Lauri Rapala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lauri Rapala

French inventor

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1905

Place of Birth: Finland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1974

Profession: businessperson, inventor

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lauri Rapala (1905, Sysmä – 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.