Attila József

Attila József was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great "proletarian poet" and he has become the best known of the modern Hungarian poets internationally.

11 April 1905

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Anton LaVey • Christopher Smart • Elizabeth Smylie • Guy Verhofstadt • Johann Sebastian Paetsch • John Levy (musician) • Lights (musician) • Peeter Kümmel • Rubén Palazuelos • Veronica Pyke • Wayne Wigham

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Arthur Lake (actor) • Elizabeth Huckaby • Erika Nõva • Erwin Keller • Eugène Bozza • Frits Philips • Gaston Eyskens • Georg Lammers • George H. Hitchings • George Nēpia • Helen Joseph • J. William Fulbright • Jean Pierre-Bloch • Jean Vigo • Joachim Büchner • Paul Hasluck • Rae Johnstone • Robert Choquette • Robert Penn Warren • Robert Sink • Sergey Nikolsky • Sydney Halter