Bill Nighy

British actor.

Born December 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Caterham.

Shelley Duvall

American actress (1949–2024).

Born July 7th, 1949 in Fort Worth.

Died July 11th, 2024 at 75 years old in Blanco (complications of diabetes mellitus). ^[ref]

Andy Kaufman

American entertainer (1949–1984).

Born January 17th, 1949 in New York City.

Died May 16th, 1984 at 35 years old in West Hollywood (lung cancer).

Lindsey Buckingham

American musician, record producer, guitarist, singer, songwriter.

Born October 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Palo Alto.

Steve Perry

American singer.

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

Anna Wintour

English magazine editor.

Born November 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Hampstead. ^[ref]

Michael Richards

American actor and comedian.

Born July 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Culver City.

Christopher Hitchens

English american author and journalist (1949–2011).

Born April 13th, 1949 in Portsmouth.

Died December 15th, 2011 at 62 years old in Houston (esophageal cancer, bronchopneumonia). ^[ref]

Robin Gibb

British singer (1949–2012).

Born December 22nd, 1949 in Douglas.

Died May 20th, 2012 at 62 years old in London (colorectal cancer). ^[ref]

Mark Knopfler

British musician.

Born August 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Glasgow.

Maurice Gibb

British musician (1949–2003).

Born December 22nd, 1949 in Douglas.

Died January 12th, 2003 at 53 years old in Miami, Miami Beach (cardiac arrest).

Bill Hudson

American musician and actor.

Born October 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Portland.

Roger Taylor

English musician.

Born July 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Dersingham.

Arsène Wenger

French football manager (born 1949).

Born October 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Strasbourg. ^[ref]

Sissy Spacek

American actress.

Born December 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Quitman.

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer.

Born January 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Kyoto, Fushimi-ku.

Pam Grier

American actress.

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Winston-Salem.

Keith Carradine

American actor.

Born August 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in San Mateo.

Linda Lovelace

American pornographic actress, later anti-porn activist (1949–2002).

Born January 10th, 1949 in The Bronx. ^[ref]

Died April 22nd, 2002 at 53 years old in Denver (traffic collision).

Leslie Van Houten

Convicted murderer.

Born August 23rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Altadena.

Gregg Popovich

American basketball coach.

Born January 28th, 1949 (age 77 years) in East Chicago.

Carlos Lehder

Former colombian drug trafficker.

Born September 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Armenia.

Garry Shandling

American comedian (1949–2016).

Born November 29th, 1949 in Chicago.

Died March 24th, 2016 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (thrombosis).

Bill O'Reilly

American political commentator, television host and writer.

Born September 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City, Manhattan.

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer.

Born March 16th, 1949 (age 77 years) in London.