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László Bíró

Hungarian inventor

Died when: 86 years 25 days (1032 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

László Bíró

László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈjoːʒɛf ˈbiːroː]; born László József Schweiger; 29 September 1899 – 24 October 1985), Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was a Hungarian-Argentine 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.


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