranks 29. Before him are Les Paul (1915), Ruth Handler (1916), George Eastman (1854), John Browning (1855), Ray Tomlinson (1941), and Raymond Damadian (1936). After him are Elisha Otis (1811), Walter Hunt (1796), David Bushnell (1742), Josiah Warren (1798), Jacque Fresco (1916), and Robert Noyce (1927).

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