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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Pat Rice

Northern irish footballer and manager (born 1949).

Born March 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Belfast.

Daniel Pipes

American historian, writer, journalist and political scientist (born 1949).

Born September 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Boston.

Jonathan Kellerman

American novelist and psychologist.

Born August 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Carlos Bianchi

Former argentine footballer and manager.

Born April 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Buenos Aires.

Lasse Virén

Finnish long-distance runner.

Born July 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Myrskylä. [ref]

Roger Allers

American animator and filmmaker (1949–2026).

Born June 29th, 1949 in Rye. [ref]

Died January 18th, 2026 at 76 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]

James Williamson

American musician.

Born October 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Castroville.

Brahim Ghali

Sahrawi diplomat and politician.

Born August 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Smara.

Svetislav Pešić

Serbian basketball player and coach.

Born August 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Novi Sad.

Steve Cohen

American lawyer and politician.

Born May 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Memphis. [ref]

Horst Seehofer

German politician (csu) and former federal minister of the interior (born 1949).

Born July 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Ingolstadt.

Colleen Brennan

American pornographic actress (born 1949).

Born December 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tennessee.

Ismail Petra of Kelantan

Sultan of kelantan (1949-2019).

Born November 11th, 1949 in Kota Bharu.

Died September 28th, 2019 at 69 years old in Kota Bharu.

Godfrey Bloom

British politician.

Born November 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in London.

John Rothman

American actor.

Born June 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Baltimore.

Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi

Emirati sheikh.

Born February 22nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Emirate of Fujairah. [ref]

Joaquín Sabina

Spanish musician.

Born February 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Úbeda.

Rick Rosenthal

American director.

Born June 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Ilene Graff

American actress (1949-).

Born February 28th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Brooklyn.

Brigitte Bierlein

Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of austria and president of the austrian constitutional court (1949–2024).

Born June 25th, 1949 in Vienna.

Died June 3rd, 2024 at 74 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Pat Fraley

American voice-over actor.

Born February 18th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Seattle.

Véronique Sanson

French singer-songwriter.

Born April 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Arjun Appadurai

Social-cultural anthropologist (born 1949).

Born February 4th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Mumbai.

Pat Finucane

Irish human rights lawyer and murder victim (1949-1989).

Born March 21st, 1949 in Belfast.

Died February 12th, 1989 at 39 years old in Belfast.

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist. (born 1949).

Born January 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Mansfield.

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