Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare is a Swedish and American actor. He rose to prominence in Sweden for playing Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman in his 1988 production of the play, and in America…
Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
Ditmar Jakobs is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He played as a centre-back, a classical libero in the mold of Franz Beckenbauer or Willi Schulz.
Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
Tõnu Kaljuste is an Estonian conductor.
Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist
Jakob Linzbach was an Estonian linguist.
Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (born 1874)
Aleksandar Živojinović, known professionally as Alex Lifeson, is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Rush. In 1968, he co-founded a band with drummer…
Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Everett Shinn was an American painter and member of the urban realist Ashcan School.
Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (born 1876)
Wallace Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the team competition. In the Double York round he finished fourth and in …
Wallace Bryant, American archer (born 1863)
Alexandre Emmanuel Pharamond was the captain of the French rugby union team in the early 20th century.
Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (born 1876)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (born 1893)
Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer who lived most of his life in France. He was one of the first major jazz …
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (born 1910)
Jesse Cail Burkett, nicknamed "Crab", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1890 to 1905 for the New York Giants, Clevel…
Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (born 1868)
Tatsuo Hori was a Japanese translator and writer of poetry, short stories and novels.
Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (born 1904)
Morgan Russell was a modern American artist. With Stanton Macdonald-Wright, he was the founder of Synchromism, a provocative style of abstract painting that dates from 1912 to the …
Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (born 1886)
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs i…
Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (born 1886)
Emanuel Božidar Vidović was a Croatian painter and graphic artist from Split.
Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (born 1870)
Ernest "Pot" Graves was an American football and baseball player, coach, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy …
Ernest Graves Sr
Thomas Lionel Howard Cole, Jr., also known as Tom Cole or Tommy Cole, was a British-American racing driver and co-creator of the Cadillac-Allard sports car. Afflicted by childhood …
Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (born 1922)
Elsa Beskow was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aun…
Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1874)
Charles William Miller was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Miller founded São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC), one of the oldest sports …
Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (born 1874)
Margaret Grace Bondfield was a British Labour Party politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be …
Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (born 1873)
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American ra…
Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (born 1915)
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American ra…
Julius Rosenberg, American spy (born 1918)
Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote …
Albert Gleizes, French painter (born 1881)
Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese, known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the founder of the Sy…
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (born 1882)