1958
Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player
Eugene Belliveau is a Canadian former professional football defensive lineman.
Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player
The 1950s
Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
1958
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
Gun-Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international…
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
1958
Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician
Steven Jay Israel is an American political commentator, lobbyist, author, bookseller, and former politician. He served as a U.S. representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. A m…
Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician
1958
Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Michael López-Alegría is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one Internatio…
Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1958
Ted McGinley, American actor
Theodore Martin McGinley is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children, Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom …
Ted McGinley, American actor
1958
Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)
Gennadiy Valyukevich was a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Belarus. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.
Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)
1958
Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
Lawrence Wendell Pfohl, better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and professional football lineman. He is best known for …
Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
1958
Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
Avigdor Lieberman is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2022, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel fro…
Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1958
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
Sayyid Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi is a Comorian Islamic leader and politician, who served as the eighth President of Comoros from 2006 to 2011. He is popularly known as 'Ayatolla…
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
1958
Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
Nambaryn Enkhbayar is a Mongolian politician who served as the prime minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as the chairman of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2005, and as the…
Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
1958
Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (died 2016)
Prince Rogers Nelson, known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often being credited as one of the greatest musician…
Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (died 2016)
1958
Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
Dame Louise Mary Richardson is an Irish political scientist whose specialist field is the study of terrorism. In January 2023, she became president of the philanthropic foundation,…
Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
1958
David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach
David Chalton Ancrum is an American former college and professional basketball player and coach. Ancrum played college basketball for Utica College. Subsequently, he had a professi…
David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach
1958
Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)
Elain Harwood Hon.FRIBA was a British architectural historian with Historic England and a specialist in post–Second World War English architecture.
Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)
1958
Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer
Yu Suzuki is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer and engineer who headed Sega's AM2 team for 18 years.
Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer
1958
Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Meredith Ann Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A member of the Oregon music scene, she received international acclaim with her solo album Blurring the Edges (1…
Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
Barry Michael Cooper was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994),…
Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
1958
James Gurney, American artist and author
James Gurney is an American artist and author known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia, which is presented in the form of a 19th-century explorer's journal from an island u…
James Gurney, American artist and author
1958
Nick Van Eede, English singer-songwriter
Nick Van Eede is an English musician. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw interna…
Nick Van Eede, English singer-songwriter
1958
Wade Boggs, American baseball player
Wade Anthony Boggs, nicknamed "Chicken Man", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Bosto…
Wade Boggs, American baseball player
1958
Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)
Riccardo Paletti was an Italian motor racing driver. Paletti was killed when he crashed on the start grid in his second Formula One start.
Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)
1958
Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
Darrell Steven Griffith, also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz of the Nati…
Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
1958
Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
Ulrike Tauber is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Qu…
Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
1958
Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician
Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simpl…
Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician