Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
Stephen David Daldry CBE is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway and an Olivier Award for his wo…
Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
Royce Michael Simmons is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. A one-club man, he played as a hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales …
Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach
Kathryn Jane Cook is a former athlete, specialising in sprint and sprint relays. She is one of the most successful female sprinters in British athletics history. She is three-times…
Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
Werner Faymann is an Austrian former politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) from 2008 to 2016. On 9 May 2016, he resi…
Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
Douglas James Hawkins is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media…
Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
Keith Martin Dowding is a British political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy at the Australian National University (ANU). In 2006 he held a …
Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
Roma Downey is an Irish actress, producer, and author. She gained recognition for her role as Monica the angel, in the CBS television series Touched by an Angel, which ran for nine…
Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
John Conant Flansburgh is an American musician and a co-founder of the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Linnell, which was formed in 1982. He is the lead writer…
John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Anne Parillaud is a French actress who has been active since 1977, who is best known internationally for playing the title character in Luc Besson's film La Femme Nikita.
Anne Parillaud, French actress
Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham is an Armenian-British surgeon, academic, and politician.
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequentl…
Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)
Paul David Hewson, known by the nickname Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is a founding member, the lead vocalist, and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Bon…
Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
Kerry Hemsley is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League …
Kerry Hemsley, Australian rugby league player
Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978 and continued to do so for 24 years before representi…
Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
Anne Charlotte Clark is an English poet, singer and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then.
Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year caree…
Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr., nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Die…
Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
Dean Arthur Heller is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator representing Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he serve…
Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo is a New Zealand professional golfer. Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 14 pro tournaments around the world. He was at his peak during the mi…
Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
Ronan Tynan is an Irish tenor singer and former Paralympic athlete.
Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
Rhonda Suzanne Burchmore is an Australian entertainer, most notable as an actress, recording artist and singer in musical theatre, she has appeared in numerous television shows and…
Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
Rob Stanton Bowman is an American director. He grew up around film and television production, and developed an interest in the field because of the work of his father, director Chu…
Rob Bowman, American director and producer
Louis John DiBella Jr. is an American boxing promoter, minor league baseball team owner and television/film producer.
Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer