Jozef Miloslav Hurban

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Hurban's memorial in Žilina
Hurban's memorial in Žilina

Jozef Miloslav Hurban (19 March 1817 in Beckov, Slovakia, at that time Kingdom of Hungary - 21 February 1886 in Hlboké), pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský, was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849, a Slovak writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life and a Protestant priest. He first supported Ján Kollár, but later turned to Ľudovít Štúr.

The city of Hurbanovo in southern Slovakia is named after him.

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