Vladimir Mayakovsky is considered one of the most important Russian poets of the 20th century, and perhaps I would not be wrong if I said that at least a few lines from his poems can be recalled by any person you stop on the street with this question (unless, of course, you accidentally stop a tourist who does not speak Russian).
Vladimir Mayakovsky is well known in other countries too. I am from Hungary, and his work was already known in the 1920s. Many of his works are translated even to Hungarian.
Oh, I didn't know that! His poems seem so difficult to translate. I'm glad to get this information. Thank you very much!