Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Gerald Calvin Douglas is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music…
Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon is a retired West Indian cricketer and current commentator. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World …
Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
Markus Höttinger was an Austrian racing driver who died after an accident at Germany's Hockenheimring during the third lap of the second round of the 1980 European Formula Two Cham…
Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (died 1980)
Vice Admiral Peter John Wilkinson, is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2007 to 2010. He was National President of th…
Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom…
Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
Timothy Ray Lucas is an American film critic, biographer, novelist, screenwriter and blogger, best known for publishing and editing the video review magazine Video Watchdog.
Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic
Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema was an American con artist, mercenary and former United States Army reserve non-commissioned officer, known for his vigilante activities during the War …
Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (died 2012)
Friedrich "Fritz" Hilpert is a German musician who is best known for his work as a member of the electropop group Kraftwerk.
Fritz Hilpert, German drummer and composer
John Young is a British rock musician hailing from Liverpool. He is currently the keyboardist and singer for the progressive rock band Lifesigns.
John Young, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Patrick Besson is a French writer and journalist.
Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and television personality. She is the fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family. Jackson first gained recognition on the f…
La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress
Petra Morsbach is a German author.
Petra Morsbach, German author
Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers is a Dutch racecar driver, most notable for winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans world endurance race, for Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR; after four seasons i…
Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
George Elder Burley is a Scottish former football player and manager. He had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player, making 628 league appearances and earning 11 Scotl…
George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
Danny Wilde is an American musician. He is a founding member of the alternative rock duo the Rembrandts, who are best known for the Friends theme song "I'll Be There for You".
Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Keith David Williams is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, voice work and interactive me…
Keith David, American actor
John Charles Hockenberry is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades.…
John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
Terrence Edward Kennedy is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978–1980), San Diego Padres (1981–1986), Baltimore Orioles (198…
Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
Joyce Sidman is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal, and won the Sibert Medal in 2019.
Joyce Sidman, American author and poet
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. His 1986 album Duotones brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-sel…
Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
Berit Kristine Aunli is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is a World (1982) and Olympic (1984) champion and won a total of 15 Norwegian titles (1977—1982).
Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier
Marek Gaździcki is a Polish high-energy nuclear physicist, and the initiator and spokesperson of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS).
Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist
Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Bo…
Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sen…
Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author