Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Joaquín Alonso González, known simply as Joaquín, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Joaquín, Spanish footballer
John Robert Le Lievre was an English professional squash player.
John Le Lievre, British squash player (died 2021)
Kayhan Mortezavi is a prominent film art director/production designer, and director. He has also been a university professor at University of Tehran, Alzahra University, Tehran Uni…
Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director
Francine Raymond is a Francophone Canadian folk-style singer songwriter. In 1994, Raymond's music was distributed by Montreal-based Distribution Select.
Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter
Nikolay Georgiev Tsonev is a Bulgarian military officer, professor and politician. He served as the Bulgarian Minister of Defence between 2008 and 2009.
Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician
Rudolf Wojtowicz is a Polish former professional footballer, who in different periods of his career was a defender or midfielder.
Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer
Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisc…
Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
Terence Michael Alderman is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Nitro in the late 198…
Michael Angelo Batio, American heavy metal guitarist
Blair Douglas Chapman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
Yevgeny Alexeyevich Kiselyov is a Russian television journalist. As the host of the NTV weekly news show Itogi in the 1990s, he became one of the nation's best known television jou…
Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist
Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio is a Philadelphia-based bureau reporter for ESPN. Since joining ESPN in 1995, Paolantonio has become a staple in their NFL coverage, as he co…
Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
Lance Michael Parrish, nicknamed "Big Wheel", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvani…
Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Iain Gordon Milne is a former Scotland international rugby union player and British & Irish Lion.
Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
Brian Edward Benben is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series Dream On (1990–1996), and also known as Sheldon Wallace on AB…
Brian Benben, American actor and producer
John Gavin Scott was an English organist and choirmaster who reached the highest levels of his profession on both sides of the Atlantic. He directed the Choir of St Paul's Cathedra…
John Scott, English organist and conductor (died 2015)
Peter Reid is an English football manager, pundit and former player.
Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
Sohn Suk-hee is a South Korean journalist who served as the general director and president of JTBC and JTBC Studios from November 2020 to September 2021. He is also a former profes…
Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster
Charles Gordon MacArthur was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story.
Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)
Günther Edward Arnold Schneider was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Edward Arnold, American actor (born 1890)
Fred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph (205.5 km/h) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley L…
Fred Marriott, American race car driver (born 1872)
Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Leeb was a highly …
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Trum…
Alben W
LeRoy Perry Samse was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in …
LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)