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ballpoint pen

writing implement
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Summary

ballpoint pen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,241 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Marcel Bich[2]
  • Named after: Maik[3], László Bíró[4]
  • Follows: Sergent-Major[5]
  • Subclass of: pen[6], stationery[7]
  • Commons category: Ballpens[8]
  • Unicode character: 🖊[9]
  • Has part(s): bearing ball[10]
  • Inception: 1888[11]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1888[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ballpens[13]
  • Commons gallery: Ballpoint[14]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02783161-n[15], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/102778453-n[16]

Why It Matters

ballpoint pen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Bic László Bíró

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · ~2026-51829-47 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Marcel Bich
    Niconicopedia id → ボールペン
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Discoverer or inventor: Marcel Bich"
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