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In the year 1950
393 Notable deaths
Āpirana Ngata
New zealand politician and lawyer (1874-1950).
Born July 3rd, 1874 in Te Araroa. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1950 at 76 years old in Waiomatatini. [ref]
Fritz Suhren
Ss officer and politician (1908-1950).
Born June 10th, 1908 in Varel.
Died July 12th, 1950 at 42 years old in Sandweier.
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter (1923–1950).
Born September 24th, 1923 in Key West.
Died July 7th, 1950 at 26 years old in New York City (tuberculosis).
Liane de Pougy
French courtesan, dancer and novelist, editor.
Born July 2nd, 1869 in La Flèche. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1950 at 81 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Agnes Smedley
American journalist, writer, comintern spy (1892-1950).
Born February 23rd, 1892 in Osgood.
Died May 6th, 1950 at 58 years old in London (bronchopneumonia).
Josef Hassid
Polish violinist (1923–1950).
Born December 28th, 1923 in Suwałki.
Died November 7th, 1950 at 26 years old in Epsom.
Edgar Lee Masters
American writer.
Born August 23rd, 1868 in Garnett. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1950 at 81 years old in Melrose Park. [ref]
Frank Buck
American hunter, animal collector, actor and author (1884–1950).
Born March 17th, 1884 in Gainesville.
Died March 25th, 1950 at 66 years old in Houston (lung cancer).
Karl Guthe Jansky
American physicist and radio engineer.
Born October 22nd, 1905 in Norman.
Died February 14th, 1950 at 44 years old in Red Bank (heart failure).
Maurice Costello
American actor and film director (1877-1950).
Born February 22nd, 1877 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 30th, 1950 at 73 years old in Hollywood.
Rex Ingram
Irish film director (1892–1950).
Born January 15th, 1892 in Dublin. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1950 at 58 years old in North Hollywood (disease).
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian and soviet composer (1881—1950).
Born April 20th, 1881 in Modlin Fortress.
Died August 8th, 1950 at 69 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Buddy DeSylva
American songwriter, film producer and record executive (1895–1950).
Born January 27th, 1895 in New York City.
Died July 11th, 1950 at 55 years old in Hollywood (heart failure). [ref]
Nikolai Voznesensky
Soviet economist (1903-1950).
Born December 1st, 1903 in Tula.
Died October 1st, 1950 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (execution by shooting).
Hattie Caraway
United states senator from arkansas and first woman elected to the u.s. senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing.
Born February 1st, 1878 in Bakerville.
Died December 21st, 1950 at 72 years old in Falls Church (stroke).
Cho Man-sik
Korean activist (1883-1950).
Born February 1st, 1883 in Kangso.
Died October 15th, 1950 at 67 years old in Pyongyang.
Ernest Douwes Dekker
Indonesia politician (1879–1950).
Born October 8th, 1879 in Pasuruan.
Died August 28th, 1950 at 70 years old in Bandung.
Nicolai Hartmann
German philosopher (1882–1950).
Born February 20th, 1882 in Riga.
Died October 9th, 1950 at 68 years old in Göttingen.
Ali Moustafa Mosharafa
Egyptian physicist (1898-1950).
Born July 11th, 1898 in Damietta.
Died January 16th, 1950 at 51 years old in Cairo (heart failure).
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Regent of saxe-coburg-gotha (1863-1950).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Langenburg.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 87 years old in Langenburg.
Nagaoka Hantarō
Japanese physicist.
Born August 15th, 1865 in Ōmura.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Peter Fraser
New zealand politician (1884–1950).
Born August 28th, 1884 in Tain.
Died December 12th, 1950 at 66 years old in Wellington.
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
British politician (1872-1950).
Born February 28th, 1872 in London.
Died August 16th, 1950 at 78 years old in England.
Othmar Spann
Austrian philosopher (1878-1950).
Born October 1st, 1878 in Altmannsdorf.
Died July 8th, 1950 at 71 years old in Neustift bei Schlaining.
Henry Harwood
Royal navy admiral (1888–1950).
Born January 19th, 1888 in Hanover Square.
Died June 9th, 1950 at 62 years old in Goring-on-Thames.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 393
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