Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's ad…
Gregory Maguire, American author
Elizabeth Evans May is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, lawyer, activist, and author. She has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011. M…
Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
Dame Moya Marguerite Greene is a Canadian businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Mail from 2010 until 2018, having previously been the CEO of Canada P…
Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman
Richard Travis Hall is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range…
Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
John Dyson is an Australian former international cricketer (batsman) who is now a cricket coach, most recently in charge of the West Indies.
John Dyson, Australian cricketer
Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper was a Polish politician, farmer, and trade unionist who led the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, an agrarian populist party that, between 2005 and 20…
Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)
George Pérez was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling Fantastic Four and The Avengers for Mar…
George Pérez, American author and illustrator (died 2022)
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also t…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
William Rankin Patton is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films The Client (1994), Armag…
Will Patton, American actor
James Adam Belushi is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).
Jim Belushi, American actor
Teresa Fay Gibbs is an American country music artist. Between 1980 and 2017, she recorded eleven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records. She…
Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan human rights activist and former hotelier. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,2…
Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
Zdeňka Šilhavá is a Czech retired female track and field athlete who represented Czechoslovakia. She set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a dist…
Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
Beverley Joy Whitfield was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She was coache…
Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died 1996)
Matthew Saad Muhammad was an American professional boxer who was the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World for two-and-a-half years.
Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (died 2014)
Garrick Roberts was an Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a band which came into being in 1976. He and Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) had decided to…
Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist (died 2022)
Mark Linn-Baker is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film My Favorite Year and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom Perfect Strangers.
Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
Michael O'Brien KC is a British lawyer and former Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 1992 to 2010, serving in a number of ministe…
Mike O'Brien, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
Louis Jay Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After …
Lou Pearlman, American music producer and fraudster (died 2016)
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her deep, husky voice, she is the recipient of two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and …
Kathleen Turner, American actress
Richard Stephen Wilkins is a New Zealand–born Australian television and radio presenter. He is the entertainment editor for the Nine Network and weekend announcer on smoothfm.
Richard Wilkins, New Zealand-Australian journalist and television presenter
Michael Anthony Sobolewski is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed on Van Halen's first 11…
Michael Anthony, American musician
Allan Joseph Lamb is a South African-born former English cricketer, who played for the first-class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire. Making his Test debut in 1982, he…
Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which h…
Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)