List of Famous people who died in 1950

Friedrich Ranke was a German medievalist philologist and folklorist. His Old Norse textbook Altnordisches Elementarbuch remains a standard, and all literature concerning Gottfried von Strassburgs Tristan und Isold uses Ranke's line numbering for references to the text.

Valy Arnheim was a German film actor.

Karl Rudolf Fueter was a Swiss mathematician, known for his work on number theory.

Albert François Lebrun was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD).

Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.

Frederick Keeping was a British racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Emil Marius Eriksen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.