Famous People Who Died At 50
The list of famous people who died at 50 includes Michael Jackson, Bernie Mac, Alfred the Great, James Cook, Catherine of Aragon. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, emperors & kings, actors and composers and from other domains of life. This list of celebrities who died at 50 includes people from United States, Italy, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
Michael Jackson29 August 1958, American
Singer
Catherine of Aragon16 December 1485, British
Ambassador
Alfred the Great0849 AD, British
King of Wessex
Bernie Mac05 October 1957, American
Actor, Comedian
James Cook07 November 1728, British
Explorer & Navigator
Errol Flynn20 June 1909, Australian
Actor
Rod Serling25 December 1924, American
Screenwriter, TV Producer, Narrator
Hervé Villechaize23 April 1943, French, American
Actor
Jim Varney15 June 1949, American
Actor
Joe Strummer21 August 1952, British
Singer, Guitarist
Edward the Elder0874 AD, British
King of Wessex
Leif Erikson0970 AD, Icelander
First European to reach North America
Hatshepsut1508 BC, Egyptian
Pharaoh
Gustav Mahler07 July 1860, Austrian
Composer
John Pinette23 March 1964, American
Actor
Alan Ladd03 September 1913, American
Actor
Antoine Lavoisier26 August 1743, French
Chemist
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Veronica Lake12 November 1922, American
Actress
Isadora Duncan27 May 1877, American
Dancer & Choreographer
Leslie Howard03 April 1893, British
Actor
Stieg Larsson15 August 1954, Swedish
Swedish Journalist & Writer
Bartolomeu Dias1450 AD, Portuguese
Portuguese explorer
David Graf16 April 1950, American
Actor
Monika Dannemann24 June 1945, German
Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix
Humphry Davy17 December 1778, British
Inventor of Davy Lamp
Cyrinda Foxe22 February 1952, American
Actress, Model
Margaret Sullavan16 May 1909, American
Actress
Edith Stein12 October 1891, German
Philosopher
Conrad Veidt22 January 1893, German, British
Actor
Nicky Hopkins24 February 1944, British
Pianist & Organist
Kurt Weill02 March 1900, German
Composer
Carson McCullers19 February 1917, American
American novelist
Joséphine de Beauharnais23 June 1763, French
First Empress of the French
Barbara Daly Baekeland1922 AD, American
Socialite
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Alban Berg09 February 1885, Austrian
Composer
Gaetano Donizetti29 November 1797, Italian
Composer
Archduke Franz Ferdinand18 December 1863, Austrian
The person whose assassination sparked the First
Jacob Bernoulli27 December 1654, Swiss
Mathematician
Marquis de Condorcet17 September 1743, French
Mathematician, Philosopher
Nicholas II18 May 1868, Russian
Clement Vallandigham29 July 1820, American
Politician
Anatoly Slivko28 December 1938, Russian
Serial Killer
Daniel D. Tompkins21 June 1774, American
Sixth Vice President of the U.S.A
Gladys George13 September 1904, American
Actress
Laurent Fignon12 August 1960, French
Road Bicycle Racer
Basho1644 AD, Japanese
Poet
Steven McQueen24 March 1930, American
Actor
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa18 February 1836, Indian
Spiritual & Religious Leader
Wyatt Cooper01 September 1927, American
Author
Gianni Versace02 December 1946, Italian
Entrepreneur, Designer
Nicholas II of Russia18 May 1868, Russian
Emperor
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria18 December 1863, Austrian
Archduke of Austria
David Ruffin18 January 1941, American
Singer
Sappho0630 BC, Greek
Poet
Billy Mays20 July 1958, American
American salesperson
Kenny Everett25 December 1944, British
Radio personality
Ramakrishna18 February 1836, Indian
Philosopher
Jean-Paul Marat24 May 1743, Swiss, French
Politician, Journalist, Physician, Physicist,
Glenn Gould25 September 1932, Canadian
Pianist, Composer
Faisal I of Iraq20 May 1883, Saudi Arabian
King
Cozy Powell29 December 1947, British
Drummer
Selim II28 May 1524, Turkish
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
Panchen Lama19 February 1938, Chinese
Tenth Panchen Lama
Stephen Ward19 October 1912, British
Physician
Madame du Barry19 August 1743, French
chief mistress
Sergei Eisenstein22 January 1898, Russian
Film director
Stepan Bandera01 January 1909, Ukrainian
Political leader
Möngke Khan11 January 1209, Mongolian
Khagan of the Mongol Empire
Pope Clement V1264 AD, French
Antiochus IV Epiphanes0215 BC, Iranian
king
George Pickett16 January 1825, American
Military personnel
Julius Nepos0430 AD, Italian
Emperor
Jelly Roll Morton20 October 1890, American
Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, Jazz
Decius0201 AD, Bulgarian
Emperor
Gallienus0218 AD, Italian
Emperor
Alan Berg01 January 1934, American
Radio personality, Lawyer, Journalist
Chris Hani28 June 1942, South African
Politician
Charles the Simple17 September 0879, French
King
Batu Khan1205 AD, Mongolian
Ruler
Theodor Eicke17 October 1892, German
Politician, Officer, Torturer
Roberto Bolaño28 April 1953, Chilean
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Literary critic
Bharathan14 November 1947, Indian
film director
Sabbatai Zevi01 August 1626, Turkish
Rabbi
Hong Taiji20 November 1592, Chinese
Emperor
Isidore the Laborer1080 AD, Spanish
farmer
Frank DeCicco05 November 1935, American
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit24 May 1686, Polish
Physicist, Inventor
Wilhelm Burgdorf15 February 1895, German
military personnel
Valens0328 AD, Croatian
Emperor
Albrecht von Wallenstein24 September 1583, Czech
Military leader
John Bindon04 October 1943, British
Actor, Bodyguard
Phidias0480 BC, Greek
Sculptor
Hafizullah Amin01 August 1929, Afghan
Politician