Explore 4242 historical events from 1950–1959.
Jennifer Tour Chayes is dean of the college of computing, data science, and society at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow a…
Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role on screen was playing…
Gary Cole, American actor
Steve Coleman is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
John Crofton Harle OBE FRSA FGS FCL is an English saxophonist, composer, record producer, conductor and educator. He is an Ivor Novello Award winner, has been the recipient of two …
John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
Jack "Goose" Givens is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors.…
Jack Givens, American basketball player and sportscaster
Marta Fran Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom Friends with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffma…
Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer
Richard Wendell Morton is an American professional wrestler who currently performs on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has teamed with Robert Gibson as part …
Ricky Morton, American wrestler
Douglas Arthur Wimbish is an American bassist, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician wit…
Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Ibrahim Shehu Shema ); born 22 September 1957) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was elected as a Governor of the north western State of Katsina during the 2007 general elect…
Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 1…
Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter (died 2025)
Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 c…
Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author
Tom George Hogan is a former Australian cricketer.
Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
Paolo Rossi was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. He led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscore…
Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (died 2020)
Hubert Brooks is an American former professional baseball right fielder, third baseman, and shortstop. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1980 to 1994 for the…
Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
William Daniel Hillis is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking …
W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
James Franklin Hyneman is an American special effects expert who was co-host of the television series MythBusters alongside Adam Savage, where he became known for his distinctive b…
Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
Miroslav Volf is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Un…
Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
Steve Butler is an American former auto racing driver. He won six national driving championships in USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown open-wheel racing. Butler was highly regarded f…
Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role as Sar…
Linda Hamilton, American actress
Steven Archibald is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played prominently as a forward for Aberdeen, winning the Scottish league in 1980, Tottenham Hotspur, …
Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
Martin Handford is an English children's author and illustrator from London who gained worldwide fame in the mid-1980s for his Where's Wally? book series.
Martin Handford, English children's author and illustrator
Susanne Antonetta is the pen name of Suzanne Paola, an American poet and author who is most widely known for her book Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir. In 2001, Body Toxic was n…
Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runne…
Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician
Suzzy Roche is an American singer, best known for her work with the vocal group the Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre. Suzzy is the youngest of the three, and joined the a…
Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress