# Bill Lear

> William Powell Lear was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding Learjet, a manufacturer of business jets. He also invented the battery eliminator for the B battery, and developed the car radio and the 8-track cartridge, an audio tape system. Throughout his career of 46 years, Lear received over 140 patents.

*American businessman and inventor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bill-lear

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1902-06-26
- **Died:** 1978-05-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495164/ (@nm0495164)

## Sources
- [Вільям Лір](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%80)
- [بيل لير](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [William Lear](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lear)
- [Bill Lear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lear)
- [Bill Lear](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lear)
- [Bill Lear](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lear)
- [William Powell Lear](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Powell_Lear)
- [Лир, Уильям](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325128)
- [Bill O'Leary](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1401997)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/bill-lear