Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
Dean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three a…
Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
Alan John Kourie is a former South African first class cricketer, who played for Transvaal, from 1970–71 to 1988–89. Educated at Jeppe Boys High, he played for Transvaal in the N…
Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
Gerald David Judah FRSS is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces.
Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. Before his presidency, he served as…
Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (born 1869)
Ivanoe Bonomi was an Italian politician and journalist who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1921 to 1922 and again from 1944 to 1945.
Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1873)
Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe was an eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, memorable in part for his enthusiastic championing of the renaming of the genus Lasius af…
Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (born 1870)
Jules Berry was a French actor.
Jules Berry, French actor and director (born 1883)
Charles Gates Dawes was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for h…
Charles G
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in both atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students fo…
Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (born 1868)
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)
Élie Joseph Cartan was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry. He also made signi…
Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (born 1869)
Warner Leroy Baxter was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the Acad…
Warner Baxter, American actor (born 1889)
Thomas N. Heffron was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanho…
Thomas N
Paula Preradović, known professionally as Paula von Preradović or by her married name as Paula Molden, was an Austrian writer and poet of Croatian and Serbian descent.
Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (born 1887)
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood was a senior and highly decorated and distinguished British Indian Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer…
William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (born 1865)
Lincoln Ellsworth was an American polar explorer, engineer, surveyor, and writer. He led the first Arctic and Antarctic air crossings.
Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (born 1880)
Fania Borach, known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appear…
Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (born 1891)
Dimitrios Levidis was a Greek composer, later naturalized French (1929).
Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (born 1885)
Hermann Broch was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil.
Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (born 1886)
Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 194…
Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (born 1874)
Major-General Sir Marie-Joseph-Eugène Fiset, was a Canadian physician, military officer, Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence, Member of Parliament, the 18th Lieutenant Governor …
Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1874)
Joseph Benedict Chifley was an Australian politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Part…
Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1885)
Angelos Sikelianos was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prolog…
Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (born 1884)
Silvaine Gustave Sandras was a French gymnast who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the equivalent of a gold…
Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (born 1872)