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Leonard Chess

1917 - 1969

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Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969) was a Polish-American record company executive and the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Phil. He was influential in the development of the recording industry, and electric blues, Chicago blues, and rock and roll. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Chess is the 692nd most popular businessperson (down from 616th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 180th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belarusian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Leonard Chess ranks 692 out of 847. Before her are Meng Wanzhou, Hiroshi Mikitani, Irwin M. Jacobs, Lamar Hunt, Lynn Hill, and Christy Walton. After her are Cindy McCain, Paul Stoddart, Chris Hughes, John Peter Zenger, Samuel Brannan, and Xu Rongmao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Leonard Chess ranks 328. Before her are Steve Cochran, Denis Healey, Valerie Hobson, Brenda Joyce, W. T. Tutte, and Elyse Knox. After her are Merle Travis, Adele Jergens, Walter Lord, Fannie Lou Hamer, Arthur Laurents, and Laurie Scott. Among people deceased in 1969, Leonard Chess ranks 240. Before her are Cyril Slater, Alan Mowbray, Bruno Söderström, Ardeshir Irani, Paul Hawkins, and Willy Ley. After her are Pauline Bush, Walter Hagen, Josh White, Miles Malleson, Richard Allen, and Gaston Strobino.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Leonard Chess ranks 194 out of 368. Before her are Igor Zhelezovski (1963), Maria Kalesnikava (1982), Sergey Gotsmanov (1959), Vladimir Makei (1958), Andrey Melnichenko (1972), and Nadzeya Ostapchuk (1980). After her are Andrei Mikhnevich (1976), Igor Astapkovich (1963), Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961), Mikola Statkevich (1956), Valyantsin Byalkevich (1973), and Ivan Tsikhan (1976).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belarus

Among businesspeople born in Belarus, Leonard Chess ranks 3. Before her are David Sarnoff (1891), and Andrey Melnichenko (1972). After her are Gary Vaynerchuk (1975), and Jennifer Gilbert (1968).

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