# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lauri-rapala
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:40:17.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lauri-rapala"
name: "Lauri Rapala"
slug: "lauri-rapala"
description: "Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala-Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children. He created one of the first artificial fishing lures in 1936, which later became known as the Original Floater, a lure for which he would be made somewhat noted."
tagline: "Finnish fisherman; founder of Rapala-Normark Group (1905–1974)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-11-27"
deathDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.348813333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Rapala"
    title: "Lauri Rapala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "لورى رابالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Rapala"
    title: "Lauri Rapala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Rapala"
    title: "Lauri Rapala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Rapala"
    title: "Lauri Rapala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Rapala"
    title: "Lauri Rapala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Рапала, Лаури"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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