John H. Johnson was born on January 19, 1918 in Arkansas City, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Eunice Johnson. He died on August 8, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
One of the first African-American men to appear on the Forbes 400 rich list.
Elected to 20th Century Fox's Board of Directors'. This was the first time that a black American had held an administrative job in a major studio: March 1971.