Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Bernard Gabriel Fraser is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played 124 games for Wellington, and 55 games, including 23 test matches, for New Zealand.
Bernie Fraser, New Zealand rugby player
Brian Ernest Talbot is an English former football player and manager. He was capped six times for the England national team.
Brian Talbot, English footballer and manager
Brian Anthony Howe was an English rock singer, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent rec…
Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)
Graham Alan Gooch, is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through…
Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. He is the son of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hu…
Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Jon Faddis is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his firs…
Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
Tadashi Kawamata is a Japanese installation artist. After first studying painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, Kawamata discovered his interest in the practice of installation.…
Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist
Claire Conner McCaskill is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previous…
Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
James William Scobie Newcome is a retired English Anglican bishop and former Lord Spiritual. From 2009 until retirement, he was the Bishop of Carlisle, the diocesan bishop of the D…
James Newcome, English bishop
Walter Jerry Payton was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Nicknamed "Sweetness"…
Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (died 1999)
Joseph Anthony Tunzi is an American author, publisher, and producer, based in Chicago, Illinois.
Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley
Robert Bruce Zoellick is an American lawyer and government official who was the 11th president of the World Bank Group from 2007 to 2012. He was previously chairman of internationa…
Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player.
Felix Magath, German footballer and manager
Robert Phillips is an American classical guitarist.
Robert Phillips, American guitarist
Hinderk "Henk" Bleker is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the First Rutte cabinet from 14 Oct…
Henk Bleker, Dutch politician
William Earl Tatum is an American former professional basketball player from Mount Vernon, New York. He was a 6 ft 4+1⁄2 in (194 cm) 185 pounds (84 kg) guard who played high school…
Earl Tatum, American professional basketball player
Chung Dong-young is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of unification since late July 2025.
Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification
Greg Gomez Pead, known professionally as Yahoo Serious, is an Australian actor. His films include the comedy films Young Einstein (1988), Reckless Kelly (1993), and Mr. Accident (2…
Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States history and culture. His work is often pr…
Ken Burns, American director and producer
Geddy Lee Weinrib is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock band Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request of …
Geddy Lee, Canadian musician
Professor Frank McGuinness is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watc…
Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
Vivienne Patricia Scialfa is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since …
Patti Scialfa, American musician
Edward Norman Baillieu is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 199…
Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria
Timothy MacKenzie Gunn is an American author, academic, and television personality. He served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design in Greenwich Village, New York from 1982 to…
Tim Gunn, American television host and actor