Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
James William Cartwright is an American former professional basketball player and a former coach. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 16 seasons in the National Basketball A…
Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach
Clinton Merrick Hurdle is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Hurdle played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis C…
Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
Nery Alberto Pumpido is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper who played for Argentina in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management. His neph…
Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
Quentin Mcdonald Willson was an English television presenter and producer, motoring journalist, author and car dealer. He was best known as a presenter of the popular television mo…
Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear (died 2025)
Scott Cameron Pelley is an American author and broadcast journalist. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a former correspondent for the CBS News magazin…
Scott Pelley, American journalist and author
Daniel Gaston Ash is an English musician, songwriter and singer. Daniel Ash was born from a French mother and English father. He was born in England and spent his childhood in Nort…
Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir Mark John Thompson is a British–American media executive who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, and CEO o…
Mark Thompson, English business executive
Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE QC (Hon) was an Irish lawyer known for her work in the UK concerning children's rights, particularly forced marriage and international child abduction.
Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (died 2020)
Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron was an American actor, comedian, writer and artist. He is known for his roles as Albert in Punchline (1988); Milo in the 1991 action comedy The Last Bo…
Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the U.S. representative…
Jacky Rosen, United States senator
Bodo Rudwaleit is a German former football goalkeeper who played as goalkeeper for the record champion BFC Dynamo from 1976 to 1989.
Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
Catherine Joan Wilkinson is a New Zealand farmer and politician. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the National Party from 2005 until her retirement …
Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
Rupert Charles Farley is an English actor and voice over artist. He has had various roles in movies such as From Hell, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Shakespeare in Love and Mrs Br…
Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
Brooks Donohue Simpson is an American historian and an ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, specializing in American political and military history, esp…
Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position for the senior USSR national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest p…
Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach
Larry John Corowa MBE is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and New South Wa…
Larry Corowa, Australian rugby league player
David Alan Gill is a British football executive, formerly chief executive of Manchester United and a vice-chairman of The Football Association. He served as vice-chairman of the G-…
David Gill, English businessman
John Wark is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town. He won a record four Player of the Year awards before becoming one of the four inaug…
John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
James Robert Horner was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a third baseman and a first base…
Bob Horner, American baseball player
James Edward McGreevey is an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of New Jersey from 2002 until his resignation in 2004 amidst a sex scandal. A member of the Democra…
Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
Daire Brehan was an Irish actress, broadcaster and barrister who presented a variety of BBC Radio programmes during the 1990s including Language Live, for BBC Radio 5, You and Yo…
Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin was a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he s…
Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast and colonel
Dennis Arnold Drew is the keyboardist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He has been with the band since its inception in 1981 and is one of three founding memb…
Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Profession…
Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer