death_date death_place birth_place citizenship image_size nationality fields birth_date known_for residence image article_title name
20 april 1872 zagreb , kingdom of croatia-slavonia , austria-hungary krapina , kingdom croatia , -lrb- austria-hungary -rrb- austria-hungary 220px german linguistics 8 august 1809 gaj 's latin alphabet , illyrian movement zagreb , kingdom of croatia-slavonia , austria-hungary ljudevit gaj -lrb- knjižnica gajeva 1875 -rrb- . png ljudevit gaj
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ljudevit gaj

ljudevit gaj -lrb- ; 8 august 1809 -- 20 april 1872 -rrb- , born ludwig gay , was a croatian linguist , politician , journalist and writer .
he was one of the central figures of the pan-slavist illyrian movement .
