Shing-Tung Yau

American mathematician from hong kong.

Born April 4th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Shantou. ^[ref]

Lene Lovich

American singer.

Born March 30th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Detroit.

Margareta of Romania

Head of the house of romania (2017 - present).

Born March 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Montchoisi Clinic.

Alan García

President of peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011).

Born May 23rd, 1949 in Lima. ^[ref]

Died April 17th, 2019 at 69 years old in Lima (shot to the head). ^[ref]

Marc Garneau

Canadian astronaut and politician (1949–2025).

Born February 23rd, 1949 in Quebec City.

Died June 4th, 2025 at 76 years old in Montreal (cancer). ^[ref]

Zoia Ceaușescu

Romanian mathematician (1949–2006).

Born February 28th, 1949 in Bucharest.

Died November 20th, 2006 at 57 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).

Jim Gilmore

American politician and former governor of virginia.

Born October 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Richmond. ^[ref]

John Curry

British figure skater (1949–1994).

Born September 9th, 1949 in Birmingham.

Died April 15th, 1994 at 44 years old in Binton (myocardial infarction).

Ottmar Hitzfeld

German football player and manager.

Born January 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Lörrach.

Bobby Clarke

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born August 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Flin Flon.

Christine Belford

American actress.

Born January 14th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Amityville.

George Harris

British comedian.

Born October 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Grenada.

Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart

First son of the cuban leader fidel castro.

Born September 1st, 1949 in Havana. ^[ref]

Died February 1st, 2018 at 68 years old in Havana. ^[ref]

Anne Schedeen

American actress.

Born January 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Portland.

Larry Junstrom

American bassist (1949–2019).

Born June 22nd, 1949 in Pittsburgh.

Died October 5th, 2019 at 70 years old in Jacksonville. ^[ref]

Manik Sarkar

Ex chief minister of the tripura.

Born January 22nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Tripura.

John Swartzwelder

American comedy writer and novelist.

Born February 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Seattle.

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017).

Born July 1st, 1949 in Munich. ^[ref]

Died May 24th, 2017 at 67 years old in Gualala, Sea Ranch (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Ron Canada

American actor.

Born May 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Marilyn Quayle

Second lady of the united states from 1989 to 1993.

Born July 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Indianapolis.

George Winston

American pianist and recording artist (1949–2023).

Born December 26th, 1949 in Hart. ^[ref]

Died June 4th, 2023 at 73 years old in Williamsport (thyroid cancer, skin tumor or hamartoma). ^[ref]

Valentina Matviyenko

Russian politician.

Born April 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Shepetivka.

Salif Keita

Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "golden voice of africa"..

Born August 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Djoliba.

John W. Thompson

American businessman.

Born April 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Fort Dix.

Jim Lea

British musician, songwriter.

Born June 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Wolverhampton.