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 )

The headship of the family is in dispute between Charles Napoléon, born 1950, great-great-grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte by his second marriage ; and his son Jean-Christophe ( born 1986 ) who was appointed heir in the will of his grandfather Prince Louis Napoléon.

* 1950 – First successful ascent of an Eight-thousander ; Annapurna is summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal

One of the first relevant successful covers was Wynonie Harris's transformation of Roy Brown's 1947 original jump blues hit " Good Rocking Tonight " into a more showy rocker and the Louis Prima rocker " Oh Babe " in 1950, as well as Amos Milburn's cover of what may have been the first white rock and roll record, Hardrock Gunter's " Birmingham Bounce " in 1949.

* 1950 – Henry Louis Gates, American educator, scholar, and author

When the early months of the Korean War showed how poorly prepared the Defense Department was, Truman fired Secretary Louis A. Johnson and named Marshall as Secretary of Defense in September 1950.

It was followed by works on D. H. Lawrence ( Portrait of a Genius, But ..., 1950 ), Robert Louis Stevenson ( Portrait of a Rebel, 1957 ), and T. E. Lawrence ( Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Inquiry, 1955 ).

* Gottschalk, Louis ( 1950 ).

In 1998, some critics raised the possibility that Heller's book had questionable similarities to Louis Falstein's 1950 novel, Face of a Hero.

His grandson Louis Bonaparte ( Brussels, 1914 – 1997 ) was a pretender of Bonaparte dynasty, and Louis's son, prince Charles Marie Jérôme Victor ( born 1950 ), is the current head of the family.

* Pièces brillantes ( Paris: La Table Ronde, 1951 ) – comprises " L ' Invitation au château ," " Colombe ," " La Répétition, ou L ' Amour puni ," and " Cécile, ou L ' Ecole des pères ;" L ' Invitation au château translated by Christopher Fry as Ring round the Moon ( London: Methuen, 1950 ); Colombe translated by Louis Kronenberger as Mademoiselle Colombe ( New York: Coward-McCann, 1954 ).

Such disparate writers as Joyce Carol Oates with Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly ( 1994 ), Louis Auchincloss with The Ambassadress ( 1950 ), Tom Stoppard with The Real Thing ( 1982 ), and Alan Hollinghurst with The Line of Beauty ( 2004 ) were explicitly influenced by James's works.

St. Louis County was the first Missouri County to adopt a home-rule charter under the Missouri constitution, in 1950.

In 1950 East St. Louis was the 4th largest city in Illinois.

Keel had four children: three with second wife Helen Anderson – two daughters, Kaija Liane ( born January 14, 1950 ) and Kirstine Elizabeth ( born June 21, 1952 ), and a son, Gunnar Louis ( born June 3, 1955 ); one by his third wife of 34 years Judy – a daughter, Leslie Grace ( born September 1, 1974 ); and ten grandchildren.

His son Louis Hill later owned North Oaks Farm until death in 1950.

Tragedy struck this track on September 11, 1950 when the crack passenger train " Spirit of Saint Louis " hit another train carrying 600 men of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

They were affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds from 1947 to 1950, as well with the bygone St. Louis Browns in the 1930s and early 1940s.

* Henry Louis Gates, Jr .-Historian, author, academic ; born in Keyser in 1950

Louis failed to regain the championship when he returned to the ring in 1950 and when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in 1951.

Rainier created a postal museum in 1950 by using the collections of Albert I and Louis II.

* The novel Face of a Hero ( 1950 ) tells the story of a B-24 crew operating from an airport in Puglia, Italy in 1944 ; it is based on the real experiences of its author, Louis Falstein, who had been a tail gunner on a USAAF B-24.

Louis Halle, a member of the U. S. Policy Planning Staff, also wrote an influential article in “ Foreign Affairs ” in 1950.

Besides Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, later musicians working for " the Foots " included Louis Jordan, Brownie McGhee and Rufus Thomas, and the company was still touring as late as 1950.

Louis Arthur Johnson ( January 10, 1891-April 24, 1966 ) was the second United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from March 28, 1949 to September 19, 1950.