László Bíró

For the Hungarian Olympic wrestler, see László Bíró (wrestler).
The native form of this personal name is Bíró László József. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
László Bíró
Born
László József Schweiger

(1899-09-29)29 September 1899
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died24 October 1985(1985-10-24) (aged 86)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names
  • Ladislas Jozsef Biro
  • Ladislao José Biro
Known forInventor of the first commercially successful ballpoint pen
Spouse
Erzsébet Schick
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(m. 1931)​
Children1
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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 an Argentine, Hungary-born Jewish 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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