László Bíró
Hungarian inventor
Died when: 86 years 25 days (1032 months)Star Sign: Libra
László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: ['la?slo? 'jo???f 'bi?ro?]; 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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