Biro
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Bíró is a Hungarian
surname
meaning "judge", and may refer to:
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "judge", and may refer to:
- A brand of ballpoint penBallpoint penA ballpoint pen is a writing instrument with an internal ink reservoir and a sphere for a point. The internal chamber is filled with a viscous ink that is dispensed at its tip during use by the rolling action of a small sphere...
. In British English the word "biro" is often used as a generic term for any ballpoint pen. - László BíróLászló BíróLászló József Bíró was the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen.Bíró was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1899. He presented the first production of the ball pen at the Budapest International Fair in 1931...
, the inventor of the ballpoint pen. - Charles BiroCharles BiroCharles Biro was an American comic book creator and cartoonist. He is today chiefly known for creating the comic book characters Airboy and Steel Sterling, and for his 16-year run on the acclaimed 1940s series Daredevil Comics for Lev Gleason Publications.-Biography:Charles Biro studied art at...
, a comic book writer. - Val BiroVal BiroVal Biro , children's author, artist and illustrator, was a native of Hungary now resident in Sussex in England. He received his education in Budapest and London...
, a children's book writer and artist - Jan Charles Biro, a scientist who discovered the Proteomic CodeProteomic CodeThe Proteomic Code is a set of rules by which information in genetic material is transferred into the physicochemical properties of amino acids and determines how individual amino acids interact with each other during folding and in specific protein–protein interactions. The Proteomic Code is part...
and RNA-assisted protein folding.