Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed and hidden emotions. During his career, Lee has received international…
Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Thomas Joseph Mulcair is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2012 to 2017 and leader of the Official Opposition…
Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
Marion Michael Rounds is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he serve…
Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
Bradley James Sherman is an American accountant and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 32nd congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he…
Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian former politician, businessman and barrister who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader …
Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
Michael Anthony "Rizzo" Eruzione is an Italian-American former ice hockey player. He was the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Sovie…
Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach
Mark Arnold Krinsky, better known as Ed Powers, is an American pornographic film director, producer, actor, and radio host. He is the owner of the porn production company Ed Powers…
Ed Powers, American founder of Ed Powers Productions
Vasilis Hatzipanagis is a Greek former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder for Iraklis in the Alpha Ethniki and Pakhtakor Tashkent in the Soviet Supreme League. He a…
Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
Adam Mars-Jones is a British novelist and literary and film critic.
Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
Donald Warren Moffett is an American actor. He began his career in stage productions in Chicago before starring in the original New York City production of Larry Kramer's The Norma…
D. W. Moffett, American actor and director
James Pickens Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporti…
James Pickens Jr., American actor
Jan Duursema is an American comics artist known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise. She is the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and …
Jan Duursema, American illustrator
Michael Kelley was an American artist whose work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance, photography, sound and video. He also worked o…
Mike Kelley, American artist and musician (died 2012)
Christopher James Tavaré is a former English international cricketer who played in 31 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1989. His style of play was charac…
Chris Tavaré, English cricketer and biologist
Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib, popularly nicknamed Bibo, is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the…
Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
Anthony Graham Brown, known professionally as T. Graham Brown, is an American country music singer. Active since 1973, Brown has recorded 13 studio albums and has charted more than…
T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter
The Kendalls were an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall .Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released 16 albums on various label…
Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter
Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.
Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
Emil Leon Post was an American mathematician and logician. He is best known for his work in the field that eventually became known as computability theory.
Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (born 1897)
Guy Mairesse was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points.
Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (born 1910)
Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.
Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German army general and military theorist. A pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of the panz…
Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (born 1888)
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and econo…
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (born 1900)
William March was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by cr…
William March, American soldier and author (born 1893)