Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his gener…
Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927)
David Lawrence Rimoin was a Canadian American geneticist. He was especially noted for his research into the genetics of skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism), inheritable diseases such as …
David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)
Anahit Georgievna Perikhanian was a Soviet-born Armenian academic. An Iranologist, Perikhanian specialized in Sasanian jurisprudence, history and society. In addition to her work o…
Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)
Robert John Edwards was a British journalist.
Bob Edwards, English journalist (born 1925)
Yuri Vladimirovich Susloparov was a Soviet football player and manager.
Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1958)
Mark Anatolievich Minkov was a Soviet and Russian music composer. His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.
Mark Minkov, Russian composer (born 1944)
Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Ch…
Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Life…
Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)
John Fox was an American comedian.
John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957)
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After leaving Westminster School in central London, he went t…
Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Gerhard Pohl was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU. He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.
Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (born 1937)
John Kennedy Twyman was an American professional basketball player and sports broadcaster. During his career, he was a caregiver for his disabled teammate Maurice Stokes and both a…
Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS was an English cinematographer. He was well-known for his collaborations with the directing duo of Powell and Pressburger, and worked on…
Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (born 1919)
Randall Blair Kester was an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. He was the 69th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1957 to 1958. He later taught at w…
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Paul Pietsch was a racing driver, journalist and publisher from Germany, who founded the magazine Das Auto and published many other as his Motor Presse Stuttgart became the largest…
Paul Pietsch, German race car driver and publisher (born 1911)
Orlando Vernada Woolridge was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1994. He was known for his scoring ability, espec…
Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (born 1959)
Faruq Z. Bey was an American jazz saxophonist and composer from Detroit, Michigan. Bey was known for his work with Griot Galaxy, which played distinct compositions, often by Bey. O…
Faruq Z
Pádraig Faulkner was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1980 to 1981, Minister for Defence 1979 to 1980, Minister for Posts and Tele…
Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)
Milan Gaľa was a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Slovenská demokraticka a krestanska unia, part of the European People's Party and sat on th…
Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (born 1953)
Adolfo Calero Portocarrero was a Nicaraguan businessman and the leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, the largest rebel group of the Contras, opposing the Sandinista governmen…
Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (born 1931)
Richard Dawson was an English actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist. He was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match …
Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (born 1932)
LeRoy Ellis was an American basketball player.
LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (born 1940)
Kathryn Joosten was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives …
Kathryn Joosten, American actress (born 1939)
Carol Ann Abrams was an American television and film producer. She and her husband, television producer Gerald W. Abrams, are the parents of film director and producer J. J. Abrams…
Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (born 1942)