Explore 2580 historical events from 2010–2019.
Robert Gerald Hamerton-Kelly was a Christian theologian, ordained United Methodist pastor, ethics scholar, and author and editor of several books on religion and violence. He serve…
Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (born 1938)
Edmund Sears Morgan was an American historian and an authority on early American history. He was the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught from 1955 to …
Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (born 1916)
Claudiney Ramos was a professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was nicknamed Rincón, because of his physical resemblance to former Corinthians player, Colom…
Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
Rubby Sherr was an American nuclear physicist who co-invented a key component of the first nuclear weapon while participating in the Manhattan Project during the Second World War. …
Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (born 1913)
Sundri Uttamchandani was a noted Indian writer. She wrote mostly in Sindhi language. She was married to progressive writer A. J. Uttam.
Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (born 1924)
Carl Brett Walker was an American songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (born 1961)
Markus Büchel was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein in 1993. Serving for just under 7 months, he is the shortest serving prim…
Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)
Andrew Nori was a Solomon Islands lawyer and politician, arguably best known for his role in the ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)
Metropolitan Kiril ; June 8, 1954 – July 9, 2013), was the Bulgarian Orthodox metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.
Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)
Barbara Jean Robinson was an American author and writer of the children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994).
Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)
Philip Caldwell was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in b…
Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920)
Józef Gara was a miner who spoke an endangered language of Wilamowice, Wymysorys, which had only 70 native speakers, and created the Wymysorys alphabet. He also wrote poetry in Wym…
Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)
Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958)
Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Por…
Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)
Ku Ok-hee was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.
Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956)
Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-Americ…
Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)
Gokulananda Mahapatra was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children …
Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922)
Emik Avakian was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including breath-operated computer, a mechanism that facilitates putting wheelchairs on automobiles, an…
Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of…
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (born 1918)
Amar Gopal Bose was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 ye…
Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)
Takako Takahashi was a Japanese author. Her maiden name was Takako Okamoto .
Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (born 1932)
Elaine Morgan OBE, FRSL, was a Welsh writer for television and the author of several books on evolutionary anthropology. She advocated the aquatic ape hypothesis, which advocated a…
Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer (born 1920)
Donald Alan Whicker was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster. His career spanned almost 60 years, during which time he presented the documentary television…
Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921)