Most commentators consider Marcel Mauss ( 1872 – 1950 ), nephew of the influential sociologist Émile Durkheim, to be the founder of the French anthropological tradition.

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski () ( July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950 ) was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist.

13, No. 1 ( Feb., 1950 ), pp. 76 – 77.

* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor ( d. 1950 )

* 1950 – Cleo Odzer, American writer

* 1950 – Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman

* 1950 – David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Partridge Family )

* 1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor

* 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor

Bradman was succeeded as Australian captain by Lindsay Hassett, who led the team to 4 – 1 victory in 1950 – 51.

* 1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author

* 1950 – Kathryn Harrold, American actress

* 1950 – Lance Ito, American judge

* 1950 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate ( d. 1994 )

* 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician ( b. 1904 )

* Nedelkovh, Aleksandar B. British and American Science Fiction Novel 1950 – 1980 with the Theme of Alternative History ( an Axiological Approach ).

* 1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American wrestler

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1950 – Roy Williams, American basketball coach

* 1950 – John Landis, American director

* 1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress

Spanish historiography was influenced by the " Annales School " starting in 1950 with Jaime Vincens Vives ( 1910 – 1960 ).

* 1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( d. 1950 )

* 1950 – Willie Hall, American drummer ( The Bar-Kays )

* Julien Lahaut, communist ( 1884 – 1950 )

When the family returned to Paris in 1950 Marcel became an assistant to Julien Duvivier and Anatole Litvak, and worked on John Huston ’ s Moulin Rouge ( 1952 ) and his father ’ s Lola Montès ( 1955 ).

* Black Jack ( film ), a 1950 film written and directed by Julien Duvivier

She had several solo shows at the galleries of Julien Levy and, beginning in 1950, Catherine Viviano in New York.

On August 18, 1950 the party chairman, Julien Lahaut, was assassinated.

From 1950 to 1955 she was chairman of UNESCO's social science section — the first woman to hold such prominent positions in the UN.

For a number of years ( two periods, 1945 – 1950 and 1963 – 1977 ) he was a member of the Dutch Senate for the Labour Party, and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ( 1969 – 1977 ).

With the death of EMCC's chairman and chief financial backer Harry L. Straus in a plane crash on October 25, 1949, EMCC was sold to typewriter maker Remington Rand on February 15, 1950.

From 1947 to 1950, he served as Connecticut Republican finance chairman, and was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1950.

Gordon Evans Dean ( December 28, 1905-August 15, 1958 ) was a Seattle-born American lawyer and prosecutor who served as chairman of the US Atomic Energy Commission ( AEC ) from 1950 to 1953.

Axel Gustaf Torbjörn Enström was the managing director from 1950 to 1960 and chairman of the board from 1960 to 1965.

In January 1950, Liu was appointed chairman of the Southwestern Division of the Central People ’ s Government of PRC, together with Gao Gang, Rao Shushi, Peng and Lin Biao.

He ran afoul of party chairman Otto Grotewohl, whom he criticised for being married to a former Nazi functionary, and in June 1949 was censured by the party's controlling commission and was demoted to the Freiheit paper in Halle, where he then became editor-in-chief from 1950 to 1953.

Gavyn Davies, OBE ( born 27 November 1950 ) is a former Goldman Sachs partner and multi-millionaire who was the chairman of the BBC from 2001 until 2004. On 28 January 2004 he announced that he was resigning his BBC post following the publication of the Hutton Inquiry report which heavily criticised the organisation.

In 1950 he was named as chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action, a position he held for three years ; then one decade later, wrote two volumes of memoirs: A Casual Past in 1961 and In Brief Authority the following year.

He served as chairman of the new company from 1950 to 1972.

* John Ryan ( businessman ) ( born 1950 ), pioneer of cosmetic surgery and chairman of Doncaster Rovers

David Rockefeller joined the board of trustees in 1940, was its chairman from 1950 to 1975, chaired the board's executive committee from 1975 to 1995, became honorary chairman and life trustee, and remained philanthropically active.

After the end of World War II, Gessler became involved in the German Red Cross, of which he was chairman from 1950 to 1952.

He served as the President of the Fourth Session of United Nations General Assembly from 1949 – 1950, and chairman of the United Nations Security Council.

In 1950, she married French politician André Bettencourt, who served as a cabinet minister in French governments of the 1960s and 1970s and rose to become deputy chairman of L ’ Oréal.

Ibuka served as president of Sony from 1950 to 1971, and then served as chairman of Sony between 1971 and 1976.

He served as chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation from the 1950 Auckland games to the 1966 Kingston games.

He served in that position until 1950, when he became chairman of the board.

Debuted in 1966, it was previously hosted by actor and comedian Jerry Lewis, who has supported the MDA, serving as its national chairman since its inception in 1950.

Lord Monckton of Brenchley was chairman of Midland Bank ( 1957 – 64 ), President of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( 1956 – 1957 ), President of Surrey County Cricket Club ( 1950 – 52 and 1959 – 65 ), Chairman of the Iraq Petroleum Company ( 1958 ), Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Central Africa ( 1960 ), and Chancellor of the University of Sussex ( 1961 – 65 ).

* Victor Lo, GBS, OBE, JP ( born 1950 ), the chairman and chief executive of Gold Peak Industries, Ltd. ( Holdings )