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In the year 1950

1,597 Notable birthdays

Mary Doria Russell

American novelist.

Born August 19th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Chicago.

Martine Aubry

French politician (born 1950).

Born August 8th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Paris.

Ida Odinga

Kenyan businesswoman, activist, and educator.

Born August 24th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Migori.

Anna Jantar

Polish singer (1950-1980).

Born June 10th, 1950 in Poznań.

Died March 14th, 1980 at 29 years old in Warsaw (aviation accident).

Patrick Juvet

Swiss singer-songwriter (1950–2021).

Born August 21st, 1950 in Montreux.

Died April 1st, 2021 at 70 years old in Barcelona (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Phil Chenier

American basketball player.

Born October 30th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Berkeley.

Miki Manojlović

Serbian actor.

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

Susan Greenfield

British scientist.

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

Vaughn Armstrong

American actor.

Born July 7th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Sonora.

Seyla Benhabib

Turkish-american philosopher and political scientist (born 1950).

Born September 9th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Istanbul.

Barbara Gaskin

British singer.

Born June 5th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Hatfield.

Dana Gioia

American writer (born 1950).

Born December 24th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Hawthorne.

Todd McCarthy

American film critic and author.

Born February 16th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Evanston. [ref]

José Ángel Gurría

Mexican economist and diplomat.

Born May 8th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Tampico.

Tom McLoughlin

American director and screenwriter.

Born July 19th, 1950 (age 75 years) in United States.

Valeriya Novodvorskaya

Russian politician (1950-2014).

Born May 17th, 1950 in Baranavichy. [ref]

Died July 12th, 2014 at 64 years old in Moscow (toxic shock syndrome). [ref]

Joseph Ruben

American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Born May 10th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Briarcliff Manor.

Simon Nicol

Singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from england.

Born October 13th, 1950 (age 75 years) in London.

Benjamin Hendrickson

American actor (1950–2006).

Born August 26th, 1950 in Huntington.

Died July 3rd, 2006 at 55 years old in Huntington. [ref]

Boris Gryzlov

Russian politician.

Born December 15th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Vladivostok. [ref]

Karen Joy Fowler

American novelist, short story writer, editor.

Born February 7th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Bloomington.

Loretta Goggi

Italian actress and singer.

Born September 29th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Rome.

K. W. Jeter

American author.

Born March 26th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Los Angeles.

Joe Armstrong

British computer scientist (1950-2019).

Born December 27th, 1950 in London.

Died April 20th, 2019 at 68 years old in Stockholm. [ref]

Larry Perkins

Australian racecar driver.

Born March 18th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Murrayville.

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