Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
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
Keiko Takeshita is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of From Up on Poppy Hill as Hana Matsuzaki.
Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
Kurt Fuller is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is known for his roles in the films No Holds Barred and Ghostbus…
Kurt Fuller, American character actor
Alan Leslie Barton was a British singer and member of the hit-making duo Black Lace. Their hits include "Agadoo", "Superman" and their United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest 1979 s…
Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995)
Nancy Louise Huston is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator
Earl Klugh is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. Klugh has won one Grammy Award and received 13 nominations.
Earl Klugh, American musician
George Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, is a British diplomat, communications consultant, journalist and former politician. He served as president of the Open Society Found…
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United…
Jerome Kendrick Pate is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976.
Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Betis. He has managed clubs in Spain, Engla…
Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager
Christopher Rich Wilson is an American actor, best known for his roles on Murphy Brown, Reba, and Boston Legal.
Christopher Rich, American actor
Eric Vail is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings. He helped…
Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Luís Filipe Marques Amado is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Defence, from 2005 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to 2011, in the XVII and XVIII…
Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs