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1950 deaths

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British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

Aurobindo Ghosh

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author (1873-1950)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875–1950)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)

German writer (1871–1950)

Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)

Ramana Maharshi

Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)

French politician (1872–1950)

Joseph Schumpeter

Austrian political economist (1883–1950)

Gustaf V of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950

Albert François Lebrun

15th President of the French Republic (1871–1950)

first President of Austria (1870–1950)

German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)

Vaslav Nijinsky

Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

British chemist (1883-1950)

German actor (1884-1950)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

American poet (1892–1950)

American physician (1885-1950)

French sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)

British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)

William Lyon Mackenzie King

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)

German composer (1900–1950)

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

British Army general and Viceroy of India

Canadian actor and singer (1883–1950)

Jan Christiaan Smuts

South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)

Henry L. Stimson

United States Secretary of War (1867-1950)

Korean politician and academic (1881-1950)

Karl Guthe Jansky

American physicist and radio engineer

Japanese officer, former Prime Minister (1880–1950)

Finnish-American architect (1873-1950)

American inventor (1876–1950)

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt (1863–1950)

Emil Abderhalden

Swiss biochemist and physiologist (1877–1950)

Rafael Sabatini

Italian–English writer (1875–1950)

President of Austria (1869-1950)

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

German businessperson, politician (1870-1950)

Konstantinos Carathéodory

Greek mathematician (1873-1950)

Henry H. Arnold

American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force (1886-1950)

Emmanuel Mounier

French philosopher (1905–1950)

Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926 (1866-1950)

Nikolai Myaskovsky

Russian and Soviet composer (1881—1950)

British academic (1893-1950)

Arturo Alessandri

Chilean politician and President (1868–1950)

Alfred Korzybski

Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)

Russian and Soviet geographer, biologist and ichthyologist (1876–1950)

Nicolai Hartmann

German philosopher (1882–1950)

Edgar Lee Masters

American writer (1868–1950)

German businessman (1882–1950)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1890–1950)

Roman Shukhevych

Ukrainian nationalist (1907–1950)

German economist (1891–1950)

Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950)

American mathematician, statistician, and scientist (1902–1950)

Bulgarian politician (1877—1950)

writer (1879-1950)

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1876–1950)

Milada Horáková

Czechoslovak politician and resistance fighter (1901-1950)