List of Famous people who died in 1950

Paul Franke (1888–1950) was a German figure skater. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Abraham Asscher was a Dutch Jewish businessman from Amsterdam, a politician, and a leader of his community who attained notoriety for his role during the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945).

Joe Bordeaux was an American film actor. He appeared in 73 films between 1914 and 1940. He was born in Colorado, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Ninnian Joseph Yule was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville actor who later appeared in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his starring role in the Jiggs and Maggie film series and for being the father of Hollywood star Mickey Rooney.

Abel Hermant was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.

Arthur Kampf was a German painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

Karl Hajos was a Hungarian composer who worked on many film scores. Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hajos emigrated to the United States in 1924 and worked in Hollywood. Beginning in the late silent era, he worked on over 100 films with a variety of directors and studios. He was one of nine composers employed on the 1931 Western Fighting Caravans. In 1934, he worked on Cecil B. Demille's thriller Four Frightened People. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, in 1944 and 1945 in the Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture category for Summer Storm and The Man Who Walked Alone, respectively.

Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from causes related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy.