János was born on May 17th, 1912. János' father was János Paulik and his mother was Erzsébet Jakab. His paternal grandparents were András Pavlik and Zsuzsanna Skrabák. He had three brothers named László, Géza and Gyula. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 96 in February 2009 in Budapest.1