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1950[]
- January 29 – Monroe Sweeney died, aged 57.
- March 9 – Danny Sullivan born.
- March 14 – Don Blankenship born.
- April 23 – William Alexander died, aged 60.
- June 27 – Flying Disk Over Louisville.
- October 10 – Tim Krekel born.
- October 13 – William Hopkinson Cox died, aged 93.
- December 7 – Evelyn Selbie died, aged 79.
- December 11 – Herbert Marcus died, aged 72.
1951[]
- January 6 – Shug McGaughey born.
- February 2 – Bill Sowders died, aged.
- February 16 – Darwin K. Kyle died, aged 29.
- March 8 – Virgil Chapman died, aged 55.
- March 31 – Beverle Graves Myers born.
- May 8 – Chris Frantz born.
- June 29 – Don Rosa born.
- July 1 – Terrence Mann born.
- July 26 – Woody Blackburn born.
1952[]
- January 3 – Dick Curtis died, aged 49.
- January 20 – George Remus died, aged aged 77.
- January 31 – Hayden Stevenson died, aged 74.
- March 10 – Harry W. Ware died, aged 65.
- April 13 – Sam Bush born.
- May 6 – Harry Berte died, aged 79.
- May 8 – Elizabeth Robins died, aged 89.
- June 19 – Dick Crutcher died, aged 62.
- July 5 – Hillbilly Jim born.
- July 19 – Emma Guy Cromwell died, aged 86.
- July 22 – Bird Averitt born.
- July 22 – Harry Carter died, aged 72.
- July 24 – Gus Van Sant born.
- August 11 – Riccardo Martin died, aged 77.
- August 30 – Stephen S. Sawyer born.
- September 18 – Rick Pitino born.
- September 25 – bell hooks born.
- October 22 – Elizabeth Fouse died, aged 77.
- November 4 – Steve Nunn born.
- December 17 – Michael Williams born.
1953[]
- January 13 – Silvana Gallardo born.
- February 17 – Becky Ann Baker born.
- February 27 – Ann Del Farrish born.
- March 6 – Carrie Marcus Neiman died, aged 69.
- March 20 – Jimmy Dan Conner born.
- August 18 – Jim Gray born.
- August 20 – Carlisle Cutchin died, aged 68.
- October 25 – Fenton Johnson born.
- November 24 – Glenn Withrow born.
- November 26 – Dorsey Ridley born.
1954[]
- April 8 – Virginia Cary Hudson died, aged 59.
- June 2 – Steve Raible born.
- June 23 – Tony Dunnavant born.
- July 1 – Keith Whitley born.
- July 18 – Ricky Skaggs born.
- July 27 – Phil Bond born.
- September 23 – George C. Wolfe born.
- November 3 – Phil Simms born.
- December 14 – James Horan born.
1955[]
- January 18 – Phil Morrison died, aged 60.
- January 31 – Buck Washington died, aged 51.
- February 22 – Marty Pollio born.
- February 25 – Lynn Starling died, aged 66.
- May 9 – Myra Blackwelder born.
- May 22 – Lena Madesin Phillips died, aged 73.
- July 22 – Richard J. Corman born.
- August 21 – The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter occurred.
- September 4 – Gus Weyring died, aged 88.
- September 18 – Sid Griffin born.
- September 20 – Art Herman died, aged 84.
1956[]
- January 4 – John Beckwith died, aged 55.
- January 17 – James Lee born.
- January 28 – Barry McCormick died, aged 81.
- March 24 – Mike Phillips born.
- March 31 – John Morgan born.
- April 30 – Alben W. Barkley died, aged 78.
- June 29 – Thomas R. Underwood died, aged 58.
- August 16 – Hallie Erminie Rives died, aged 82.
- September 2 – J. Larry Jones born.
- September 6 – Jeff McWaters born.
- September 21 – Jack Givens born.
- September 22 – Jesse Tannehill died, aged 82.
- October 23 – Dwight Yoakam born.
- November 13 – Joseph L. Beam died, aged 88.
- December 16 – Jim Newberry born.
- December 18 – Thais Lawton died, aged 77.
1957[]
- January 4 – Patty Loveless born.
- January 22 – Terry Meiners born.
- January 27 – Herbert Wassell Nadal died, aged 83.
- March 12 – Dick Niehaus died, aged 64.
- June 14 – Chad Cromwell born.
- August 10 – Charles Neville Buck died, aged 78.
- September 5 – Carl Brazley born.
- September 10 – J. Martin Holman born.
1958[]
- January 13 – Gene Roof born.
- February 4 – Ted Turner died, aged 65.
- February 7 – Margaret Vandercook died, aged 81.
- June 6 – Virginia Pearson died, aged 72.
- June 16 – Darrell Griffith born.
- July 22 – Grover Land died, aged 73.
- August 12 – Augustus Owsley Stanley died, aged 91.
- September 6 – Bill Plaschke born.
- September 28 – Jerry Layne born.
- October 25 – Greg Page born.
- October 26 – Paul Laird born.
- October 31 – Russ Cochran born.
1959[]
- February 1 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan died, aged 85.
- February 8 – Jerry Eaves born.
- March 2 – Larry Stewart born.
- March 9 – Fin Wilson died, aged 70.
- April 6 – David Dean Bottrell born.
- April 6 – Monte Montague died, aged 67.
- April 18 – Debbie Combs born.
- May 18 – Debbie Dadey born.
- May 21 – Albert B. Blanton died, aged 78.
- June 13 – Danny Fargo born.
- July 6 – Joe Jacoby born.
- September 12 – Ben Chandler born.
- September 21 – Abraham Flexner died, aged 92.
- October 21 – Olive Blakeney died, aged 60.
- November 20 – Sean Young born.
- December 2 – Mac King born.