List of Famous people who died in 1950

Jeanne Millerand was the wife of the President of France Alexandre Millerand.

Abdul Hamid Karami was a Lebanese political and religious leader, who had nationalistic Arab inclinations.

Queen Aliya bint Ali of Hejaz, was an Arabian princess and a queen consort of Iraq. She was the spouse and first cousin of King Ghazi of Iraq and the queen mother of King Faisal II of Iraq. She was the second and last Queen of Iraq.

George Desvallières (1861–1950) was a French painter.

Marcel Mauss was a French sociologist. The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchange in different cultures around the world. Mauss had a significant influence upon Claude Lévi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology. His most famous work is The Gift (1925).

Charles Kemper was an American character actor born in Oklahoma. The heavy-set actor was for decades a successful stage actor. He made only sporadic screen appearances until 1945, when he settled in Hollywood. Kemper had memorable supporting roles in films including The Southerner (1945), Scarlet Street (1945), Gallant Journey (1946), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947), and the film noir On Dangerous Ground.

Count Stanisław Maria Jan Szeptycki was a Polish count, general and military commander.

Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg was a Danish prince. He was born in Copenhagen, a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans.

Mortimer Granville Tollemache was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in nine matches for Cambridge University between 1891 and 1893. He was born at Westminster, London and died at Sudbury, Suffolk.