Sándor Petőfi

Sándor Petőfi (1 January 1823 – now likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian and Slovak ethnicity and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the National song (National Song), which is said to have inspired the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. It is now likely that he died in the Battle of Sighisoara, one of the last battles of the war.