1950 births

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his work in Hollywood comedy films.

Swiss Politician

Greek and American businesswoman (born 1950)

Russian general (1950-2002)

Serbian former flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute

Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)

American film director, screenwriter and producer

Faegheh Atashin (; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she is one of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, and her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.

British sculptor (born 1950)

American musician (born 1950)

American filmmaker (1950–2009)

American physicist, astronaut (1950-1986)

American actor (born 1950)

American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)

American actor and singer (1950–2017)

American television personality (born 1950)

59th Prime Minister of Romania (2000-2004)

13th Mayor of Paris

American actress

Northern Irish singer and politician

Spanish flamenco singer (1950–1992)

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)

Canadian actor (born 1950)

Welsh singer

American actress (born 1950)

American actress and director (born 1950)

French footballer (born 1950)

United States Senator from Washington since 2013

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer (born 1950)

Russian businessman

Greek judge, former caretaker Prime Minister of Greece

Irish filmmaker and fiction writer

Canadian environmental activist

Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore. Her other films include This Sweet Sickness (1977), Entre Nous (1983), May Fools (1990), Germinal (1993), Dry Cleaning (1997) and Arrêtez-moi (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.

American actress

American white nationalist and politician

Angolan politician

Polish politician, former Prime Minister of Poland

77th & 85th United States Attorney General (born 1950)

British politician (born 1950)

Indo Canadian film director and screenwriter

Dutch-based actress of Indonesian descent

British musician (born 1950)

Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before appearing in the CBS television series The Jacksons. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album Centipede (1984). The album's title track was written by her younger brother Michael and has been her most successful single release. She released two more albums: Reaction (1986) and R U Tuff Enuff (1988).

American film, television and voice actress

Cuban track athlete

President of Niger from 1993 to 1996

German alpine skier (1950–2023)

Canadian poet, essayist, and academic (born 1950)

British guitarist and singer

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

French actress, film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1950)

American politician (born 1950)

East German athlete

Chinese democracy activist and dissident

Estonian politician (1950–2022)

Guinean musician (1950–2020)

Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016)

British songwriter