Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Kenneth J. Green is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Green has won eleven tournaments as a pro, inclu…
Ken Green, American golfer
Tomy Winata is an Indonesian businessman with interests in banking, property, and infrastructure, whose wealth comes from his business deals for the Indonesian Military. His philan…
Tomy Winata, Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation
James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982…
Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach
Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Filippenko graduated from Dos Pueblos High Sch…
Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician, best known as guitarist and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. He has participated in many solo and group collaborations …
Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
DaMon William "Monti" Davis was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-7-inch (201 cm) 205 pounds (93 kg) forward and played collegiately at Tennessee State Un…
Monti Davis, American basketball player (died 2013)
Angela Hewitt is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations.
Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
Sir Christopher Colin Dean is a British ice dancer considered, with his skating partner, Jayne Torvill, amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at t…
Christopher Dean, English figure skater and choreographer
Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to promi…
Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer
Terrance Stanley Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to r…
Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (died 1981)
Michael Hitchcock is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television producer.
Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Gail Dines is professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
Simon Nye is an English screenwriter, best known for television comedy. He wrote the hit sitcom Men Behaving Badly, and all of the four ITV Pantos. He co-wrote the 2006 film Flushe…
Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
Cynthia Rowley is an American fashion designer, known for her books, television appearances and "flirty" and "carefree" women's clothing designs.
Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
Catherine Bush is an English singer, songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. She is noted for her eclectic style, unconventional lyrics and innovative dance performances.…
Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer
Elizabeth Marguerita Mary Kershaw is an English radio broadcaster. She is one of the longest serving female national radio DJs in the UK, celebrating 30 years on national BBC Radio…
Liz Kershaw, English radio broadcaster
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event fo…
Daley Thompson, English decathlete and trainer
Joe Barry Carroll is an American former professional basketball player and author who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After retiring from basketball…
Joe Barry Carroll, American basketball player
William Thomas Berry is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other…
Bill Berry, American drummer and songwriter
Mark Cuban is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National…
Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality
Suzanne Giraud is a French music educator and composer of contemporary music. Her works are marked by a predilection for percussion, voices and strings; they resonate with her arti…
Suzanne Giraud, French music editor and composer
Robert Norman Buck was an American guitarist and founding member of the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Buck co-wrote some of the most successful songs recorded by 10,000 Man…
Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2000)
Michael Daniel Penn is an American musician, singer, and composer. His 1989 single "No Myth" was a top 20 hit in the U.S. and successful in several other countries.
Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" VanDeWeghe III is an American former professional basketball player, coach and executive who is an advisor for the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a…
Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach