1952
Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
Eamonn Christopher Darcy is an Irish professional golfer. He won four times on the European Tour and played in the Ryder Cup four times.
Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
The 1950s
Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
1952
Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
Cornelis Kist is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. He played as a striker, and most notably won the European Golden Shoe for the 1978–79 season.
Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
1952
Alexei Sayle, English comedian, actor, and author
Alexei David Sayle is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movem…
Alexei Sayle, English comedian, actor, and author
1952
Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
Anton Fig is a South African session drummer perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. David Letterman, for whom…
Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
1952
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring thei…
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1952
Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
Robert Douglas Melvin is a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) who previously served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers (1995–2001) and Milwauke…
Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
1952
Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
Robin Ophelia Quivers is an American radio personality best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show.
Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
1952
Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976.
Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1952
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata is a Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand. Among her supporters, she is known as Khru Prate…
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
1952
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
Daniel Hugh Kelly is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the 1980s ABC TV series Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986) as the ex-con Mark …
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
1952
Diane Venora, American actress
Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. Sh…
Diane Venora, American actress
1952
Reid Blackburn, American photographer (died 1980)
Reid Turner Blackburn was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vanco…
Reid Blackburn, American photographer (died 1980)
1952
Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
Robert Leroy Mothersbaugh Jr., also known by his stage name Bob 1, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and composer.
Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
1952
Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
William Daniel Biles is a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Biles was appointed on January 7, 2009, by Governor Kathleen Sebelius to replace retiring Chief Justice Kay McFarland…
Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
1952
Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024)
Sitaram Yechury was an Indian Marxist politician, theorist and statesman who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He also a member of the Politburo …
Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024)
1952
Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
Gary Gibbs is an American football coach and former player who previously served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma for six years, compiling a record of 44–23…
Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
1952
Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist
Suzanne Muldowney, nicknamed Underdog Lady or simply Underdog, is a performance artist known for her appearances in parades in various cities throughout the year in her elaborate h…
Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist
1952
Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (died 2002)
Herbert Ritts Jr. was an American fashion photographer and music video director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s an…
Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (died 2002)
1952
Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
Hugh Edward "Hughie" Thomasson Jr. was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws. The band found success in the late 1970s and early 1980s with a…
Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
1952
Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Dave Carter was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music". He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Gramm…
Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1952
Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
Eugenio Gabriel "Gabby" Lopez III is a Filipino-American businessman who was the CEO (1993–2013), chairman (1997–2018) and chairman emeritus (2018–2020) of the Filipino media compa…
Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
1952
Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, also known by her married name Deborah Meyer Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a 1968 three-time Olympic champion, and a former world recor…
Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
1952
Chuck Burgi, American drummer
Charles Arnold Burgi III is an American drummer. He has performed with many rock bands and musicians, ranging from local New Jersey/New York-area artists to international groups, t…
Chuck Burgi, American drummer
1952
Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
Reginald VelJohnson is an American actor. He is best known for portraying police officers on screen, such as Sergeant Al Powell in the Die Hard franchise and Carl Winslow in the te…
Reginald VelJohnson, American actor