Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
Denis Bernard Herron is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Kansas City Scouts, and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hock…
Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
Carolyn Kane is an American actress and comedian. She gained recognition for her role in Hester Street (1975), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. …
Carol Kane, American actress
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini,…
Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Lee Soo-man is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company based in Seo…
Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S
Robert William Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for De…
Bob Ainsworth, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
John Stephen Goodman is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received various accolades including…
John Goodman, American actor
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi …
Vikram Seth, Indian author and poet
Judith Bingham is an English composer and mezzo-soprano singer. She was a member of the BBC Singers from 1983 to 1995. She is a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music. Bingh…
Judith Bingham, English singer-songwriter
Jeremy Vernon Coney is a former New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals…
Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
Patrick John Dunleavy is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). H…
Patrick Dunleavy, English political scientist and academic
Kōichi Mashimo is a Japanese former anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated …
Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese director and screenwriter
Ginny Carol Ruffner was an American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington. She is known for her use of the lampworking technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her pa…
Ginny Ruffner, American artist
Graham Greene was a Canadian First Nations (Oneida) actor and recording artist, active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over 50 years. He achieved international…
Graham Greene, Canadian actor
Datuk Santokh Singh s/o Gurdial Singh is a retired Malaysian football player. His wife is Taljit Kaur and has 3 children, Kiranjeet Kaur, Sukhveer Singh and Rajveer Singh.
Santokh Singh, Malaysian football player
Raj Babbar is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the R…
Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
Dianna Melrose is a British diplomat who has served as the British High Commissioner to Tanzania and as the British Ambassador to Cuba.
Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill KC (Hon) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Chislehurst from 2…
Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
Péter Erdő is a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary since 2003. He was president of the Council …
Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
Brian Timothy Finn is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz and for his work with his brother Neil, including…
Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
Martin Gerschwitz is a German violinist, keyboardist, singer and composer.
Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Ellen Kristina Abelli Elander is a Swedish artist. She received her education at Birkagårdens folkhögskola between 1972 and 1973, and made her solo debut at Galleri Händer in Stock…
Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist
Gordon McQueen was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-back for St Mirren, Leeds United and Manchester United, in addition to the Scotland national team.
Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2023)
Ahmet Enis Batur is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor.
Enis Batur, Turkish poet and author
Olive Elaine Morris was a Jamaican-born British-based community leader and activist in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. At the age of …
Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (died 1979)