In the year 1950
390 Notable deaths
Emil Jannings
German actor (1884-1950).
Born July 23rd, 1884 in Rorschach. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1950 at 65 years old in Strobl (liver cancer).
Lothrop Stoddard
American historian, political scientist, journalist and race theorist.
Born June 29th, 1883 in Brookline.
Died May 1st, 1950 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Indian bengali author (1894–1950).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Kanchrapara.
Died November 1st, 1950 at 56 years old in Ghatshila (myocardial infarction).
Abraham Wald
American jewish mathematician, statistician, and scientist (1902–1950).
Born October 31st, 1902 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 31st, 1950 at 48 years old in Nilgiri Mountains (Air India VT-CFK, aviation accident).
Ransom E. Olds
American businessman.
Born June 3rd, 1864 in Geneva.
Died August 26th, 1950 at 86 years old in Lansing.
Salvatore Giuliano
Sicilian bandit (1922 – 1950).
Born November 16th, 1922 in Montelepre.
Died July 5th, 1950 at 27 years old in Castelvetrano.
Albert François Lebrun
15th president of the french republic (1871-1950).
Born August 29th, 1871 in Mercy-le-Haut. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1950 at 78 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia). [ref]
Roman Shukhevych
Chief commander of the ukrainian nationalist army (1907-1950); responsible for wolyn massacre of poles. he was assassinated by nkvd on march 5 1950. he was buried in unmarked grave without any ceremony..
Born June 30th, 1907 in Krakovets.
Died March 5th, 1950 at 42 years old in Lviv.
Harold Laski
British academic (1893-1950).
Born June 30th, 1893 in Manchester. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1950 at 56 years old in St. Mary's Hospital (influenza). [ref]
Max Beckmann
German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950).
Born February 27th, 1884 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1950 at 66 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan