László Bíró, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

László Bíró

Hungarian inventor

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1985

Profession: inventor, sculptor, journalist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: ['la?slo? 'jo???f 'bi?ro?]) or Ladislao José Biro (born as László József Schweiger, 29 September 1899 – 24 October 1985) was a Hungarian-Argentine inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen.
The first ballpoint pen was invented roughly 50 years earlier by John J.
Loud, but it did not attain commercial success.