Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Leroy Anthony Hill Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), playing 10 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. …
Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster
Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.
Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
Owen William Paterson is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural …
Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Timothy Darrell Russ is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyag…
Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician. He is mostly associated with the Scottish band Simple Minds, having joined in time to record their early demos in 1978 and stayed with the band…
Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist
Daniel Joshua Drucker is a Canadian endocrinologist renowned for his breakthrough discoveries of the biological actions of glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, including GLP-1's…
Daniel J
Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and …
Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018)
Boris Trajkovski was a Macedonian politician who served as the president of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash.
Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2004)
Craig Young is an Australian former representative rugby league footballer for the Australia national rugby league team, the New South Wales Blues and a stalwart player over 12 sea…
Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach
Christopher Joseph Isaak is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. Noted for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range, he is widel…
Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Catherine Samba-Panza is a Central African politician who served as Transitional President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to serve as he…
Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic
Heiner Dopp is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 and in 1…
Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist, columnist, activist, and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper Haaretz covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West …
Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
Noel Mugavin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Noel Mugavin, Australian footballer and coach
Nicholas Richard Fry is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, having previously served in similar roles at previous incarnations of the …
Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
Patrick John Mercer is an English author and former politician. He was elected as a Conservative in the 2001 general election, until resigning the party's parliamentary whip in May…
Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician
David Burroughs Mattingly is an American illustrator and painter, best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature.
David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
Pedro Guerrero is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1992 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis C…
Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and manager
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to …
Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
Pyotr Petrovich Vasilevsky was a Belarusian football manager and former player. He worked in a building security company until his death.
Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Volker Beck is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach
Sir David Roy Lidington is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Ch…
David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe
David Alan Grier is an American actor and comedian. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television…
David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian
Alan Douglas Ruck is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Frye in John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek …
Alan Ruck, American actor