Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Charles Barnett was an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Nugart Neville "Noogie" Lamont on the NBC television series Miami Vice. Barnett was a mentor an…
Charlie Barnett, American actor (died 1996)
Cherie, Lady Blair is an English barrister, judge, and writer. Blair has appeared in a number of leading cases, including arguing Lisa Grant v South West Trains Ltd before the Euro…
Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
Marco Tardelli is an Italian former football player and manager. At club level, he played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs; he began his career with Pisa, and later played…
Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
Sylvester Croom Jr. is an American former football player and coach. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head fo…
Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
Joseph Marie Albert "Joep" Lange was a Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy. He served as the president of the International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004. He was…
Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014)
Juan de la Cruz "Juande" Ramos Cano is a former Spanish footballer and manager.
Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
Craig Clinton Chaquico is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. In 1993, he s…
Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
Kevin Curtis Kennedy is an American former player, coach, and manager in professional baseball. Following an eight-season playing career in Minor League Baseball, he managed for 12…
Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
Cesar J. Rosas is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the rock and roll group Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Supe…
Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Raymond Morris Hadley is a retired Australian talkback radio broadcaster and a rugby league football commentator for Channel Nine. He presented 2GB Sydney's Monday to Friday mornin…
Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
Dmitry Yulianovich Sitkovetsky is a Soviet and American violinist, conductor, and arranger.
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
Larry Arnold Wall is an American computer programmer, linguist, and author known for creating the Perl programming language and the patch tool.
Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
George Lynch is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob. He is regarded as one of the most…
George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
Stephen Michael Largent is an American former professional football wide receiver and politician who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Seattle Se…
Steve Largent, American football player and politician
John Scott is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1978 to 1984.
John Scott, English rugby player
Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 t…
Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Marshall Holman is a retired professional ten-pin bowler and current American sports broadcaster. He was known for his flamboyant, fiery demeanor and his success on the PBA Tour fr…
Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster
Harry Edward Johnson is an American lawyer, academic, and businessman. Johnson is a former national president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and was the president and CEO of the Mar…
Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant
Geoffrey William Marcy is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy…
Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer
Mark Mitchell is an Australian actor, comedian and contemporary artist, best known for his roles in the sketch comedy series The Comedy Company, most especially his character of Gr…
Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
Cynthia Ann Cichorski, known professionally as Cindy Morgan, was an American actress best known for playing Lora Baines/Yori in Tron and Lacey Underall in Caddyshack.
Cindy Morgan, American actress (died 2023)
Barbara Stanisława "Basia" Trzetrzelewska, better known mononymously as Basia, is a Polish singer-songwriter and recording artist noted for her Latin-inspired jazz-pop music.
Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer
John Edward Drew was an American professional basketball player. A small forward from Gardner–Webb University, he played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)…
John Drew, American basketball player (died 2022)
Scott Fields is a guitarist, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for blending music that is composed with music that is written and for his modular pieces. He works primaril…
Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer