Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for …
Colm Meaney, Irish actor
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius is a Finnish actor, director, producer, screenwriter and politician. He has also released six records as a singer. He is a member of the Green League and was …
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter
Ronald Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive. Starting in 2011, Dunn has worked as a solo artist following the temporary dissolution of Broo…
Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Frederick Woodruff "Ted" Field is an American media mogul, record executive, entrepreneur and film producer.
Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver
Vidar Johansen is a Norwegian jazz musician, music arranger and composer.
Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including one major championship, the 1982 M…
Craig Stadler, American golfer
James McCulloch was a Scottish musician best known for playing lead guitar and bass as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glas…
Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician and songwriter (died 1979)
David Richard Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, the .44 Caliber Killer and the Phantom of the Bronx, is an American serial killer, serial arsonist and former United States A…
David Berkowitz, American serial killer and arsonist: 73
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, politician, social critic, and public intellectual. West was an independent candidate in the 2024 Uni…
Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
Linda Lingle is an American politician and publisher who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Republican el…
Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
Susumu Ojima is a Japanese entrepreneur who was a founder and chairman of Huser Co., Ltd.
Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
Paul Samson was an English guitarist, closely associated with the new wave of British heavy metal.
Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (died 2002)
Kathleen Kennedy is an American film producer who served as the president of Lucasfilm from 2012 to 2026. She co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spi…
Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
Ivo Sanader is a Croatian former politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He was president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) from 2000 to 2009.
Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
Ken Navarro is an American contemporary jazz guitarist from Lafayette, Indiana.
Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
Eileen Cooper is a British artist, known primarily as a painter and printmaker.
Eileen Cooper, English painter and academic
Johnny Reid Edwards is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he w…
John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
Garry Hynes is an Irish theatre director. She was the first woman to win the prestigious Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer
Don Maitz is an American science fiction, fantasy, and commercial artist. He has twice won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, science fiction's highest honor for an artis…
Don Maitz, American artist
Christine St-Pierre is a Canadian journalist and politician, who was MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette is an American singer and musician and the son of the rockabilly and pop singer Johnny Burnette. Rocky is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toe…
Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Árni Steinar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Left-Green Movement, he represented the Northeastern constituency from May 1999 to Ma…
Árni Steinar Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician (died 2015)
Timothy Alan Dick, known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1…
Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
Vilhelmina "Vilma" Bardauskienė, née Augustinavičiūtė, is a former long jumper from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She twice set the…
Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper