- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Patrick Byrne
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- John Byrne was born to an Irish Catholic family in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963. Byrne has received three Honorary Doctorates: in 1997 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paisley, in 2004 he was made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, and in 2006 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the Robert Gordon University Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.
- IMDb mini biography by: S. Timmy
- SpousesJeanine Davies(2014 - November 30, 2023) (his death)Alice Simpson(1964 - 2014) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Children with Tilda Swinton, are twins Xavier and Honor (born 6 October 1997).
- During their relationship, has lived an hour north of Inverness in Scotland, with Tilda Swinton and their two children, twins Xavier and Honor Byrne.
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to Literature and to the Theater.
- Two children with his first wife: son John (b.1964) and daughter Celie (b.1965).
- Tain, Ross, and Cromarty, Scotland.
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