Can you tell me one famous person that died 50 years ago?

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Can you tell me one famous person that died 50 years ago?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Fred Allen Comic 31-May-1894 17-Mar-1956 Town Hall Tonight
Edward Arnold Actor 18-Feb-1890 26-Apr-1956 You Can't Take It With You
George Bancroft Actor 30-Sep-1882 2-Oct-1956 Thunderbolt
Alben W. Barkley Politician 24-Nov-1877 30-Apr-1956 US Vice President, 1949-53
Max Beerbohm Critic 24-Aug-1872 20-May-1956 Caricaturist, Seven Men
Gottfried Benn Poet 2-May-1886 7-Jul-1956 Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Hiram Bingham Politician 19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Piccu
Bertolt Brecht Playwright 10-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1956 Mother Courage and Her Children
Bob Burns Actor 2-Aug-1890 2-Feb-1956 The Arkansas Traveler
Louis Calhern Actor 19-Feb-1895 12-May-1956 Duck Soup
Gustave Charpentier Composer 25-Jun-1860 18-Feb-1956 Louise
Walter de la Mare Poet 25-Apr-1873 22-Jun-1956 Memoirs of a Midget
Tommy Dorsey Musician 19-Nov-1905 26-Nov-1956 Popular bandleader
Jean Hersholt Actor 12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
Josef Hoffmann Architect 15-Dec-1870 7-May-1956 Vienna Secession architect
Charles S. Johnson Sociologist 24-Jul-1893 27-Oct-1956 The Negro in Chicago
Ir㨮e Joliot-Curie Chemist 12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 Researcher of radioactivity
Jesse H. Jones Government 5-Apr-1874 1-Jun-1956 US Secretary of Commerce 1940-45
Sheila Kaye-Smith Novelist 4-Feb-1887 14-Jan-1956 The End of the House of Alard
Guy Kibbee Actor 6-Mar-1882 24-May-1956 Captain January
Alfred Kinsey Scientist 23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Alexander Korda Film Director 16-Sep-1893 23-Jan-1956 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Bela Lugosi Actor 20-Oct-1882 16-Aug-1956 Dracula
Charles MacArthur Playwright 5-Nov-1895 21-Apr-1956 The Front Page
Connie Mack Baseball 22-Dec-1862 8-Feb-1956 Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics
Percy MacKaye Playwright 16-Mar-1875 31-Aug-1956 The Canterbury Pilgrims
Percy Marks Novelist 9-Sep-1891 27-Dec-1956 The Plastic Age
Robert McAlmon Author 9-Mar-1896 2-Feb-1956 Village: As It Happened
H. L. Mencken Critic 12-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1956 The American Language
Charles E. Merrill Business 19-Oct-1885 6-Oct-1956 Founder of Merrill Lynch
A. A. Milne Author 18-Jan-1882 31-Jan-1956 Winnie the Pooh series
Clarence E. Mulford Novelist 3-Feb-1883 10-May-1956 Hopalong Cassidy
Robert Newton Actor 1-Jun-1905 25-Mar-1956 Long John Silver
Jackson Pollock Painter 28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Elpidio Quirino Head of State 16-Nov-1890 29-Feb-1956 6th President of the Philippines
George Sarton Historian 31-Aug-1884 22-Mar-1956 Introduction to the History of Science
Al Simmons Baseball 22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Frederick Soddy Chemist 2-Sep-1877 22-Sep-1956 Investigated radioactivity, isotopes
Konstantin von Neurath Diplomat 2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Thomas J. Watson Business 17-Feb-1874 19-Jun-1956 Founder of IBM
Joseph Wirth Head of State 6-Sep-1879 3-Jan-1956 German Chancellor