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George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author (1873-1950)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
American writer (1875–1950)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
Heinrich Mann
German writer (1871–1950)
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
Ramana Maharshi
Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)
Léon Blum
French politician (1872–1950)
Joseph Schumpeter
Austrian political economist (1883–1950)
Gustaf V of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
Albert François Lebrun
15th President of the French Republic (1871–1950)
Karl Renner
first President of Austria (1870–1950)
Max Beckmann
German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)
Vaslav Nijinsky
Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Norman Haworth
British chemist (1883-1950)
Emil Jannings
German actor (1884-1950)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
American poet (1892–1950)
George Minot
American physician (1885-1950)
Marcel Mauss
French sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)
Olaf Stapledon
British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)
Kurt Weill
German composer (1900–1950)
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
British Army general and Viceroy of India
Walter Huston
Canadian actor and singer (1883–1950)
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)
Henry L. Stimson
United States Secretary of War (1867-1950)
Kim Kyu-sik
Korean politician and academic (1881-1950)
Karl Guthe Jansky
American physicist and radio engineer
Kuniaki Koiso
Japanese officer, former Prime Minister (1880–1950)
Eliel Saarinen
Finnish-American architect (1873-1950)
Willis Carrier
American inventor (1876–1950)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt (1863–1950)
Emil Abderhalden
Swiss biochemist and physiologist (1877–1950)
Rafael Sabatini
Italian–English writer (1875–1950)
Karl Seitz
President of Austria (1869-1950)
Al Jolson
Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German businessperson, politician (1870-1950)
Konstantinos Carathéodory
Greek mathematician (1873-1950)
Henry H. Arnold
American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force (1886-1950)
Emmanuel Mounier
French philosopher (1905–1950)
Kazys Grinius
Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926 (1866-1950)
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian and Soviet composer (1881—1950)
Harold Laski
British academic (1893-1950)
Arturo Alessandri
Chilean politician and President (1868–1950)
Alfred Korzybski
Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)
Lev Berg
Russian and Soviet geographer, biologist and ichthyologist (1876–1950)
Nicolai Hartmann
German philosopher (1882–1950)
Edgar Lee Masters
American writer (1868–1950)
John Rabe
German businessman (1882–1950)
Grigory Kulik
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1890–1950)
Roman Shukhevych
Ukrainian nationalist (1907–1950)
Walter Eucken
German economist (1891–1950)
Alma Karlin
Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950)
Abraham Wald
American mathematician, statistician, and scientist (1902–1950)
Vasil Kolarov
Bulgarian politician (1877—1950)
Pavel Bazhov
writer (1879-1950)
Fevzi Çakmak
Turkish military officer and statesperson (1876–1950)
Milada Horáková
Czechoslovak politician and resistance fighter (1901-1950)