Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation d…
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (died 2001)
Janet Biehl is an American author, copyeditor, translator, and artist. She authored several books and articles associated with social ecology, the body of ideas developed and publi…
Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant.
Michael Stean, English chess player and author
Fatih Terim is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.
Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary …
Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
Murray Graham Mexted is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played 34 consecutive tests for the All Blacks from 1979 to 1985. He also played 38 non-test games including 7 a…
Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Eiki Nestor is an Estonian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the leader of the party from 1994 to 1996. Nestor has been a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th,…
Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
Paul Piché is a Canadian singer-songwriter, environmentalist and political activist
Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
Marc Alexander Hunter was a New Zealand rock and pop singer, songwriter and record producer. He was the lead vocalist of Dragon, a band formed by his older brother, Todd Hunter, in…
Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter
Stein-Erik Olsen is a Norwegian classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the University of Bergen, known from collaborations with such as Gro Sandvik, Roar Engelberg and St M…
Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist
Janet Claire Mahoney, known professionally as Janet Fielding, is an Australian actress and talent agent. She played Tegan Jovanka, a companion of the Fifth Doctor, in the BBC scien…
Janet Fielding, Australian actress
Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often expl…
Pat Cadigan, American science fiction author
Amy Irving is an American actress and singer, who has worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an…
Amy Irving, American actress
John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, known also as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman, Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served…
John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician
Jani Allan was a South African journalist, columnist, writer, and broadcaster.
Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)
Sarita Violeta Francis is the Director of the Montserrat National Trust.
Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor
Renée Rebecca Geyer was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician. She released 15 studio albums with Moving Along (1977) and Tenderland (2003) both rea…
Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Tommy Roland Shaw is an American musician best known for his tenure in the rock band Styx as co-lead vocalist. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups incl…
Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultu…
Nan Goldin, American photographer
Thomas Henry Corra, better known as Tom Cora, was an American cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock. He r…
Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)
Judith White Playfair is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
Maria Margarita "Margie" Roxas Moran-Floirendo is a Filipino model, actress, socialite, peace advocate, and beauty queen who was the president of Ballet Philippines, and previously…
Margie Moran, Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1973