Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Trevor John Eve is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series Shoestring (1979–1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superi…
Trevor Eve, English actor and producer
Anne Feeney was an American folk musician, singer-songwriter, political activist and attorney. She began her career in 1969 as a student activist playing a Phil Ochs song at a Viet…
Anne Feeney, American singer-songwriter and activist (died 2021)
Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, and Chair of the British Science Association. She was the president of Universities UK from 1 Augu…
Julia Goodfellow, English physicist and academic
Klaus-Peter Justus is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
Klaus-Peter Justus, German runner
Thomas William Kozelko is a retired American basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Tom Kozelko, American basketball player
Terrence Vaughan Mann is an American actor and baritone singer. He is best known for his appearances on the Broadway stage, which include Lyman in Barnum, The Rum Tum Tugger in Cat…
Terrence Mann, American actor, singer and dancer
Frederick William Schneider III is an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock band the B-52s, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well known for his sprechge…
Fred Schneider, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Victor Edward Willis is an American singer, songwriter and a founding member of the disco group Village People. He performed as their lead singer and was co-songwriter for all of t…
Victor Willis, American singer-songwriter, pianist and actor
Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He suc…
Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (died 2014)
Sir Richard John Hadlee is a New Zealand former cricketer. Hadlee is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, and amongst the very finest fast bowler…
Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
John Gilbert Alexander, nicknamed JA, is an Australian former professional tennis player, sports broadcaster, and federal politician.
John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician
Ralph Randolph Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Johnson is a member and percussionist of the funk/soul/disco band Earth, Wind & Fire.
Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist
Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend is an American politician and attorney who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She was the first woman to se…
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1972 and 1994. He pitched for nine …
Goose Gossage, American baseball player
Vladimir Tismăneanu is a Romanian American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. A specialist in political…
Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
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