Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Peter Marc Jacobson is an American television writer, director, producer, and actor. He is best known as the executive producer of the popular sitcom The Nanny, which he created an…
Peter Marc Jacobson, American actor, director, and producer
Nancy Jean Cartwright is an American actress. She has served as the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons, which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over…
Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
Marian Patricia Bell, CBE is a British consultant economist, and was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from June 2002 to June 2005.
Marian Bell, English economist and academic
Stephen Paul David Morris is an English musician who is the drummer and percussionist of the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division. He also wrote and performed in The O…
Stephen Morris, English drummer
Zachary Paul Wamp is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Th…
Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
Daniel Louis Castellaneta is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons, as well as other characters on the show…
Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
Shlomo Mintz is a Russian-born Israeli violinist and conductor. He regularly appears with orchestras and conductors on the international scene and is heard in recitals and chamber …
Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
Kevin Elliot Pollak is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcaster. He has appeared in over 90 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men, Jacob Goldman i…
Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer
Leopold Löwenheim [ˈle:o:pɔl̩d ˈlø:vɛnhaɪm] was a German mathematician doing work in mathematical logic. The Nazi regime forced him to retire because under the Nuremberg Laws he wa…
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (born 1878)
Ezio Fortunato Pinza was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metro…
Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (born 1892)
Alfonso Antonio Vicente Eduardo Ángel Blas Francisco de Borja Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE, best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, r…
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and racing driver (born 1928)
Michael (Mihály) Fekete was a Hungarian-Israeli mathematician.
Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (born 1886)
Pieter Henricus van der Hoog, also known after converting to Islam as Mohammed Abdul-Ali, was a Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist. Born in The Hague, Van der Hoog…
Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (born 1888)
Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan k…
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (born 1868)
Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Weste…
Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (born 1913)
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most …
Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1908)
Sir Albert Ernest de Silva was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. …
Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (born 1887)
Mariya Ivanovna Vassilieva, gallicised and known in Western sources as Marie Vassilieff, was a Russian-born painter and set designer active in Paris.
Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (born 1884)
Keith Phillip Andrews was an American racecar driver. He was killed after crashing his car during practice for the 1957 Indianapolis 500.
Keith Andrews, American race car driver (born 1920)
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents…
Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born 1903)
Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky was a Russian and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artisti…
Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (born 1889)
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the …
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885)
James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for professional teams in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the Western Cana…
Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1892)
Leo Joseph "Bud" Goodwin was an American swimmer, diver, and water polo player who competed for the New York Athletic Club. He participated for the U.S. in the 1904 and 1908 Summer…
Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (born 1883)