Ľudovít Štúr (
pronunciation (help·info); October 29, 1815, Uhrovec, nearby Bánovce nad Bebravou – January 12, 1856, Modra), known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language. Štúr was an organizer of the Slovak volunteer campaigns during the 1848 Revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary, and a member of the Diet of the Kingdom of Hungary, as well as a politician, Slovak poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher and linguist.