Ágoston Pável was a linguist, ethnographer and writer from the Prekmurje region. Born on August 23, 1886 in Cankova, he lived and worked in Szombathely, where he died on January 2, 1946. In 1956, on the 70th anniversary of his birth, the Prekmurje Cultural Association of Murska Sobota organized a commemorative ceremony in his native village: a plaque was unveiled at the house where he was born. Members of the Maribor Cultural Association were also invited to the ceremony.