page_title: 1950
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1950 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: King Gustav V of Sweden (1858-1950). Svenska: Kung Gustav V (1858-1950).
context_page_description: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: October 1 – Mikhail Rodionov, Soviet statesman, Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1907)
  October 2 – John F. Fitzgerald, American politician, Mayor of Boston (b. 1863)
  October 5 – Thomas Addis Emmet, American-born Jamaican Roman Catholic bishop and reverend (b. 1873)
  October 9 – Nicolai Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1882)
  October 11 – Pauline Lord, American actress (b. 1890)
  October 13 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
  October 14 – António Maria da Silva, Portuguese politician, interim and 3-time Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1872)
  October 18 – Giuseppe Borgatti, Italian tenor (b. 1871)
  October 19
  Charles Ballantyne, Canadian politician (b. 1867)
  Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (b. 1892)
  Viktor Strazhev, Soviet bibliographer, translator, poet and literary critic (b. 1879)
  October 20 – Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
  October 23 – Al Jolson, American musician, actor (The Jazz Singer) (b. 1886)
  October 25 – Yi Kwang-su, Korean writer, activist (b. 1891)
  October 26 – Miguel Mariano Gómez, Cuban politician, 7th President of Cuba (b. 1889)
  October 29
  Maurice Costello, American actor (b. 1877)
  King Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
  Lucien Martin, Canadian violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1908)
  October 30 – Raimundo Díaz Pacheco, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1906)
  October 31 – Giacomo Gorrini, Italian diplomat (b. 1859)
caption: King Gustaf V of Sweden
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