1950
Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer
Merle Collins is a Grenadian poet, novelist and short-story writer.
Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer
The 1950s
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1950
Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and former politician. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate became a bestseller in Mexico and the United State…
Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
1950
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist (died 2025)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was a Japanese actor and film producer who was best known for his role as the evil shapeshifter sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the Mortal Kombat fran…
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist (died 2025)
1950
Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
Victoria Tennant is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the TV miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, in which she appeared as actor Robert Mitchum's on-…
Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
1950
Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
Elpida Karayiannopoulou is a Greek singer who was one of the most successful singers in Greece and the Greek diaspora in the 1970s and 1980s.
Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
1950
Yvette Freeman, American actress
Yvette Freeman is an American actress, singer and director. Predominantly active as a stage actress, she made her Broadway debut in 1979 in the original production of Ain't Misbeha…
Yvette Freeman, American actress
1950
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's…
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
1950
Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
Mark Helias is an American double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
1950
Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
Sigbjørn Johnsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and was Norwegian Minister of Finance in the periods 1990–1996 and 2009–2013.
Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950
Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)
Boris Vladimirovich Morukov was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a …
Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)
1950
Randy Quaid, American actor
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid is an American actor.
Randy Quaid, American actor
1950
Mike Rutherford, English guitarist
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford is an English musician, best known as the lead guitarist, bassist and a founding member of the rock band Genesis. He and Tony Banks are the …
Mike Rutherford, English guitarist
1950
Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
Ronald Wayne Laws is an American jazz and smooth jazz saxophonist, and singer. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws and jazz vocalist Eloise Laws, and the older br…
Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
1950
Alan Rosenberg, American actor
Alan Rosenberg is an American actor best known for portraying the character Eli Levinson in both American legal drama series Civil Wars and L.A. Law, as well as Ira Woodbine on the…
Alan Rosenberg, American actor
1950
Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
Edward Paul Jones is an American novelist and short story writer. He became popular for writing about the African-American experience in the United States, and received the Pulitze…
Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
1950
Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (died 2011)
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in four television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in T…
Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (died 2011)
1950
James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (died 2011)
James Rizzi was an American pop artist who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (died 2011)
1950
David Brin, American physicist and author
Glen David Brin is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring K…
David Brin, American physicist and author
1950
Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)
Richard Manual Jauron was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played eight seasons in the NFL as a safety, five with the De…
Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)
1950
Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.
Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
1950
Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Robert Earl "Kool" Bell, also known by the name Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is the last surviving founding member of the American R&B, soul,…
Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1950
Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
Philip Blake Morrison is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoi…
Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
1950
Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
Masanori Konishi , better known as Yoshiyuki Konishi is a Japanese fashion designer who is represented by the talent agency Someday. He is nicknamed Don Konishi . He was divorced …
Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
1950
Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
Hideaki Katō , known professionally as Reichi Nakaido and nicknamed Chabo, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as one of the guitarists and vocalists of…
Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist