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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Hassan Shehata

Egyptian association football manager (born 1949).

Born June 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kafr el-Dawwar.

Daniel Lavoie

Canadian musician.

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

Vivian Silver

Canadian-born israeli peace activist (1949–2023).

Born February 2nd, 1949 in Winnipeg.

Died October 7th, 2023 at 74 years old in Be'eri (gunshot wound). [ref]

Joan Burton

Irish former labour party leader (b. 1949).

Born February 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Dublin.

Elmore Smith

American basketball player.

Born May 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Macon.

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Nigerien president (1949-1999).

Born May 9th, 1949 in Dogondoutchi, Maradi.

Died April 9th, 1999 at 49 years old in Niamey (gunshot wound, deliberate murder).

Joseph Tainter

American anthropologist.

Born December 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in San Francisco. [ref]

William Forsythe

American choreographer (born 1949).

Born December 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Antonello Venditti

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1949-).

Born March 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Rome.

Dean Shek

Hong kong actor and producer (1949–2021).

Born June 17th, 1949 in Tianjin. [ref]

Died September 20th, 2021 at 72 years old in Hong Kong (cancer). [ref]

Irene Mecchi

American writer for television, movies, newspapers, and broadway (born 1949).

Born September 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in San Francisco.

Juan María Fernández y Krohn

Spanish lawyer and priest.

Born June 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Madrid. [ref]

Vladimir Vasiliev

Parliamentary leader of united russia.

Born August 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Klin.

James Silas

American basketball player.

Born February 11th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Tallulah.

Mohammed bin Hammam

Qatari football administrator.

Born May 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Doha.

Tony Cragg

British sculptor (born 1949).

Born April 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Liverpool.

Jamil Mahuad

41st constitutional president of the republic of ecuador.

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

Milena Canonero

Italian costume designer.

Born July 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Turin.

Anders Arborelius

Roman catholic bishop of stockholm, sweden (1949-).

Born September 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sorengo.

Leslie Valiant

Computer scientist, university teacher (1949-).

Born March 28th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Budapest.

Tarık Akan

Turkish actor and film producer (1949–2016).

Born December 13th, 1949 in Istanbul.

Died September 16th, 2016 at 66 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]

Judi Bari

American environmentalist (1949–1997).

Born November 7th, 1949 in Baltimore.

Died March 2nd, 1997 at 47 years old in California (breast cancer).

Big Youth

Jamaican deejay.

Born April 19th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Kingston.

David Greenwalt

American director, producer and writer.

Born October 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Los Angeles.

Mike Duke

Ceo of walmart.

Born December 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Fayette County.

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