Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previous…
Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
Frank-Michael Marczewski is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song for the 1984 film Ghostbusters …
Ray Parker Jr
Joel Rosenberg was a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his long-running Guardians of the Flame series. Rosenberg was also a gun rights activist. H…
Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (died 2011)
Elliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his d…
Elliot Goldenthal, American composer and conductor
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minis…
Dawn Primarolo, English politician
Angela Tomasa Bofill was an American singer, songwriter and composer. A New York native, she began her professional career in the mid-1970s and is most known for singles such as "T…
Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Raymundo Cipriano "Ryan" Pujante Cayabyab is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He was the Executive and Artistic Director for several ye…
Ryan Cayabyab, Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
Theodora "Dora" Bakoyanni is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the Cabi…
Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
Amy Heckerling is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started her career after graduating from New York University and entering the American Film Institute, maki…
Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
David Lemuel Keith is an American actor and director. His breakout role was as aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), earning Golden Globe nominations…
David Keith, American actor and director
John Charles Gregory is an English former football player and manager. He last served as the head coach of Super League Kerala side Malappuram.
John Gregory, English footballer and manager
Michael Gerard Hagerty was an American actor. He was known for playing comedic blue-collar workers, including his recurring roles as Mr. Treeger, the building superintendent, on Fr…
Mike Hagerty, American actor (died 2022)
Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, also known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Australian-born Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for winning the Eurovision Song C…
Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Diana Liverman is a retired Regents Professor of Geography and Development and past Director of the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment in the Co…
Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
Caroline Agnes Morgan Thomson, Lady Liddle is a British business executive. Thomson was the chief operating officer at the BBC from 2006 to 2012 and chair of Oxfam until October 20…
Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently a trainer in South Africa. He lives with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful c…
Michael Roberts, South African-English jockey
Eric Goulden, known as Wreckless Eric, is an English rock and new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single "Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades …
Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Eric Maria Gerets (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈxeːrəts]; born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian former professional football manager and player. Nicknamed "The Lion (of Flanders)", he wa…
Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer and manager
Dafydd "David" Rhys Williams is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His fi…
Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
Richard Aldo Cerone is an American former professional baseball player, television sports color commentator and minor league baseball team owner. He played in Major League Baseball…
Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
Lena Einhorn is a Swedish director and writer and former physician.
Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician
Hōchū Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints. On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd beca…
Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer