Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Brooks Phillip Victor Newmark is a former British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament and minister. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Braintr…
Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury
Sayuri Kume, also known as Saki Kubota, is a Japanese singer-songwriter whose song Ihojin (1979) sold more than 1.4 million copies and reached number 1 in the Japanese singles char…
Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter
Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007.…
Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of …
Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
Christine Brennan is an American sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR, and an author. She was the first female sports reporter for t…
Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
Rudy Amado Pérez is a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director and singer, as well as entertainment entrepreneur, an…
Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer
Jason Graae is an American musical theater actor, best known for his musical theater performances but with a varied career spanning Broadway, opera, television and film. He has won…
Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
Ruth Allyn Marcus is an American political commentator and journalist. She worked for The Washington Post from 1984 to 2025, where she wrote an op-ed column and served as the Deput…
Ruth Marcus, American journalist
Ronald Kyle Simmons is an American former professional wrestler and football player. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he was the…
Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
Paul Andrews, better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English heavy metal singer. He was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981. In his post-Maiden career,…
Paul Di'Anno, English rock singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Rubén Omar Romano Cachía is an Argentine former footballer and current manager.
Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
Toyah Ann Willcox is an English singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she has had eight top 40 singles, released more than …
Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Ronald Prescott Reagan is an American political commentator and broadcaster. He is a former radio host and political analyst for KIRO and Air America Radio, with which he hosted hi…
Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host
Jane Wiedlin is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's. She vo…
Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Christian Audigier was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (died 2015)
Dame Muffy Calder is a Canadian-born British computer scientist, Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Formal Methods at the University of…
Muffy Calder, Canadian-Scottish computer scientist and academic
Michael Lawrence Crick is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He was a founding member of the Channel 4 News team in 1982 and remained there until joining the BBC in 199…
Michael Crick, English journalist and author
Naeem Khan is an Indian-American fashion designer based in New York City known for his ornate and intricately detailed gowns, and for dressing First Lady Michelle Obama, Queen Noor…
Naeem Khan, Indian-American fashion designer
Jefery Levy is an American film and television director, producer, and writer.
Jefery Levy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Mitchell David Albom is an American author, sports journalist, talk show host and philanthropist. As of 2021, his books are reported to have sold 40 million copies worldwide. Havin…
Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, game show host, and actor.
Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) and Psychic M…
Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the N…
Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest publ…
Dorothy Straight, American children's author