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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1950</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died in 1950 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000085678/">Grover Cleveland Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Pitcher, 373 career wins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000352040/">Henry Justin Allen</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>Governor of Kansas, 1919-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000278476/">Sara Allgood</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td>How Green Was My Valley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000117822/">Hap Arnold</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000055391/">Carter T. Barron</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Washington advocate for the arts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000084964/">William Rose Benét</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1950</tt></td> <td>The Dust Which Is God</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000159634/">Léon Blum</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Thrice Prime Minister of France</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000124750/">Rudolph Boysen</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Created the boysenberry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000043818/">Edgar Rice Burroughs</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Tarzan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000173205/">Hattie Wyatt Caraway</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td>First female elected to US Senate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000094097/">Willis Carrier</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Created the first air conditioning</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000278124/">Hobart Cavanaugh</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>A Midsummer Night's Dream</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000054825/">Walter E. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000059898/">Bainbridge Colby</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1920-21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000280282/">Pedro de Cordoba</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td>The Ghost Breakers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000166825/">Kiki Cuyler</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>MLB Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000206049/">Walter Damrosch</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td>Conductor, popularizer of music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000167965/">Harry L. Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1950</tt></td> <td>Governor of Ohio, 1921-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000205743/">Buddy DeSylva</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000032295/">Charles Drew</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>First to separate blood plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000164583/">Peter Fraser</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/443/000167939/">James Rudolph Garfield</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000111933/">Gustav V</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>King of Sweden, 1907-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000071164/">Alan Hale, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Robin Hood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000100116/">Norman Haworth</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Carbohydrates and vitamin C</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000209217/">Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>US Solicitor General, 1929-30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000063930/">Walter Huston</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/694/000205079/">Rex Ingram</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000063549/">Emil Jannings</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>The Last Command</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000204440/">Karl Jansky</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>Radio waves from outer space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/153/000140730/">Johannes V. Jensen</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>The Long Journey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000043975/">Al Jolson</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>The Jazz Singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000162623/">Edward J. Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Chicago, 1933-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000111164/">William Lyon Mackenzie King</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>Three-time Prime Minister of Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000087651/">Gustav Krupp</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>Industrialist, Nazi war criminal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000206257/">Harold Laski</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>A Grammar of Politics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/375/000205757/">Harry Lauder</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>Roamin' in the Gloamin'</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/123/000208496/">William Lemke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1950</tt></td> <td>Congressman from North Dakota, 1933-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000114006/">Edgar Lee Masters</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Spoon River Anthology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000114408/">F. O. Matthiessen</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>American Renaissance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000099010/">Marcel Mauss</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>The Gift</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/022/000119662/">Adolf Meyer</a></td> <td><center>Psychiatrist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Commonsense Psychiatry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000084761/">Edna St. Vincent Millay</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Renascence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000171327/">E. Arthur Milne</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td>Kinematic relativity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000127844/">George R. Minot</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>Liver therapy for pernicious anemia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000205707/">Fats Navarro</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>Be-bop jazz trumpeter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000203448/">Ransom E. Olds</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td>Founder of Nucor and Oldsmobile</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/457/000022391/">George Orwell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>1984 and Animal Farm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000113671/">Cesare Pavese</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td>La luna e i falò</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000117685/">Ernest Poole</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>His Family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000058023/">John J. Raskob</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Built the Empire State Building</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000117921/">Karl Renner</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td>President of Austria, 1945-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000053967/">Charles G. Ross</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td>White House Press Secretary for Truman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/857/000084605/">Eliel Saarinen</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>Finnish-American art nouveau architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/342/000055177/">Everett Sanders</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1950</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000196250/">Joseph Schumpeter</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>Creative Destruction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000030511/">George Bernard Shaw</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Irish dramatist and pamphleteer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/876/000092600/">Jan Smuts</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td>South African Prime Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/338/000120975/">Laurence A. Steinhardt</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/489/000059312/">Henry L. Stimson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of War 1911-13, 1940-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000179641/">Guilhermina Suggia</a></td> <td><center>Cellist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>Cellist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000052961/">Howard Sutherland</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>US Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000209213/">Thomas D. Thacher</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>US Solicitor General, 1930-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000349435/">Zeffie Tilbury</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>The Grapes of Wrath</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000258328/">Griselio Torresola</a></td> <td><center>Assassin</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Attempted assassin of Truman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000048080/">Carl Van Doren</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td>The American Novel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000103864/">Archibald Wavell</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1950</tt></td> <td>British Field Marshal in WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000071868/">Kurt Weill</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td>The Threepenny Opera</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106142" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/717/000001714/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/717/1714/s1714.jpg" width=128> (KETC) Mortgage Crisis Connections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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