Name: John Giorno
Birthday: 04 December 1936
Deathday: 12 October 2019
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Known For: Acting
John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.