1950 deaths

racecar driver

Sicilian bandit (1922 – 1950)

Canadian-American physicist (1886–1950)

Russian philosopher (1877–1950)

German politician (1886-1950)

American statistician (1902–1950)

Prime Minister of Malta (1885-1950)

German lyricist, prosaist, and short story writer (1899-1950)

American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950)

American paleontologist, zoologist, botanist and philanthropist (1867-1950)

Queen consort of Iraq (1911-1950)

Hungarian footballer (1910-1950)

Korean activist (1883-1950)

American actress (1902–1950)

coup leader and the leader of the military junta (1898-1950)

Kyrgyzstani poet

Czech politician, poet, theatre director, playwright, librettist and translator (1868-1950)

American executioner (1911-1950)

Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer (1873–1950)

Italian physicist and engineer (1871–1950)

New Zealand politician (1884–1950)

Sultan of Brunei (1913-1950)

Swedish composer, conductor and pianist (1879–1950)

Chile's first female physician (1866-1950)

president of Cuba (1889-1950)

Slovenian writer (1893-1950)

Portuguese politician and engineer (1872-1950)

German general (1878-1950)

American sportsperson

Soviet Marshal of Aviation (1902-1950)

American showman (1879-1950)

British microbiologist (1877–1950)

Italian rower (1900–1950)

Austrian writer (1886–1950)

Egyptian physicist (1898–1950)

Regent of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1863-1950)

Russian opera singer (1873–1950)

British racing driver

United States Army general (1889-1950)

American writer (1886–1950)

American astronomer (1879-1950)

actor, film director (1892-1950)

Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)

American astronomer (1870–1950)

Spanish pelotari (1873–1950)

art patron (1872–1950)

Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist (1873–1950)

Soviet chess player (1888–1950)

Japanese artist (1876-1950)

Premier of Republic of China (1877-1950)

American botanist (1874-1950)

Spanish football manager (1883-1950)

American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder

American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)

German architect (1876-1950)

American criminologist (1883–1950)

Portuguese musician

German writer (1867–1950)

American film director, screenwriter and actor (1888-1950)

Czech sportsperson (1895–1950)