Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
William Rahr Callahan is an American singer-songwriter, who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre, with home-made tape…
Bill Callahan, American singer-songwriter
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI is an Italian mezzo-soprano, widely known for her renditions of the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Vivaldi, as well as lesser-known music of th…
Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
Svetlana Yakovlevna Jitomirskaya is a mathematician working on dynamical systems and mathematical physics. She is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech and UC Ir…
Svetlana Jitomirskaya, American mathematician
Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to th…
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2017)
Sir William David Wiggin is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire, previously Leominster, from 2001 to 2024.
Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Anthony Yeboah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
David Andrew Platt is an English retired football coach and player who played as a midfielder.
David Platt, English footballer and manager
Marc Glanville is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s.
Marc Glanville, Australian rugby league player
Abida Sophie Jamal is a Canadian endocrinologist and former osteoporosis researcher who was at the centre of a scientific misconduct case in the mid-to-late 2010s. Jamal published …
Sophie Jamal, Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct
Julianna Margulies is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway in the NBC medical dram…
Julianna Margulies, American actress
Tom Misteli is a Swiss-born (Solothurn) cell biologist who has pioneered the field of genome cell biology. From 2016-2024 he was the Director of the Center for Cancer Research at t…
Tom Misteli, Swiss cell biologist
Henry Bond, FHEA is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics.
Henry Bond, English photographer and curator
Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman is a Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topo…
Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
Naoki Hattori is a motoring journalist and racing driver from Japan.
Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
Raimonds Vējonis is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020.
Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
Marco Jay Luciano "Mark" Occhilupo is an Australian professional surfer and winner of the 1999 ASP World title.
Mark Occhilupo, Australian surfer
Olivier Roumat is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a number-eight, openside flanker and lock.
Olivier Roumat, French rugby player
Phillip Roger Vischer is an American filmmaker, animator, author, puppeteer, and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated video series VeggieTales alongside Mike Nawrocki. He…
Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
Jan Železný is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres.…
Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and coach
Mohammed Gahzy Al-Akhras is an Iraqi Arabic writer and journalist. He is known for his moderate political and social opinions, mainly through his daily column in Al Sabaah and his …
Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
Tory Burch is an American fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the executive chairman and chief creative officer of her own brand, Tory Burch LLC. She was listed as the 88th …
Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist
Kenneth R. Clark was an American professional football player from Evergreen, Alabama who played running back for three seasons for the Indianapolis Colts.
Ken Clark, American football player (died 2013)
Diane Dolores Modahl is an English former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won a gold medal in the 800 m at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, silver at the …
Diane Modahl, English runner
John Anthony Miller III, better known by his stage name Jason Patric is an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys (1987…
Jason Patric, American actor