Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Lorna Golding is the wife of the 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding. Lorna Golding, is sister of retired JLP MP, Minister, and Speaker of the House Pearnel Charles. She c…
Lorna Golding, Former First Lady of Jamaica
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primet…
Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
Richard Michael Sternbach is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the Star Trek television series.
Rick Sternbach, American illustrator and concept designer
Alan Dean Ashby is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and former radio and television sports commentator. A switch hitter, he played fo…
Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
Anjelica Huston is an American actress, director and model. Known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters, she has received multiple accolades, including an Acade…
Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
Christopher Walton Cooper is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western tele…
Chris Cooper, American actor
Cheryl Wheeler is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded thirteen folk albums to date and has toured extensively throughout the United States si…
Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nathan Edward Ott, nicknamed "Otter", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1974 to 1981 for …
Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
Joan Baehler Bauer is an American writer of young adult literature currently residing with her husband Evan Bauer in Brooklyn. Bauer was born in River Forest, Illinois. They are th…
Joan Bauer, American author
Māris Gailis is a Latvian businessman and former politician. He is the former prime minister of Latvia, an office he held from September 1994 to December 1995. In the government of…
Māris Gailis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician and lecturer who has served as the 29th Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He is a Me…
Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India
Brian Thomas Grazer is an American film and television producer. He founded Imagine Entertainment in 1985 with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $15 billion. Gr…
Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series Charlie's Angels, whose cast she joined in its second sea…
Cheryl Ladd, American actress
Piotr Pustelnik is a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. He is the 20th man to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders. He is also a doctor of chemistry and researcher at the Łód…
Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer
James Patrick Sheridan is an American actor known for playing a wide range of roles in theater, film, and television. He is known for Randall Flagg in The Stand (1994), Captain Jam…
Jamey Sheridan, American actor
Robert William Bishop is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he …
Rob Bishop, American educator and politician
Edith "Didi" Conn is an American actress. She is best known for her work as Frenchy in Grease, Denise Stevens Downey in Benson and Stacy Jones in Shining Time Station.
Didi Conn, American actress and singer
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".
Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (died 2010)
Jesse Ventura is an American politician, Vietnam veteran, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the World Wrestling Federation, he served as the 38th go…
Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
Jean-Luc Mongrain is a Canadian journalist, television host and news anchor. He was the news anchor of his own show called Mongrain on LCN until 2012.
Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
Che Rosli bin Che Mat is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Hulu Langat constituency in Selangor for two terms (2008-2018). He is a mem…
Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
'Lucie Désirée Arnaz Luckinbill is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the older sister of actor and musician Desi Arnaz,…
Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down…
Mark Bowden, American journalist and author
Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire in Leicestershire as wel…
Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces