What were famous people doing at age 50?

72 events at age 50, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird): Stood against racism
• Adolf Hitler: Started World War II (1939)
• Henri Poincare: Formulated Poincare conjecture (1904)
• Ethan Hunt: Completed numerous impossible missions
• Elon Musk: Became worlds richest person (2021)
• Walter White: Diagnosed with cancer
• Ahab: Lost his leg to Moby Dick, beginning his obsessive quest
• Erwin Rommel: Appointed commander of Afrika Korps, earned nickname "Desert Fox" (1941)
• Hercule Poirot: Solved Styles Court murder case (1920)
• Elrond: Chose elvish immortality
• Carlos Slim: Acquired Telmex telecom company (1990)
• Groot: Sacrificed self to save Guardians
• Groot (MCU): Met Rocket
• Grogu: Found by the Mandalorian
• Grogu: Was found and protected by the Mandalorian
• Corazon Aquino: Husband Ninoy assassinated, became opposition leader (1983)
• Sara Blakely: Sold majority stake to Blackstone (2021)
• Saladin: Recaptured Jerusalem (1187)
• Captain Jack Harkness: Became immortal
• Jack Ma: Alibaba IPO record (2014)
• Charles de Gaulle: Delivered famous "Appeal of 18 June" broadcast from London (1940)
• George Washington Carver: Created hundreds of peanut products (1914)
• John Rawls: Published "A Theory of Justice" (1971)
• President Snow: Became President of Panem
• Spock: Sacrificed himself to save the Enterprise crew (2285)
• Charles Darwin: Published On the Origin of Species (1859)
• Charles Darwin: Published On the Origin of Species (1859)
• Denis Villeneuve: Directed "Blade Runner 2049" (2017)
• Doraemon (Doraemon): Sent to help Nobita
• Don Quixote: Became knight-errant
• Don Quixote: Embarked on his quest as a knight-errant inspired by chivalric romances
• Hulk: Snapped to bring everyone back
• Hulk (Marvel): Became Professor Hulk
• Hammurabi: Unified Mesopotamia (-1760)
• Beetee Latier: Joined rebellion
• Beetee Latier: Designed rebellion weapons
• Pythagoras: Developed Pythagorean theorem (-520)
• Bilbo Baggins: Joined Thorin's quest
• Bilbo Baggins: Found the One Ring
• Phil Mickelson: Became oldest major winner in golf history at PGA Championship (2021)
• Francois-Henri Pinault: Transformed Kering into global luxury powerhouse (2012)
• Frieza: Destroyed Planet Vegeta
• Frodo Baggins: Started Quest of Mount Doom
• Frodo Baggins: Began the quest to destroy the One Ring in Mount Doom (3018)
• Frodo Baggins: Set out on quest to destroy the One Ring (3018)
• Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings): Started quest to destroy ring
• Pericles: Led Golden Age of Athens, built Parthenon (-445)
• Bernard Arnault: Acquired luxury brands including TAG Heuer and Sephora (1999)
• Hawkeye (MCU): Became Ronin
• Homer: Established epic tradition (-750)
• Mark Twain: Published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
• Michael Jackson: Died from overdose (2009)
• Magneto: Became mutant rights leader
• Madam C.J. Walker: Became first female millionaire (1917)
• Marcus Aurelius: Wrote Meditations (171)
• Mystique (X-Men): Chose to help mutants
• Milton Friedman: Published "Capitalism and Freedom" (1962)
• Monkey D. Garp (One Piece): Became Marine Hero
• Johannes Kepler: Published Epitome (1621)
• Yondu: Sacrificed life for Star-Lord
• Ramesses II: Signed world's first peace treaty with Hittites (-1253)
• Lisa Su: Led AMD to surpass Intel in CPU performance (2019)
• Shinya Yamanaka: Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012)
• Shigesato Itoi: Founded Hobonichi (1998)
• Sun Tzu: Established military principles (-494)
• Fukuzawa Yukichi: Published Datsu-A Ron (Leaving Asia) (1885)
• Tasuku Honjo: Discovered PD-1 (1992)
• Tadashi Yanai: Became Japan's richest person (2009)
• Atticus Finch: Taught justice to Scout
• War Machine (MCU): Paralyzed in battle
• Jacques Derrida: Became director of studies at EHESS (1980)
• Professor X (Marvel): Lost use of legs

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