Ladislao José Bíro was born 117 years ago today, and while you may not have heard of him before, you’re surely familiar with his most lasting invention: the ballpoint pen. Google’s latest Doodle ...

In a long-list of inventors who have lent their names to their creations, Ladislao José Biro is perhaps one of the least known. But his invention has stood the test of time — the ballpoint pen, also ...

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THE MAN who invented the ball point pen has been remembered on the Google homepage. To celebrate the 117th birthday of Ladislao José Biro, the search engine has created a special doodle for the ...

Chances are you’ve never heard the name László József Bíró before, but you likely use his history-changing signature invention nearly every day. On Thursday, Google honored the Hungarian genius behind ...

Google doodle: Ladislao Jose Biro invented the ballpoint pen. His simply remarkable invention is one of the most common things to be used all over the world. Google doodle is commemorating the 117th ...

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Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most unsung ...

You may not have heard of Ladislao José Biro, but you will certainly have heard of his most famous invention - the ballpoint pen. Bíro was born in 1899 in Budapest, Hungary, into a Jewish family. A ...