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 covers 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

Cover for 1 January 1951 with American Fighting Man

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

Cover for 23 March 1953 with Georgy Malenkov

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

Cover for 4 January 1954 with Konrad Adenauer

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 William 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

Cover for 6 June 1955 with Josip Broz Tito

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 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 Taft 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
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

Cover for 6 January 1958 with Nikita Khrushchev

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 – 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 Beadle
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

Cover for 5 January 1959 with Charles de Gaulle

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. John R. Heller Jr.
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

References

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