List of covers of Time magazine (1950s)
This is a list of people appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1950s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading newsmagazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of a person's notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles about the person.
For other decades, see Lists of people on the cover of Time magazine.
1950
- 2 Jan - Winston Churchill, Man of the Half-Century
- 9 Jan - Carol Channing
- 16 Jan - Paul Douglas
- 23 Jan - Mark III Computer
- 30 Jan - Charles W. Sawyer
- 6 Feb - Clement Attlee
- 13 Feb - Glenn McCarthy
- 20 Feb - Kenneth Oberholtzer
- 27 Feb - Arthur Godfrey
- 6 Mar - T.S. Eliot
- 13 Mar - Forrest Sherman
- 20 Mar - Georgi Malenkov
- 27 Mar - Clarence Streit
- 3 Apr - Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 10 Apr - Ted Williams
- 17 Apr - Eddie Rickenbacker
- 24 Apr - Betty Hutton
- 1 May - Gian-Carlo Menotti
- 8 May - Arthur Hays Sulzberger
- 15 May - Coca-Cola
- 22 May - Harry S. Truman
- 29 May - Bảo Đại
- 5 Jun - Wall Street Bull
- 12 Jun - Darryl F. Zanuck
- 19 Jun - Charles F. Brannan
- 26 Jun - Pablo Picasso
- 3 Jul - William Levitt
- 10 Jul - Douglas MacArthur
- 17 Jul - Joseph Stalin
- 24 Jul - Omar Bradley
- 31 Jul - Walton Walker
- 7 Aug - K. C. Wu
- 14 Aug - Edward A. Craig
- 21 Aug - Yakov Malik
- 28 Aug - Irving Langmuir
- 4 Sept - Curtis LeMay
- 11 Sept - Arthur Radford
- 18 Sept - Ernst Reuter
- 25 Sept - Oliver P. Smith
- 2 Oct - Lucius D. Clay
- 9 Oct - Robert Frost
- 16 Oct - Syngman Rhee
- 23 Oct - Edward Almond
- 30 Oct - Robert A. Taft
- 6 Nov - Al Capp, Li'l Abner
- 13 Nov - George & John Hartford
- 20 Nov - Christopher Fry
- 27 Nov - Hopalong Cassidy
- 4 Dec - Frank Stanton
- 11 Dec - Mao Zedong
- 18 Dec - William H. Tunner
- 25 Dec - Fred Meyer's The Gift
1951
- 1 Jan - American Fighting Man, Man of the Year
- 8 Jan - Dean Acheson
- 15 Jan - Rudolf Bing
- 22 Jan - Paul Douglas
- 29 Jan - Lester Colbert
- 5 Feb - Warren Austin
- 12 Feb - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 19 Feb - Charles E. Wilson
- 26 Feb - Margaret Truman
- 5 Mar - Matthew Ridgway
- 12 Mar - Estes Kefauver
- 19 Mar - Michael DiSalle
- 26 Mar - Henry Knox Sherrill
- 2 Apr - Vincent Auriol
- 9 Apr - Barbara Bel Geddes
- 16 Apr - Crawford Greenewalt
- 23 Apr - Harry S. Truman
- 30 Apr - Douglas MacArthur
- 7 May - Jawaharlal Nehru
- 14 May - James Van Fleet
- 21 May - Juan Perón & Eva Perón
- 28 May - Frederick Rentschler
- 4 Jun - Mohammad Mosaddegh
- 11 Jun - Alfred Whitney Griswold
- 18 Jun - Zhou Enlai
- 25 Jun - Sugar Ray Robinson
- 2 Jul - The Pentagon
- 9 Jul - James Thurber
- 16 Jul - Matthew Ridgway
- 23 Jul - David Sarnoff
- 30 Jul - King Baudouin I
- 6 Aug - Mario Lanza
- 13 Aug - John Foster Dulles
- 20 Aug - Vasily Stalin
- 27 Aug - Dick Savitt
- 3 Sep - Ava Gardner
- 10 Sep - King Farouk I
- 17 Sep - Kremlin Courier
- 24 Sep - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
- 1 Oct - Bert Lahr
- 8 Oct - William M. Boyle
- 15 Oct - Louis Finkelstein
- 22 Oct - Joseph McCarthy
- 29 Oct - Graham Greene
- 5 Nov - Winston Churchill
- 12 Nov - Benjamin F. Fairless
- 19 Nov - Dick Kazmaier
- 26 Nov - Ramon Magsaysay
- 3 Dec - Patrice Munsel
- 10 Dec - Lila Bell Wallace & DeWitt Wallace
- 17 Dec - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- 24 Dec - Madonna and Child
- 31 Dec - Groucho Marx
1952
- 7 Jan - Mohammad Mosaddegh, Man of the Year
- 14 Jan - Gordon Dean
- 21 Jan - Andrea Mead Lawrence
- 28 Jan - Adlai Stevenson II
- 4 Feb - C. D. Howe
- 11 Feb - Anthony Eden
- 18 Feb - Queen Elizabeth II
- 25 Feb - Robert E. Wood
- 3 Mar - John Wayne
- 10 Mar - U.S. Taxpayer
- 17 Mar - Mortimer Adler
- 24 Mar - Estes Kefauver
- 31 Mar - Charles Laughton
- 7 Apr - Eleanor Roosevelt
- 14 Apr - Fulton J. Sheen
- 21 Apr - Fulgencio Batista
- 28 Apr - Eddie Stanky
- 5 May - D. F. Malan
- 12 May - Hoyt Vandenberg
- 19 May - Richard Russell
- 26 May - Lucille Ball
- 2 Jun - Robert A. Taft
- 9 Jun - Kurt Schumacher
- 16 Jun - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 23 Jun - Harry Manning
- 30 Jun - John S. Fine
- 7 Jul - Mark W. Clark
- 14 Jul - Media coverage of political conventions
- 21 Jul - Bob Mathias
- 28 Jul - Alben W. Barkley
- 4 Aug - Philip Murray
- 11 Aug - John Sparkman
- 18 Aug - George W. Merck
- 25 Aug - Richard Nixon
- 1 Sept - Katharine Hepburn
- 8 Sept - Muhammad Naguib
- 15 Sept - G. Mennen Williams
- 22 Sept - Wallace Harrison
- 29 Sept - Allan Shivers
- 6 Oct - Joseph Stalin and Georgy Malenkov
- 13 Oct - John Williams
- 20 Oct - Joyce Cary
- 27 Oct - Adlai Stevenson II
- 3 Nov - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 10 Nov - Dwight D. Eisenhower & Richard Nixon
- 17 Nov - Claire Bloom
- 24 Nov - Lemuel Shepherd
- 1 Dec - Alfred Jacobsen
- 8 Dec - Space Pioneer
- 15 Dec - Gerald Templer
- 22 Dec - Antoine Pinay
- 29 Dec - Francis Henry Taylor
1953
- 5 Jan - Elizabeth II, Woman of the Year
- 12 Jan - Thornton Wilder
- 19 Jan - Mamie Eisenhower
- 26 Jan - George M. Humphrey
- 2 Feb - Harold Sines Vance
- 9 Feb - Kwame Nkrumah
- 16 Feb - Herbert Brownell
- 23 Feb - Rosemary Clooney
- 2 Mar - Gwilym A. Price
- 9 Mar - Syngman Rhee
- 16 Mar - Joseph Stalin
- 23 Mar - Georgy Malenkov
- 30 Mar - Rosalind Russell
- 6 Apr - F. K. Otto Dibelius
- 13 Apr - Ezra Taft Benson
- 20 Apr - Viacheslav Molotov
- 27 Apr - Bill Bridgeman
- 4 May - Oveta Culp Hobby
- 11 May - Vinoba Bhave
- 18 May - William, Benson & Henry Ford
- 25 May - Alcide De Gasperi
- 1 Jun - Charles Erwin Wilson
- 8 Jun - 3-D Movies
- 15 Jun - Mickey Mantle
- 22 Jun - Lyndon B. Johnson
- 29 Jun - James H. Kindelberger
- 6 Jul - George Washington
- 13 Jul - Walter Ulbricht
- 20 Jul - Lavrenty Beria
- 27 Jul - Cornelius Shields
- 3 Aug - Allen Dulles
- 10 Aug - Shirley Booth
- 17 Aug - Christian Herter
- 24 Aug - Alfred Kinsey
- 31 Aug - Konrad Adenauer
- 7 Sept - Audrey Hepburn
- 14 Sept - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
- 21 Sept - Lewis Strauss
- 28 Sept - Henri Navarre
- 5 Oct - Neil H. McElroy
- 12 Oct - John Foster Dulles
- 19 Oct - William Jansen
- 26 Oct - Frederica
- 2 Nov - Amateur photographer
- 9 Nov - Johnny Lattner
- 16 Nov - Igor Sikorsky
- 23 Nov - Harry Dexter White
- 30 Nov - Nikita Khrushchev
- 7 Dec - William F. Dean
- 14 Dec - Pius XII
- 21 Dec - Earl Warren
- 28 Dec - Grandma Moses
1954
- 4 Jan - Konrad Adenauer, Man of the Year
- 11 Jan - Hyman Rickover
- 18 Jan - Richard Nixon
- 25 Jan - George Balanchine
- 1 Feb - Harry J. Grant
- 8 Feb - Nathan Twining
- 15 Feb - Heinrich Nordhoff
- 22 Feb - Paul Magloire
- 1 Mar - Nathan M. Pusey
- 8 Mar - Joseph McCarthy
- 15 Mar - Jack Webb
- 22 Mar - G. David Schine and Roy Cohn
- 29 Mar - Jonas Salk
- 5 Apr - Rab Butler
- 12 Apr - H-bomb mushroom cloud
- 19 Apr - Henry P. Van Dusen
- 26 Apr - Briggs Cunningham
- 3 May - Harry W. Morrison
- 10 May - Zhou Enlai
- 17 May - Ray Jenkins
- 24 May - Clinton Murchison
- 31 May - Native Dancer
- 7 Jun - Humphrey Bogart
- 14 Jun - J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 21 Jun - Sam Snead
- 28 Jun - Jacobo Árbenz
- 5 Jul - John Sherman Cooper
- 12 Jul - Pierre Mendès France
- 19 Jul - William McPherson Allen
- 26 Jul - Willie Mays
- 2 Aug - Do-It-Yourself
- 9 Aug - Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
- 16 Aug - Gina Lollobrigida
- 23 Aug - Douglas McKay
- 30 Aug - U Nu
- 6 Sept - Geoffrey Fisher
- 13 Sept - Alicia Patterson
- 20 Sept - Clement Attlee
- 27 Sept - David Riesman
- 4 Oct - Arthur Watkins
- 11 Oct - Marlon Brando
- 18 Oct - Clifford Case
- 25 Oct - Billy Graham
- 1 Nov - Harlow Curtice
- 8 Nov - Dave Brubeck
- 15 Nov - George M. Leader
- 22 Nov - Ho Chi Minh
- 29 Nov - Bobby Layne
- 6 Dec - Café Filho
- 13 Dec - Ernest Hemingway
- 20 Dec - Benjamin W. Chidlaw
- 27 Dec - Walt Disney
1955
- 3 Jan - John Foster Dulles, Man of the Year
- 10 Jan - Bull market
- 17 Jan - Wayne Morse & Richard L. Neuberger
- 24 Jan - Joseph Dodge
- 31 Jan - Grace Kelly
- 7 Feb - Alfred M. Pride
- 14 Feb - Carl Jung
- 21 Feb - Nikita Khrushchev
- 28 Feb - Marcos Pérez Jiménez
- 7 Mar - George N. Craig
- 14 Mar - Ichiro Hatoyama
- 21 Mar - George Meany
- 28 Mar - Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
- 4 Apr - Ngo Dinh Diem
- 11 Apr - Mother Mary Columba
- 18 Apr - Chiang Kai-shek
- 25 Apr - Walter George
- 2 May - Claire McCardell
- 9 May - Georgy Zhukov
- 16 May - Lee A. Dubridge
- 23 May - Anthony Eden
- 30 May - Goodwin Knight
- 6 June - Josip Broz Tito
- 13 June - Gwen Verdon
- 20 June - Walter Reuther
- 27 June - Dag Hammarskjöld
- 4 Jul - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 11 Jul - Gussie Busch
- 18 Jul - André Malraux
- 25 Jul - Nikolai Bulganin
- 1 Aug - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Nikolai Bulganin, Edgar Faure
- 8 Aug - Roy Campanella
- 15 Aug - Willard Libby
- 22 Aug - Carmine De Sapio
- 29 Aug - Frank Sinatra
- 5 Sep - Herman Wouk
- 12 Sep - John Stapp
- 19 Sep - Thurgood Marshall
- 26 Sep - Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 3 Oct - Casey Stengel
- 10 Oct - Richard Nixon
- 17 Oct - Ed Sullivan
- 24 Oct - Joe Moore
- 31 Oct - Irvine H. Page
- 7 Nov - Margaret
- 14 Nov - W. Averell Harriman
- 21 Nov - Keith Funston
- 28 Nov - Julie Harris
- 5 Dec - Theodore F. Adams
- 12 Dec - Louis Marx
- 19 Dec - LeRoy Collins
- 26 Dec - Virgin and Child
1956
- 2 Jan - Harlow Curtice, Man of the Year
- 9 Jan - Sherman Adams
- 16 Jan - David Ben-Gurion
- 23 Jan - Rowland Hughes
- 30 Jan - The Missile
- 6 Feb - Alfred Gruenther
- 13 Feb - Juscelino Kubitschek
- 20 Feb - Frank Lausche
- 27 Feb - William Holden
- 5 Mar - Luo Ruiqing
- 12 Mar - Leonard W. Hall
- 19 Mar - Pierre Poujade
- 26 Mar - James Eastland
- 2 Apr - Hussein bin Talal
- 9 Apr - Ralph Reed
- 16 Apr - Philip Graham
- 23 Apr - Sigmund Freud
- 30 Apr - Nikita Khrushchev
- 7 May - Ezra Benson
- 14 May - Marilyn Monroe
- 21 May - Arleigh Burke
- 28 May - Robin Roberts
- 4 Jun - Charles Erwin Wilson
- 11 Jun - Jacques Barzun
- 18 Jun - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 25 Jun - Eugene R. Black, Sr.
- 2 Jul - Eero Saarinen
- 9 Jul - David J. McDonald
- 16 Jul - Adlai Stevenson II
- 23 Jul - Rex Harrison
- 30 Jul - Jawaharlal Nehru
- 6 Aug - Stavros Niarchos
- 13 Aug - Harry S. Truman
- 20 Aug - Duke Ellington
- 27 Aug - Gamal Nasser
- 3 Sep - Arthur Langlie
- 10 Sep - William McChesney Martin
- 17 Sep - Estes Kefauver
- 24 Sep - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- 1 Oct - Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
- 8 Oct - Duffy Daugherty
- 15 Oct - Herman Talmadge
- 22 Oct - Leo Hoegh
- 29 Oct - Maria Callas
- 5 Nov - Richard Nixon
- 12 Nov - Dwight D. Eisenhower & Richard Nixon
- 19 Nov - Anthony Eden
- 26 Nov - Dag Hammarskjöld
- 3 Dec - Parry O'Brien
- 10 Dec - Wladyslaw Gomulka
- 17 Dec - Carl-Gustaf Rossby
- 24 Dec - Edward Hopper
- 31 Dec - Paul A. Siple
1957
- 7 Jan - Hungarian Patriot, Man of the Year
- 14 Jan - William Knowland
- 21 Jan - Harold Macmillan
- 28 Jan - Saud
- 4 Feb - Leonard Bernstein
- 11 Feb - Charles Van Doren
- 18 Feb - Martin Luther King
- 25 Feb - Arthur Radford
- 4 Mar - Christian Dior
- 11 Mar - David Ben-Gurion
- 18 Mar - Carrol M. Shanks
- 25 Mar - Charles Bailey
- 1 Apr - Bernard Schriever
- 8 Apr - Dave Beck
- 15 Apr - The Dead Sea Scrolls
- 22 Apr - Mohammed V
- 29 Apr - Simon Ramo & Dean Wooldridge
- 6 May - Hussein bin Talal
- 13 May - Herbert Brownell Jr.
- 20 May - Stefan Wyszynski
- 27 May - John McClellan
- 3 Jun - Pedro Aramburu
- 10 Jun - Henry Heald
- 17 Jun - Nuri as-Said
- 24 Jun - Monster Machines
- 1 Jul - Earl Warren
- 8 Jul - Birdie Tebbetts
- 15 Jul - Norman Chandler
- 22 Jul - Nikita Khrushchev
- 29 Jul - Kim Novak
- 5 Aug - John Diefenbaker
- 12 Aug - Richard Russell Jr.
- 19 Aug - Alfried Krupp
- 26 Aug - Althea Gibson
- 2 Sep - James Cozzens
- 9 Sep - Jimmy Hoffa
- 16 Sep - Anastas Mikoyan
- 23 Sep - Orval Faubus
- 30 Sep - Edward R. Murrow
- 7 Oct - Little Rock Integration
- 14 Oct - The U.S. Repairman
- 21 Oct - Philip
- 28 Oct - Ludwig Erhard
- 4 Nov - George W. Walker
- 11 Nov - Lalla Aisha
- 18 Nov - Edward Teller
- 25 Nov - Thomas D. White
- 2 Dec - John F. Kennedy
- 9 Dec - Richard Nixon
- 16 Dec - Lauris Norstad
- 23 Dec - U.S. Music Boom
- 30 Dec - Maria Schell
1958
- 6 Jan - Nikita Khrushchev, Man of the Year
- 13 Jan - Neil McElroy
- 20 Jan - Frank Pace
- 27 Jan - James Hagerty
- 3 Feb - Adnan Menderes
- 10 Feb - Bill Hartack
- 17 Feb - Template:Country data FDR Wernher von Braun
- 24 Feb - J. Paul Getty
- 3 Mar - Theodore Roosevelt
- 10 Mar - Sukarno
- 17 Mar - Lyndon B. Johnson
- 24 Mar - Wall Street Bull
- 31 Mar - Edward Durrell Stone
- 7 Apr - Franklin Clark Fry
- 14 Apr - John Gunther
- 21 Apr - Alec Guinness
- 28 Apr - Walter O'Malley
- 5 May - Charles Rhyne
- 12 May - Harlow Curtice, Henry Ford II & Lester Colbert
- 19 May - Van Cliburn
- 26 May - Charles de Gaulle
- 2 Jun - Alexander Nesmeyanov
- 9 Jun - Michael Stepovich
- 16 Jun - Jean Thorn
- 23 Jun - Luis Muñoz Marín
- 30 Jun - Sherman Adams
- 7 Jul - Stephen Kennedy, NYC Police Commissioner
- 14 Jul - George Beadie
- 21 Jul - Robert Preston
- 28 Jul - Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 4 Aug - James L. Holloway, Jr.
- 11 Aug - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- 18 Aug - Jack Paar
- 25 Aug - Robert Daniel Murphy
- 1 Sep - John Thach
- 8 Sep - Milton Eisenhower
- 15 Sep - Edmund Brown, Sr.
- 22 Sep - J. Lindsay Almond Jr.
- 29 Sep - Charles Goren
- 6 Oct - Nelson Rockefeller
- 13 Oct - Ferhat Abbas
- 20 Oct - Amos Stagg
- 27 Oct - Charles E. Chamberlain
- 3 Nov - Renata Tebaldi
- 10 Nov - John XXIII
- 17 Nov - C.R. Smith
- 24 Nov - Democratic Hopefuls
- 1 Dec - Mao Tse-Tung
- 8 Dec - Adolfo Mateos
- 15 Dec - Boris Pasternak
- 22 Dec - Miyoshi Umeki & Pat Suzuki
- 29 Dec - Wall Street Bull
1959
- Jan 5 - Charles de Gaulle, Man of the Year
- Jan 12 - Ralph J. Cordiner
- Jan 19 - Space Exploration
- Jan 26 - Fidel Castro
- Feb 2 - Congressional Leaders, Wilbur Mills, John William McCormack, Clarence Cannon, Sam Rayburn & Howard W. Smith
- Feb 9 - Alec Cushing
- Feb 16 - Sekou Toure
- Feb 23 - Telephone Man
- Mar 2 - Harry Belafonte
- Mar 9 - Warren North
- Mar 16 - Paul Tillich
- Mar 23 - Michiko Shoda
- Mar 30 - TV's Western Heroes
- Apr 6 - George W. Romney
- Apr 13 - Abdul Karim Kassem
- Apr 20 - Dalai Lama
- Apr 26 - Christian A. Herter
- May 4 - James Van Allen
- May 11 - Lyman Lemnitzer
- May 18 - Harsen Smith
- May 25 - Willy Brandt
- Jun 1 - Dwight Robinson
- Jun 8 - Charles Halleck
- Jun 15 - Lewis Strauss
- Jun 22 - Shirley MacLaine
- Jun 29 - Queen Elizabeth II
- Jul 6 - Columbus Iselin II
- Jul 13 - Frol Kozlov
- Jul 20 - Roger Blough
- Jul 27 - Dr. Roger Heller
- Aug 3 - Richard Nixon
- Aug 10 - William F. Quinn
- Aug 17 - Jacques Soustelle
- Aug 24 - Rocky Colavito
- Aug 31 - James Hoffa
- Sep 7 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Sep 14 - James Bryant Conant
- Sep 21 - Henry Moore
- Sep 28 - Nikita Khrushchev
- Oct 5 - Edward N. Cole
- Oct 12 - Liu Shao-chi
- Oct 19 - Harold Macmillan
- Oct 26 - TV's Private Eyes
- Nov 2 - Henry Alexander
- Nov 9 - Stuart Symington
- Nov 16 - Robert Kintner
- Nov 23 - Robert Bernard Anderson
- Nov 30 - Sam Huff
- Dec 7 - Charles Mortimer
- Dec 14 - Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dec 21 - Anne Bancroft
- Dec 28 - 18th Century Crèche
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