The 1960s

Explore 2767 historical events from 1960–1969.

1960

Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)

María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequentl…

Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)

1960

Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach

Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year caree…

Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach

1960

Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner

Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978 and continued to do so for 24 years before representi…

Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner

1960

Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer

Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo is a New Zealand professional golfer. Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 14 pro tournaments around the world. He was at his peak during the mi…

Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer

1960

Rob Bowman, American director and producer

Rob Stanton Bowman is an American director. He grew up around film and television production, and developed an interest in the field because of the work of his father, director Chu…

Rob Bowman, American director and producer

1960

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Raja Kuhaneswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Yannick Noah, French tennis player

Yannick Noah is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is…

Yannick Noah, French tennis player

1960

Bruce Norris, playwright

Bruce Norris is an American character actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His play Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama…

Bruce Norris, playwright

1960

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Sarawanabavanandan Shanmuganathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.

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1960

Bruce Norris, American actor and playwright

Bruce Norris is an American character actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His play Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama…

Bruce Norris, American actor and playwright

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1960

Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director

Anthony Howard Goldwyn is an American actor and director. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and had his breakthr…

Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director