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
John Osborne (Medal of Honor) board the U.S.S. "Juniata", Osborne displayed gallant conduct in rescuing from drowning an enlisted boy of that vessel, at Philadelphia, Pa., 21 August 1876. Osborne left the Navy while still at the rank of seaman. He died on April 23, 1920, at age 75 or 76 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia. John Osborne (Medal of Honor) John Osborne (1844 – April 23, 1920) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Born in 1844 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Osborne joined the Navy