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In the year 1950

1,475 Notable birthdays

Steve McCurry

American photographer (born 1950).

Born February 24th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Philadelphia.

Rick Dees

American radio personality.

Born March 14th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Jacksonville.

Pamela Hensley

American actress and author.

Born October 3rd, 1950 (age 75 years) in Glendale.

Moin Akhter

Pakistani comedian (1950–2011).

Born December 24th, 1950 in Karachi.

Died April 22nd, 2011 at 60 years old in Karachi. [ref]

Eddie Hazel

American guitarist (1950–1992).

Born April 10th, 1950 in Brooklyn.

Died December 23rd, 1992 at 42 years old in Plainfield (liver failure).

Prokopis Pavlopoulos

16th president of the greek republic.

Born July 10th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Kalamata.

Leonard Maltin

American film critic, writer, and historian.

Born December 18th, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City.

Gary Graham

American actor (1950–2024).

Born June 6th, 1950 in Long Beach.

Died January 22nd, 2024 at 73 years old in Spokane. [ref]

Pamela Franklin

British actress.

Born February 3rd, 1950 (age 76 years) in Yokohama.

Gary Locke

American politician.

Born January 21st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Seattle.

Sonia Manzano

American television personality.

Born June 12th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Linwood.

Sahle-Work Zewde

President of federal democratic republic of ethiopia.

Born February 21st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Addis Ababa.

Richard Norton

Australian stuntman and actor.

Born January 6th, 1950 in Croydon.

Died March 30th, 2025 at 75 years old in Melbourne. [ref]

Tom Robinson

British musician.

Born June 1st, 1950 (age 75 years) in Cambridge.

Laura Ziskin

American film and television producer (1950–2011).

Born March 3rd, 1950 in San Fernando Valley.

Died June 12th, 2011 at 61 years old in Santa Monica (breast cancer). [ref]

Chen Shui-bian

10th and 11th president of republic of china(taiwan) (2000–2008).

Born October 12th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Guantian District.

Ernesto Samper

President of colombia.

Born August 3rd, 1950 (age 75 years) in Bogotá.

Patti Austin

American singer.

Born August 10th, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City.

John Patrick Shanley

American writer.

Born October 3rd, 1950 (age 75 years) in The Bronx.

Michael Paul Chan

American actor.

Born June 26th, 1950 (age 75 years) in San Francisco. [ref]

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

King of the ashanti.

Born May 6th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Kumasi. [ref]

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director.

Born January 24th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Algiers.

Candida Royalle

American pornographic filmmaker (1950–2015).

Born October 15th, 1950 in New York City. [ref]

Died September 7th, 2015 at 64 years old in Mattituck (ovarian cancer). [ref]

Jerry Zucker

American director and producer.

Born March 11th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Milwaukee.

Jeffery Deaver

Novelist, journalist, lawyer.

Born May 6th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Glen Ellyn.

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