The ball point pen known as a biro is named after László József BÃró.
The ballpoint pen, also known as the Biro pen, was named after its inventor, Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian-Argentinian journalist.
The word 'biro' or 'Biro' comes from the name of the inventor of the ballpoint pen as we know it now, and refers specifically to the Biro and generically to that type of pen. The inventor's name was László József Bíró (or, in his native Hungarian, Bíró László József); he lived from 1899 to 1985. You can learn more about Biro from many sources, including the link below.
I think they are both named after people.
It was named after László József Bíro, the man that invented it.
Biro was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1899. He presented the first production of the ball pen at the Budapest International Fair in 1931. In 1943 he moved to Argentina and on 10 June filed another patent, and formed Biro Pens of Argentina.
lazlo biro invented the biro in 1985
The Biro brothers invented the ball point pen. Years later, the BIC company, which had made its fortune by marketing inexpensive but very functional ball point pens, named one of its ball point pens after them, calling it the Biro.
Ladislao Biro Invented the Biro with his brother, Georg.
A biro is a BIRO-brand ballpoint pen, or by extension, any variety of ballpoint pen.
Barney Biro's birth name is Barnet Wolf Biro.
cheese Um, nope. Not from cheese. It's Hungarian and it means "judge". A Hungarian man named Biro invented the ball point pen, thus them being called "Biro's" in England. Although many people pronounce it "BI-ro" it's actually supposed to be "Beer-o".
Laszlo Biro's wife's name is Elsa Elizabeth Schick Biro.