József Romhányi (8 March 1921 – 7 May 1983) was a Hungarian writer, poet, translator, and artist.
Originally he wanted to be a musician and learned viola in the Székesfővárosi Felsőbb Zenei Iskola musical school.
He wrote several librettos for Hungarian operas, including Hunyady for Rezső Sugár (1953), Báthory Zsigmond for Horusitzky Zoltán (1960), and Muzsikus Péter for György Ránki (1963).
He is known for his animal poems that were released after his death with the title Szamárfül ("Earmark" and "Ear of a Donkey").
He is perhaps best known for the scripts of various Hungarian cartoon series, including Mézga Család (The Gums), the Kérem a következőt!