Laszlo Josef Biro

(1899 – 1985)

Inventor. ‘Father of the ballpoint pen and inventor of the automatic gearbox’.

He – with his brother – created the first usable ballpoint pen and successfully marketed it internationally. He also designed the first automatic gearbox for automobiles.

Invented:the modern ballpoint pen (1938), Biro Pens of Argentina (1943), the automatic gearbox.

 

Laszlo Josef Biro