Explore 3217 historical events from 1990–1999.
John Zachary Young, generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century".
John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907)
Arunasalam Thangathurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1936)
Chetan Anand was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the first ever Cannes Film Fes…
Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
François Furet was a French historian and president of the Saint-Simon Foundation, best known for his books on the French Revolution. From 1985 to 1997, Furet was a professor of Fr…
François Furet, French historian and author (born 1927)
Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido was a Spanish economist and municipal politician and a member of the People's Party, in Ermua, the Basque Country. He was kidnapped and murdered by the …
Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (born 1968)
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.
Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (born 1924)
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (born 1939)
Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace was an Italian fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fra…
Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (born 1946)
Olaf Kopvillem was a prominent Estonian World War II refugee. Having settled in Canada, he engaged in the organisation of Estonian exile activities there, and is known for his nume…
Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (born 1926)
Chūhei Nambu was a Japanese track and field athlete. As of 2024, he is the only person to have held world records in both the long jump and the triple jump.
Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (born 1904)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (born 1906)
Saw Maung was a Burmese military leader and statesman who served as Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and Prime Minister of Burma from 1988 until 1992…
Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, seventh Prime Minister of Burma (born 1928)
William Ben Hogan was an American professional golfer who is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He profoundly influenced golf swing theory, an…
Ben Hogan, American golfer (born 1912)
Rosalie Sylvia Crutchley was a British actress. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, she was perhaps best known for her television performances, but had a long and successful car…
Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (born 1920)
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj was a Thai professor and politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailand three times. A descendant of the Thai royal family, he was the great-grandso…
Seni Pramoj, Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1905)
Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was de jure emperor of Đại Nam,…
Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (born 1913)
Harald Kihle was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is particularly known for his pictures with motifs from Telemark.
Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1905)
Pietro Rizzuto was an Italian-born Canadian politician.
Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
Shin Ki-ha, was a South Korean politician. A four-term lawmaker, he was a former parliamentary leader of the South Korean political party National Congress for New Politics.
Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1941)
Samuel Conlon Nancarrow was a US-born Mexican composer. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical …
Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (born 1912)
William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced undergr…
William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music w…
Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who is the oldest person in recorded history whose age has been verified, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. …
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
Jean-Claude Lauzon was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before s…
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1953)