John Lewis (pianist)

John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

3 May 1920

Born on the same birth day (3 May): Ben Revere • Bernhard von Bülow • Dave Dudley • Eppa Rixey • Jacob Viner • Juan Gelman • Kiro Gligorov • Kʼan Joy Chitam I • Louis, Count of Évreux • Margaret of York • Pete Seeger • Ralph Hall • Sterling Campbell • Tyronn Lue • Vagn Walfrid Ekman

Born in the same month (May 1920): Anthony Storr • Arthur Wint • Barbara Howard (athlete) • Bill Barber (musician) • Clifton James • Franklin J. Schaffner • Gordon McClymont • Harry Männil • Helen O'Connell • Jack Cheetham • John Cruickshank • Rendra Karno