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In the year 1950

1,597 Notable birthdays

Kathy Baker

American actress (born 1950).

Born June 8th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Midland.

Franco Harris

American football player (1950–2022).

Born March 7th, 1950 in Fort Dix. [ref]

Died December 20th, 2022 at 72 years old in Sewickley. [ref]

Howard Deutch

Film director, television director.

Born September 14th, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City.

Ron Woodroof

American aids patient who created what would become known as the dallas buyers club (1950-1992).

Born February 3rd, 1950 in Texas.

Died September 12th, 1992 at 42 years old in Dallas (AIDS related disease).

Richard Chase

American serial killer, cannibal and necrophiliac (1950–1980).

Born May 23rd, 1950 in Santa Clara.

Died December 26th, 1980 at 30 years old in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (drug overdose).

Tina Weymouth

American musician.

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

Danielle Steel

American writer.

Born August 14th, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City.

George Thorogood

American blues rock vocalist/guitarist (born 1950).

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

Mutulu Shakur

American activist and former member of the black liberation army.

Born August 8th, 1950 in Baltimore.

Died July 6th, 2023 at 72 years old in Southern California.

Victoria Tennant

British actress.

Born September 30th, 1950 (age 75 years) in London.

Erin Gray

American model, talent agent, and actress (born 1950).

Born January 7th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Honolulu.

Susan George

English actress.

Born July 26th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Surbiton.

Leena Chandavarkar

Indian actress.

Born August 29th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Dharwad.

Michel Lotito

French eater (1950-2007).

Born June 16th, 1950 in Villard-Bonnot.

Died April 17th, 2006 at 55 years old in Grenoble.

P. J. Soles

American actress.

Born July 17th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Frankfurt.

Christine Lahti

American actress and director (born 1950).

Born April 4th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Birmingham.

Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Spiritual leader of the ahmadiyya muslim community.

Born September 15th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Rabwah.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950).

Born September 16th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Keyser.

Richard Gilliland

American actor (1950–2021).

Born January 23rd, 1950 in Fort Worth.

Died March 18th, 2021 at 71 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Joan Armatrading

British singer and musician.

Born December 9th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Basseterre.

Gilles Villeneuve

Canadian racing driver (1950–1982).

Born January 18th, 1950 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Died May 8th, 1982 at 32 years old in Leuven (traffic collision).

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950).

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

Alan Silvestri

American composer, conductor, orchestrator and music producer.

Born March 26th, 1950 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Mark Mothersbaugh

American musician and composer.

Born May 18th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Akron.

Mohan Bhagwat

Sixth sarsanghchalak of the rashtriya swayamsevak sangh.

Born September 11th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Chandrapur.

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