1899 - 1985
László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈjoːʒɛf ˈbiːroː]) 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 had been invented roughly 50 years earlier by John J. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Bíró has received more than 1,100,818 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). László Bíró is the 43rd most popular inventor (down from 38th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Inventor.
László bíró is most famous for being the inventor of the modern football.
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Among inventors, László Bíró ranks 43 out of 355. Before him are Ernő Rubik, Herman Hollerith, Igor Sikorsky, Ismail al-Jazari, Abbas ibn Firnas, and Isaac Singer. After him are Elon Musk, Richard Trevithick, Charles Goodyear, Willis Carrier, Wilhelm Maybach, and Douglas Engelbart.
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 37
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 38
1889 - 1972
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 39
1136 - 1206
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 40
810 - 887
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 41
1811 - 1875
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 42
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 44
1771 - 1833
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 45
1800 - 1860
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 46
1876 - 1950
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 47
1846 - 1929
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 48
1925 - 2013
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1899, László Bíró ranks 15. Before him are Yasunari Kawabata, Humphrey Bogart, Lavrentiy Beria, Fred Astaire, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Francis Poulenc. After him are Duke Ellington, Erich Kästner, Paul-Henri Spaak, Béla Guttmann, Adnan Menderes, and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. Among people deceased in 1985, László Bíró ranks 13. Before him are Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Charles Francis Richter, Italo Calvino, Rock Hudson, and Simone Signoret. After him are Dian Fossey, Simon Kuznets, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Philip Larkin, Lon Nol, and Jean Dubuffet.
1899 - 1972
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 9
1899 - 1957
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 10
1899 - 1953
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 11
1899 - 1987
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 12
1899 - 1918
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 13
1899 - 1963
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 14
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 15
1899 - 1974
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 16
1899 - 1974
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 17
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 18
1899 - 1981
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 19
1899 - 1961
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 20
1899 - 1972
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 21
1902 - 1985
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 7
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 8
1900 - 1985
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 9
1923 - 1985
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 10
1925 - 1985
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 12
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 13
1932 - 1985
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 14
1901 - 1985
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 15
1896 - 1985
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 16
1922 - 1985
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 17
1913 - 1985
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 18
1901 - 1985
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 19
Among people born in Hungary, László Bíró ranks 30 out of 696. Before him are Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Ernő Rubik (1944), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Edward Teller (1908), and Dennis Gabor (1900). After him are László Kubala (1927), Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Sándor Kocsis (1929), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), and Zoltán Kodály (1882).
1374 - 1399
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 24
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 25
1175 - 1235
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 26
1868 - 1924
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 27
1908 - 2003
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 28
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 29
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 30
1927 - 2002
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 31
1847 - 1911
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 32
1929 - 1979
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 33
1409 - 1442
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 34
1882 - 1953
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 35
1882 - 1967
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 36
Among inventors born in Hungary, László Bíró ranks 2. Before him are Ernő Rubik (1944). After him are Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734), David Schwarz (1850), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Paul von Jankó (1856), and Kálmán Kandó (1869).
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 2
1734 - 1804
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 3
1850 - 1897
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 4
1860 - 1939
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 5
1844 - 1893
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 6
1856 - 1919
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 7
1869 - 1931
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 8