Roger Hodgson

Uk musician and songwriter.

Born March 21st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Portsmouth.

Bob Orton Jr.

American professional wrestler.

Born November 10th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Kansas City.

Lee Tamahori

New zealand film director and producer (1950–2025).

Born April 22nd, 1950 in Wellington. ^[ref]

Died November 7th, 2025 at 75 years old in Auckland (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]

Joey Travolta

American actor and singer.

Born October 14th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Englewood.

Howard Ashman

American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991).

Born May 17th, 1950 in Baltimore. ^[ref]

Died March 14th, 1991 at 40 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Indian actor (1950-2014).

Born May 11th, 1950 in Ahmednagar.

Died November 3rd, 2014 at 64 years old in Mumbai (infectious disease).

Bjarne Stroustrup

Danish computer scientist, creator of c++ (born 1950).

Born December 30th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Aarhus. ^[ref]

Vondie Curtis-Hall

American actor and director.

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

Chris Stein

American guitarist.

Born January 5th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Brooklyn.

Anna Deavere Smith

American actress, playwright and professor.

Born September 18th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Baltimore.

Tom Werner

American television producer and businessman.

Born April 12th, 1950 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Timothy J. Keller

American pastor (1950–2023).

Born September 23rd, 1950 in Allentown.

Died May 19th, 2023 at 72 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Carl Palmer

English drummer.

Born March 20th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Birmingham.

Mohinder Amarnath

Indian cricket player.

Born September 24th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Patiala.

Chris Norman

English soft rock singer.

Born October 25th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Redcar.

Mike Starr

American actor.

Born July 29th, 1950 (age 75 years) in New York City.

Daniel von Bargen

American actor (1950-2015).

Born June 5th, 1950 in Cincinnati. ^[ref]

Died March 1st, 2015 at 64 years old in Hamilton County. ^[ref]

Francis Collins

American geneticist and director of the national institutes of health.

Born April 14th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Staunton.

Johann Rupert

South african businessman.

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

Angry Grandpa

American youtube personality (1950-2017).

Born October 16th, 1950 in Chatham County.

Died December 10th, 2017 at 67 years old in Summerville (liver cirrhosis).

Jack Unterweger

Austrian serial killer.

Born August 16th, 1950 in Judenburg. ^[ref]

Died June 29th, 1994 at 43 years old in Graz (hanging). ^[ref]

Jo Marie Payton

American actress.

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

Robert Z'Dar

Actor, film producer (1950-2015).

Born June 3rd, 1950 in Chicago.

Died March 30th, 2015 at 64 years old in Pensacola (myocardial infarction).

Alex Chilton

American musician (1950–2010).

Born December 28th, 1950 in Memphis.

Died March 17th, 2010 at 59 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Dan Hartman

American musician (1950–1994).

Born December 8th, 1950 in Harrisburg.

Died March 22nd, 1994 at 43 years old in Westport (death from AIDS-related complications, brain tumor).