Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Gregory Neale Harrison is an American actor. He is known primarily for his roles as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John McIntyre on the…
Gregory Harrison, American actor
Christine Kurzhals was a German engineer and politician who served in the Bundestag from 1994 until her death in 1998. A member of the Social Democratic Party from Saxony, she was …
Christine Kurzhals, German politician (died 1998)
Edgar Savisaar was an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister…
Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (died 2022)
Henry Perrin Beatty is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet mi…
Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
Charlene Marilynn Oliver, better known by the artist mononym Charlene, is an American easy-listening and R&B singer famous for the song "I've Never Been to Me", which, after its un…
Charlene, American singer-songwriter
Jean Denise Lambert is an English politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.
Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was described by Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today." His best-know…
Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (died 1999)
Joanna Hall Gleason Sarandon is a Canadian-American actress and singer, known for her performances in theatrical musicals and plays, and on film and television.
Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić was a Serbian football coach and player.
Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager (died 2021)
Frédéric François, is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium.
Frédéric François, Belgian singer-songwriter
Melissa Marie Mathison was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement. She wrote the screenplays for the films The Black Sta…
Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
Lawrence Francis Probst III is an American businessman who was CEO of video game publisher Electronic Arts from 1991 until 2007, and executive chairman from 2013 to 2015. He contin…
Larry Probst, American businessman
Susan Kay Quatro is an American-British singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, wi…
Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Raymond Dumais was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.
Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)
Ronald Dyson was an American soul and R&B singer and actor. He had a lead role in the Broadway production of Hair and scored a top ten single in 1970 with "(If You Let Me Make Love…
Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (died 1990)
Abraham "Ditto" Pascual Sarmiento Jr. was a Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law regime of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.…
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr
Katherine Whitton Baker is an American actress. Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film The Right Stuff. She received the National Societ…
Kathy Baker, American actress
Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and…
Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
Trevor Bolder was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the…
Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)
Fred Jackson is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant running backs coach for the University of Michigan. He has worked with Michigan …
Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
Giorgos Kastrinakis is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played basketball professionally for many years in the Greek Basket League. At 2.04 m tall, he pl…
Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
Elías Sosa Martínez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) as an amateur free agent on March …
Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
Oğuz Abadan is a Turkish musician born in Ankara.
Oğuz Abadan, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly M…
Michael Fabricant, English politician