Explore 4242 historical events from 1950–1959.
Yevgeny Alexeyevich Kiselyov is a Russian television journalist. As the host of the NTV weekly news show Itogi in the 1990s, he became one of the nation's best known television jou…
Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist
Iain Gordon Milne is a former Scotland international rugby union player and British & Irish Lion.
Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
Brian Edward Benben is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series Dream On (1990–1996), and also known as Sheldon Wallace on AB…
Brian Benben, American actor and producer
John Gavin Scott was an English organist and choirmaster who reached the highest levels of his profession on both sides of the Atlantic. He directed the Choir of St Paul's Cathedra…
John Scott, English organist and conductor (died 2015)
Peter Reid is an English football manager, pundit and former player.
Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
Lance Michael Parrish, nicknamed "Big Wheel", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvani…
Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Sohn Suk-hee is a South Korean journalist who served as the general director and president of JTBC and JTBC Studios from November 2020 to September 2021. He is also a former profes…
Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster
Richard Lee Sutcliffe, nicknamed "the Red Baron", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Oriol…
Rick Sutcliffe, American baseball player and broadcaster
Darryl Gregory Brohman, also known by the nickname of "The Big Marn", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in…
Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Alfons "Fons" De Wolf is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who has twice held the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), first from 2008 to 2011 and later from 2018…
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs
Timothy Darrell Russ is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyag…
Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Markus Schatte is a German football coach.
Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach
Leroy Anthony Hill Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), playing 10 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. …
Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster
Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.
Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
Owen William Paterson is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural …
Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and …
Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018)
Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician. He is mostly associated with the Scottish band Simple Minds, having joined in time to record their early demos in 1978 and stayed with the band…
Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist
Daniel Joshua Drucker is a Canadian endocrinologist renowned for his breakthrough discoveries of the biological actions of glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, including GLP-1's…
Daniel J
Boris Trajkovski was a Macedonian politician who served as the president of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash.
Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2004)
Craig Young is an Australian former representative rugby league footballer for the Australia national rugby league team, the New South Wales Blues and a stalwart player over 12 sea…
Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach
Christopher Joseph Isaak is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. Noted for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range, he is widel…
Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Catherine Samba-Panza is a Central African politician who served as Transitional President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to serve as he…
Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic
Patrick John Mercer is an English author and former politician. He was elected as a Conservative in the 2001 general election, until resigning the party's parliamentary whip in May…
Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician