List of Famous people who died in 1950

Jacques Schiffrin was an editor and French translator, famous for the creation of Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 1923 and was integrated with Gallimard in 1933.

Sir Ralph Freeman was an English structural engineer, responsible for the design of several of the world's most impressive bridges.

Helen Holmes was an American silent film actress, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntwoman. She is most notable for starring in the 1914–1917 serial The Hazards of Helen.

Raymond L. Schrock was an American screenwriter. He worked on 155 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.

Jean Marie Joseph Capgras was a French psychiatrist who is best known for the Capgras delusion, a disorder named after him.

Robert Holbrook Smith, also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who founded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson, and a nurse, Sister Ignatia.

Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Baronet was a British banker and jute merchant in India.

Erich Ziegel was a German theatre director and actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1920 to 1950. He was the founder of the Hamburg Kammerspiele.

Ernst Falkner was a German politician of the Bavaria Party (BP) and former member of the German Bundestag.