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 )

In 1950, Public Law 920 created Civil Defense ( different from Civilian-groups of World War 2 ), a responsibility of the Government at all levels to help reduce loss of life and property in disaster, natural or manmade.

* July 22, 1950: New York City, New York A 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist and abdomen at the Public School 141 dance … during an argument with a former classmate.

The Williamsburg Public Library opened on January 28, 1950.

In 1950 the Public Housing Administration gave Greendale residents the right to purchase their homes from the government.

; 1950: On May 10, President Truman signs Public Law 507, creating the National Science Foundation.

In 1950, Public Law 808 was passed, establishing the historic district of " Old Georgetown.

After that he was appointed Minister of Communications and Public Works and acting Minister of Finance in Nuri Al-Saeed ’ s eleventh cabinet ( 16 September 1950 ); then Minister of Finance ( 25 December 1950 ) and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies for the third time ( first of December 1951 ), remaining in this office until the Chamber was dissolved on 27 October 1952.

Grade schools include: Second Street Junior-Middle School ( 1950 ), Seventh Street Junior School ( c1925 ), and Twentieth Street Junior School ( all in New Toronto ); James S. Bell Junior-Middle School in Long Branch ; John English Junior-Middle School, which is now located in the former Mimico High School ( the original John English School is now a community centre ), David Hornell Junior School on Victoria Street in Mimico, for grades JK-5 ( 1961 ) and the Karen Kain School of the Arts formerly Crestwood Public School.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Blindness ( NINDB ), the original name for the NINDS, was officially established on November 22, 1950, three months after President Harry Truman signed the Omnibus Medical Research Act ( Public Law 81-692 ) on August 15, 1950.

— Public service giveaway issued by the U. S. Army ( circa 1950 )

The business failed and she returned to the Cleveland Public Library until 1950.

Marvin Olasky ( born June 12, 1950 ) is editor-in-chief of WORLD Magazine, the author of more than 20 books, including The Tragedy of American Compassion, and Distinguished Chair in Journalism and Public Policy at Patrick Henry College.

After the disaster of 1948 Vanport Flood on the lower Columbia River, around Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, the federal government established the Priest Rapids Project under the Flood Control Act of 1950 ( Public Law 81-516 ; May 17, 1950 ).

Swanee Grace Hunt ( born May 1, 1950 ), Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, is the founding director of the Women and Public Policy Program ( WAPPP ) at the Kennedy School, and former United States Ambassador to Austria.

WOI-TV in Ames had signed on in 1950 as a sister station to WOI radio, and had carried some National Educational Television programming until Des Moines Public Schools signed on KDPS-TV as the educational station for central Iowa.

The college is registered under Societies ’ Registration Act, 1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.

He served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1945 to 1950, when he became Minister of Public Health.

In July 1950, Bulkington Local Health Board was formed, under the Public Health Act 1848 and in 1894 this was converted into an urban district council.

De-mobilised in 1950 and placed in the care of the Ministry of Public Building and Works and opened to the public, the site is now cared for by English Heritage.

Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler ( born December 28, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama ) is a former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the US State Department, serving from December 16, 2003 to June 30, 2004.