Explore 4132 historical events from 2010–2019.
David Joshua Azrieli was an Israeli-Canadian tycoon, real estate developer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion in March 2013, he was ranke…
David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
Eileen Cecile Ford was an American modeling agency executive. Along with her husband Gerard "Jerry" Ford, she co-founded Ford Models in 1946, which emerged as one of the earliest a…
Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)
John Frederick Spinks was an English musician and songwriter. He was best known as the guitarist and songwriter for the Outfield.
John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)
Robert Cameron Broomfield was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (born 1933)
Juozas Petras Kazickas or Joseph P. Kazickas was a Lithuanian-American businessman, self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist. With assets estimated worth over 3 billion litas…
Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
Paul Gillan Risser was an American ecologist and academic from Oklahoma. He served as president of Miami University and Oregon State University before becoming chancellor of the Ok…
Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (born 1939)
Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into acting roles beginni…
Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912)
Gloria June "Tippy" Schweigerdt was an American pitcher who played from 1950 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63…
Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (born 1934)
Charles Edward Haden was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmon…
Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937)
Carin Mannheimer was a Swedish dramatist, screenwriter, author and film director, born in Osby, Sweden. She garnered acclaim with Rapport om kvinnor, which was published in 1969. T…
Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)
Bill "the Hill" McGill was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook. McGill was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft out of the University of Ut…
Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939)
Thomas Erdelyi, known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian-American musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones from its debut in 1974 to…
Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)
John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927)
Randall Paul Stout was an American architect based in Los Angeles. He was an environmentally sensitive architect who earned a national reputation by designing dynamically shaped fo…
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)
Jamil Ahmad was a Pakistani civil servant, novelist and story writer. He wrote in the English language. He is known for his anthology, The Wandering Falcon which was short listed f…
Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (born 1931)
Nestor Basterretxea Arzadun was a Basque artist, born in Bermeo, Biscay, Basque Country. In the 1950s and 1960s, he spearheaded along with other artists such as Jorge Oteiza, Remig…
Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1924)
Emil Bobu was a Romanian Communist activist and politician, who served as Interior Minister from 1973 to 1975 and as Labor Minister from 1979 to 1981. He was an influential figure …
Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (born 1927)
Alfred de Grazia, born in Chicago, Illinois, was a political scientist and author. He developed techniques of computer-based social network analysis in the 1950s, developed new ide…
Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919)
Kenneth James Gray was an American businessman and politician. He was a veteran of World War II, and represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to…
Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (born 1924)
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya was a Russian and Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician. She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a memb…
Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950)
Thomas Louis Berger was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated ma…
Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)
Alfred de Grazia, born in Chicago, Illinois, was a political scientist and author. He developed techniques of computer-based social network analysis in the 1950s, developed new ide…
Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writ…
Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
Jeffrey James Leiding was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL).
Jeff Leiding, American football player (born 1961)