page_title: 1950
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1950 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Tadeusz Tomaszewski, członek Trybunału Stanu
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: August 3
  Pierre-Émile Côté, Canadian politician (b. 1887)
  Kristian Laake, Norwegian general (b. 1875)
  August 6 – Francisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat and jurist (b. 1870)
  August 8 – Nikolai Myaskovsky, Soviet composer (b. 1881)
  August 10 – Tadeusz Tomaszewski, 34th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1881)
  August 19
  Black Elk, Wičháša Wakȟáŋ (Medicine Man or Holy Man) of the Ogala Teton Lakota (Western Sioux) (b. 1863)
  Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist, engineer (b. 1871)
  August 22 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888)
  August 23 – Frank Phillips, American oil executive (b. 1873)
  August 24
  Arturo Alessandri, Chilean political figure, reformer and 2-time President of Chile (b. 1868)
  Vasily Gordov, Soviet general (executed) (b. 1896)
  Grigory Kulik, Soviet military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (executed) (b. 1890)
  August 25 – Giuseppe Grassi, Italian politician (b. 1883)
  August 26
  Giuseppe De Luca, Italian baritone (b. 1876)
  Ransom E. Olds, American automotive pioneer (b. 1864)
  August 27 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet, novelist (b. 1908)
  August 31 -- Pere Tarrés i Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1905)
caption: Tadeusz Tomaszewski
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