Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
Sir John Henry Hayes is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Holland and The Deepings since 1997. He has held five ministerial p…
John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
John James "Jean" Charest is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) b…
Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Silvio Mondinelli is an Italian climber. In 2007, he became the 13th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders. He is the 6th person to achieve that feat without using supplemental …
Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
Reed B. Oliver is the current governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia since 13 January 2020.
Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia
John Tortorella is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League …
John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
William James Basinski is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist.
William Basinski, American musician and composer
Lisa Ruth Germano is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana.
Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the post-punk band the Gun Club, and released material as a solo…
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
Donna Fern Edwards is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince…
Donna Edwards, American lawyer and politician
Félix Boutboul, best known by the pseudonym of Félix Gray, is a French singer and songwriter.
Félix Gray, Tunisian-French singer-songwriter
Dieter Althaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Thuringia from 2003 to 2009. In 2003/04 he was the 58th Pr…
Dieter Althaus, German politician
Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olymp…
Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
Pamela June Royle is a British television journalist and presenter.
Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach
Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is the principal conductor designate of Orchestre de Paris and creative director designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic…
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
Jack Dyer Crouch II is an American diplomat and national security adviser. Between 2014 and October 2025, he served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Ser…
Jack Dyer Crouch II, American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor
Pavan Malhotra is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and…
Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor
Matthew William Fraser is a British-Canadian academic, author and journalist.
Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist and academic
Charles Murray Higson is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the young adult post-apocalyptic…
Charlie Higson, English actor, singer, and author
Siân Mary Lloyd is a Welsh television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg. She was the United Kingdom's longest-serving female weather forecaster, having appeared on ITV Weath…
Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and journalist
Didier Mouron is a Swiss artist. He was born in Vevey. Didier Mouron has been called "The king of the pencil".
Didier Mouron, Swiss-Canadian painter
Vera Leth is a Greenlandic civil servant who was the County Council Ombudsman for the Parliament of Greenland between 1997 and 2023.
Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
Kirk Pengilly is an Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS. Kirk plays saxophone and guitar, and also performs as a backing vocalist.
Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
Carl Howard Valentine is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area.
Carl Valentine, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Olga Volozhinskaya, he is the 1983 European silver medalist, 1985 Skate…
Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach