Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke is a Belgian politician. Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalist…
Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
Andrea de Cesaris was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1994.
Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (died 2014)
Philip Wilson, Baron Wilson of Sedgefield, is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from a 2007 by-election until 2019. A member of the Labour…
Phil Wilson, English politician
Stephen Hanley is an Irish-born English musician best known as the bass guitarist in the Fall from 1979 to 1998 and with House Of All since 2022. His distinctive and muscular bassl…
Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
Martin John Brundle is a British former racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1996. In endurance racing, Brundle won the World Sportscar Championsh…
Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
Alan Charles Wilder is an English musician, composer, arranger, and record producer. A classically trained musician, Wilder was a member of the English electronic band Depeche Mode…
Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam. Dijkstra has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, the 1999 Citi…
Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no wave scene as the singer and guitarist of …
Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Samuel Davis Mills Jr. was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Carolin…
Sam Mills, American football player (died 2005)
Juan Rodrigo Camacho is a retired male long-distance runner from Bolivia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He set his pers…
Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.
Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
Pak Chungyang was a Korean bureaucrat and politician in the Japanese colonial government. His art names were Haeak (해악) and Ilso (일소), and his courtesy name was Wongeun (원근). He al…
Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (born 1872)
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army d…
Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (born 1891)
Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine academic and politician, and in 1936, the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
Maria Zofia Dulęba was a Polish stage and film actress. She made her stage debut in 1902 and performed in a number of films, mostly in the silent era. She later taught drama.
Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (born 1881)
Ragnar Wilhelm Nurkse was an Estonian-American economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development. He is considered the pioneer of Ba…
Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (born 1907)
Anil Dhirajlal Ambani is an Indian businessman, chairman, and managing director of the Reliance Group. The Reliance Group was created in July 2006 following a demerger from Relianc…
Anil Ambani, Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure
John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (born 1881)
Bhaurao Patil, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India. A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society. Bhaurao played an important ro…
Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (born 1887)
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trump…
Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1897)
Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal was the seventh and last child of Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein.
Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (born 1862)
John Foster Dulles was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignat…
John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (born 1888)
Philip Kassel was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in the German Empire. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the t…
Philip Kassel, American gymnast (born 1876)
Lyda Cini, Countess of Monselice was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. Her career in theatre started when she was a child, acting on stage with Paola Pezzaglia in the Frenc…
Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (born 1884)