The 1950s

1956 70 years ago

Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist

Patrick Besson is a French writer and journalist.

Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist

1956 70 years ago

Petra Morsbach, German author

Petra Morsbach is a German author.

Petra Morsbach, German author

1956 70 years ago

Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver

Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers is a Dutch racecar driver, most notable for winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans world endurance race, for Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR; after four seasons i…

Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver

1956 70 years ago

George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager

George Elder Burley is a Scottish former football player and manager. He had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player, making 628 league appearances and earning 11 Scotl…

George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager

1956 70 years ago

Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Danny Wilde is an American musician. He is a founding member of the alternative rock duo the Rembrandts, who are best known for the Friends theme song "I'll Be There for You".

Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 70 years ago

Keith David, American actor

Keith David Williams is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, voice work and interactive me…

Keith David, American actor

1956 70 years ago

Joyce Sidman, American author and poet

Joyce Sidman is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal, and won the Sibert Medal in 2019.

Joyce Sidman, American author and poet

1956 70 years ago

Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)

Charles Gordon MacArthur was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story.

Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)

1956 70 years ago

Edward Arnold, American actor (born 1890)

Günther Edward Arnold Schneider was an American actor of the stage and screen.

Edward Arnold, American actor (born 1890)

1956 70 years ago

Fred Marriott, American race car driver (born 1872)

Fred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph (205.5 km/h) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley L…

Fred Marriott, American race car driver (born 1872)

1956 70 years ago

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)

Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Leeb was a highly …

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)

1956 70 years ago

Alben W

Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Trum…

Alben W

1956 70 years ago

John Hockenberry, American journalist and author

John Charles Hockenberry is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades.…

John Hockenberry, American journalist and author

1956 70 years ago

Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager

Terrence Edward Kennedy is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978–1980), San Diego Padres (1981–1986), Baltimore Orioles (198…

Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager

1956 70 years ago

LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)

LeRoy Perry Samse was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in …

LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)

1956 70 years ago

Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (born 1895)

Carl Henry Vogt, known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,” he appeare…

Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (born 1895)

1956 70 years ago

Joan Malleson, English physician (born 1889)

Joan Graeme Malleson was an English physician, specialist in contraception and prominent advocate of the legalisation of abortion.

Joan Malleson, English physician (born 1889)

1956 70 years ago

Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (born 1886)

Austin Osman Spare was an English artist and occultist who worked as a draughtsman, writer and painter. Influenced by symbolism and Art Nouveau, his art was known for its clear use…

Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (born 1886)

1956 70 years ago

Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)

Maurice William Tate was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Susse…

Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)

1956 70 years ago

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Harry Burnett Reese was an American inventor and businessman known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously…

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1956 70 years ago

Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (born 1881)

Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics, winning the following medals:1900: silver, bronze 1904: gold 1906: gold, silve…

Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (born 1881)

1956 70 years ago

Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (born 1877)

Harry Bensley was an English rake and adventurer, best remembered as the subject of an extraordinary wager between John Pierpont Morgan and Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsda…

Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (born 1877)

1956 70 years ago

Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (born 1883)

Gustav Suits is considered one of the greatest Estonian poets. He was also an early leader of the literary movement group Noor-Eesti.

Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (born 1883)

1956 70 years ago

Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (born 1866)

Martha Annie Whiteley, was an English chemist and mathematician. She was instrumental in advocating for women's entry into the Chemical Society, and was best known for her dedicati…

Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (born 1866)