Samo Tomášik

Samo Tomášik, also known as Samuel Tomášik, pseudonyms Kozodolský, Tomášek; February 8, 1813 – September 10, 1887) was a ethnic Slovak romantic poet and prosaist from Transleithania.

Samo Tomášik was best known for writing the 1834 poem, "Hej, Slováci", which was in use since 1944 - under the title of "Hej, Sloveni" () - as the national anthem of Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. It was also the national anthem of the First Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945 as original version "Hej, Slováci" () Provided by Wikipedia