List of Famous people who born in 1950

Kathleen Mullan Harris is a distinguished professor of Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center. She received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University in 1972. Then, she went on to receive a Masters of Arts and a doctorate in 1979 and 1988 respectively. Through her career as a sociologist, she specialized in research on social inequality based on family, poverty, and health. One important highlight upon her research include the 1996 Welfare Reform Act to support the low-income workforce population.

Shouzou Kaga is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Fire Emblem series. During his career at Intelligent Systems, he would lead the development of Fire Emblem from its inception until the release of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In addition to being development lead, he was a major creative contributor to each game's setting, story, and presentation.

Alan Anthony Silvestri is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. His credits include the Back to the Future film series, Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, and several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Avengers films. He is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee, and a three-time Saturn Award and two-time Primetime Emmy Award recipient.

Firmino Bernardino is a Portuguese racing cyclist. He rode in the 1975 Tour de France.