# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-ward-leonard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:12:53.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-ward-leonard"
name: "Harry Ward Leonard"
slug: "harry-ward-leonard"
description: "Harry Ward Leonard was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He is best known for his invention, the Ward Leonard motor control system. Equipment based on this invention remained in service into the 21st century."
tagline: "American electrical engineer (1861-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H._Ward_Leonard_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-02-08"
deathDate: "1915-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.346725333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هاري وارد ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ward_Leonard"
    title: "Harry Ward Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump