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In the year 1950

1,474 Notable birthdays

Narendra Modi

Prime minister of india since 2014.

Born September 17th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Vadnagar.

Anne, Princess Royal

Daughter of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip, duke of edinburgh.

Born August 15th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Clarence House.

Bill Murray

American actor and comedian.

Born September 21st, 1950 (age 75 years) in Wilmette.

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950).

Born May 13th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Saginaw.

Tom Petty

American musician.

Born October 20th, 1950 in Gainesville.

Died October 2nd, 2017 at 66 years old in UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (drug overdose). [ref]

John Candy

Canadian actor (1950–1994).

Born October 31st, 1950 in Toronto.

Died March 4th, 1994 at 43 years old in Durango (myocardial infarction).

Rajini kanth

Indian actor (born 1950).

Born December 12th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Bengaluru.

Richard Branson

British entrepreneur and business magnate.

Born July 18th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Blackheath. [ref]

Peter Gabriel

British musician.

Born February 13th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Chobham. [ref]

Karen Carpenter

American singer and drummer (1950–1983).

Born March 2nd, 1950 in Yale – New Haven Hospital.

Died February 4th, 1983 at 32 years old in Downey Regional Medical Center (anorexia nervosa).

Ron Perlman

American actor (born 1950).

Born April 13th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Washington Heights.

Steve Wozniak

American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of apple inc..

Born August 11th, 1950 (age 75 years) in San Jose.

Robbie Coltrane

Scottish actor (1950–2022).

Born March 30th, 1950 in Rutherglen.

Died October 14th, 2022 at 72 years old in Forth Valley Royal Hospital. [ref]

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950).

Born November 28th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Englewood. [ref]

William Hurt

American actor (1950–2022).

Born March 20th, 1950 in Washington, D.C..

Died March 13th, 2022 at 71 years old in Portland (prostate cancer). [ref]

William H. Macy

American actor.

Born March 13th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Miami.

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950).

Born March 26th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Ontario, Hamilton.

David Cassidy

American actor and singer (1950–2017).

Born April 12th, 1950 in New York City.

Died November 21st, 2017 at 67 years old in Fort Lauderdale (liver disease). [ref]

Chuck Schumer

American politician (born 1950), minority leader of the united states senate (2017–2021) and again since 2025.

Born November 23rd, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City. [ref]

Mithun Chakraborty

Indian politician and film actor.

Born June 16th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Kolkata.

Phil McGraw

American television personality.

Born September 1st, 1950 (age 75 years) in Vinita.

John Hughes

American filmmaker (1950–2009).

Born February 18th, 1950 in Lansing.

Died August 6th, 2009 at 59 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Randy Quaid

American actor.

Born October 1st, 1950 (age 75 years) in Houston.

Steven Van Zandt

American musician and actor (born 1950).

Born November 22nd, 1950 (age 75 years) in Winthrop.

Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish singer (born 1950).

Born April 5th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Jönköping.

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