INVENTOR

László Bíró

1899 - 1985

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László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈjoːʒɛf ˈbiːroː]; né 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Bíró has received more than 1,376,135 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). László Bíró is the 37th most popular inventor (down from 36th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 29th 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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  • 68.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, László Bíró ranks 37 out of 426. Before him are Thomas Newcomen, Nicolas Appert, Eli Whitney, George Westinghouse, Igor Sikorsky, and Robert Fulton. After him are Richard Trevithick, Adolphe Sax, Frank Whittle, John Logie Baird, Ruth Handler, and Jimmy Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, László Bíró ranks 12. Before him are Vladimir Nabokov, Friedrich Hayek, Frederick IX of Denmark, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, and Humphrey Bogart. After him are Fred Astaire, Duke Ellington, Francis Poulenc, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Adnan Menderes. Among people deceased in 1985, László Bíró ranks 11. Before him are Heinrich Böll, Italo Calvino, Carl Schmitt, Simone Signoret, Fernand Braudel, and Orson Welles. After him are Jean Dubuffet, Rock Hudson, Simon Kuznets, Charles Francis Richter, Dian Fossey, and Lon Nol.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Bíró ranks 37 out of 1,077. Before him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Ernő Rubik (1944), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), and Leo Szilard (1898). After him are Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Sándor Kocsis (1929), Dennis Gabor (1900), Sándor Márai (1900), Sándor Petőfi (1823), and Zoltán Kodály (1882).

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Among INVENTORS In Hungary

Among inventors born in Hungary, László Bíró ranks 2. Before him are Ernő Rubik (1944). After him are David Schwarz (1850), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Paul von Jankó (1856), Peter Carl Goldmark (1906), and Kálmán Kandó (1869).

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