Explore 4242 historical events from 1950–1959.
James Kenneth Hahn is a Los Angeles Superior Court judge and an American former lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served…
James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a Chilean former professional footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado", who played as a forward.
Carlos Caszely, Chilean footballer
Hugh Anthony Cregg III, known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American actor and former singer-songwriter.
Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born American comic book writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on …
John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
Amal El Alami is a Moroccan physician, neurosurgeon and writer. He was born at Casablanca, the quartier Habous, in a nationalist family linked to the Istiqlal Party.
Amal ibn Idris al-Alami, Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon
Adriano Panatta is an Italian former professional tennis player. He won the 1976 French Open, becoming the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a major singles title. That year…
Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times b…
Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine
Moisés Canelas Withol, better known as Moisés Canelo, was a Honduran singer and songwriter.
Moisés Canelo, Honduran singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Sir Antony Brian Baldry, is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury from 1983 to 2015.
Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture
Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of th…
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and author. He has been considered by many as one of the most vocal, progressive and liberal member of the Pakistani intell…
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
John Robert Morgan FLSW is a British academic working at Swansea University in Wales. He is primarily known for writing books on Classics, and for contributing to a number of jour…
J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer scored several moderate solo hi…
Bonnie Pointer, American singer (died 2020)
Paul Charles Caravello, better known as Eric Carr, was an American musician. He was the drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 until his death in 1991. Caravello was selected as …
Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (died 1991)
Gilles Emile Meloche is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, scout and former player. Meloche played as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black …
Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut.
George Nelson, American astronomer and astronaut
Ma Ying-jeou is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he…
Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China
Iroijlaplap Jurelang Zedkaia was a Marshallese politician and Iroijlaplap. He served as the President of the Marshall Islands from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as the country's 5th…
Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (died 2015)
Bruce Oldfield, OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. Notable clients have included Sienna Miller, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Charlotte…
Bruce Oldfield, English fashion designer
Andrew Newmark is an American session drummer who was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and has played with George Harrison, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Carly Simon, S…
Andy Newmark, American session and touring drummer (Carly Simon, George Harrison; John Lennon)
Colin James Barnett is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th Premier of Western Australia from 2008 to 2017. He concurrently served as the state's Treasurer at sev…
Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek and American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman.
Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher
Pierre Paradis is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He represented Brome-Missisquoi in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1980 to 2018. A member of the Liberal Par…
Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
Dennis Priestley is an English former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time w…
Dennis Priestley, English darts player