John Osborne John Osborne John James Osborne (Fulham, London, 12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play "Look Back in Anger" transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against
Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet, MP (died 11 April 1743), was an Irish baronet, landowner and politician. The younger son of Nicholas Osborne (died 25 December 1714) and wife Anne "née" Parsons, and grandson of Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet. He succeeded his brother, Sir Nicholas Osborne, 6th Baronet, in 1719. Educated at the Middle Temple, he practised as a barrister after being called to the Bar at King's Inns, Dublin in 1726. Sir John served as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Lismore from 1719 until 1727 and for Waterford