László Bíró
László Bíró | |
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Bíró in 1978 | |
| Born | László József Schweiger 29 September 1899 |
| Died | 24 October 1985 (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Known for | Inventor of the first commercially successful ballpoint pen |
| Spouse |
Erzsébet Schick (m. 1931) |
| Children | 1 |
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László József Bíró (Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈjoːʒɛf ˈbiːroː]; né Schweiger; 29 September 1899 – 24 October 1985), Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was a Hungarian inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. The first ballpoint pen had been invented roughly 50 years earlier by John J. Loud, but it was not a commercial success.