John Simon

John Simon was born in Subotica (present-day Serbia) of Hungarian descent to Joseph and Margaret (née Reves) Simmon. He amended his surname at some point to "Simon". He grew up in Belgrade before immigrating to the United States in 1941, aged 16, on a tourist visa to join his parents. He posted on his blog that "Ivan" was later added by his father as a middle name to add distinction.