John Kessel

American writer.

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

Maryam Mursal

Somalian musician.

Born January 1st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Somalia.

Nandó dos Santos

Angolan politician.

Born March 5th, 1950 in Luanda. ^[ref]

Died December 18th, 2025 at 75 years old in Luanda. ^[ref]

Piergiorgio Odifreddi

Italian mathematician and logician.

Born July 13th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Cuneo.

Shinichi Fujimura

Japanese amateur archaeologist.

Born May 4th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Miyagi Prefecture.

Levent Kırca

Turkish actor (1950–2015).

Born September 28th, 1950 in Samsun.

Died October 12th, 2015 at 65 years old in Istanbul (liver cancer).

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Polish-american chemist famous for discovering 'atom transfer radical polymerization' (atrp) technique for polymer synthesis.

Born April 8th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Konstantynów Łódzki.

Ed Ratleff

American basketball player.

Born March 29th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Bellefontaine.

Christian Zacharias

German pianist and conductor.

Born April 27th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Jamshedpur.

Jango Edwards

American clown (1950–2023).

Born April 15th, 1950 in Detroit. ^[ref]

Died August 5th, 2023 at 73 years old in Barcelona. ^[ref]