List of Famous people who died at 50

José Manuel Fuente Lavandera was a professional road racing cyclist and noted climbing specialist.

Ba Ag Moussa was a Malian militant and jihadist.

Harald Schmied was the Head of Communication & Fundraising of the Caritas Steiermark and was the founder - together with Mel Young - of the Homeless World Cup. He was married, had two sons and lived in Graz, Austria.

Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen, ; was the tenth Panchen Lama, officially the 10th Panchen Erdeni, of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. According to Tibetan Buddhism, Panchen Lamas are living emanations of the buddha Amitaba. He was often referred to simply as Choekyi Gyaltsen.

Jan Zygmunt Dydak was a Polish amateur boxer, who won the Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Czeladź, Śląskie.

Thomas Piccirilli was an American novelist and short story writer.

Tomoyuki Dan was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Osaka Prefecture. He was affiliated with Seinenza Theater Company at the time of his death.

Teresa Machado was a Portuguese discus thrower and shot putter. Her personal best discus throw was 65.40 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Jacinto.

Viktor Antonovich Avdyushko was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist of the Russian SFSR.

Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. As captain of the KLM Boeing 747, he died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history.