Jim Broadbent

English actor.

Born May 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Lincoln.

Philippe Petit

French high-wire artist.

Born August 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Nemours. ^[ref]

Bonnie Raitt

American musician (born 1949).

Born November 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Burbank.

Jim Varney

American actor and comedian (1949–2000).

Born June 15th, 1949 in Lexington.

Died February 10th, 2000 at 50 years old in White House (lung cancer).

Shelley Long

American actress and comedian.

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

Hank Williams Jr.

American country singer-songwriter and musician.

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Shreveport.

Virginia Vallejo

Colombian writer, columnist, television and radio journalist.

Born August 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Cartago Municipality.

Nawaz Sharif

Former prime minister of pakistan.

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

Om Puri

Indian actor (1949–2017).

Born October 18th, 1949 in Ambala.

Died January 6th, 2017 at 67 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).

Robert Pickton

Canadian serial killer (1949–2024).

Born October 24th, 1949 in Port Coquitlam.

Died May 31st, 2024 at 74 years old in Quebec City (stabbing). ^[ref]

Slavoj Žižek

Slovenian philosopher (born 1949).

Born March 21st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Ljubljana.

Tommy Mottola

American music executive.

Born July 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in The Bronx.

David Strathairn

American actor (born 1949).

Born January 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in San Francisco.

Patti LuPone

American actress and singer (born 1949).

Born April 21st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Northport.

Phil Lynott

Irish musician, founding member of thin lizzy (1949–1986).

Born August 20th, 1949 in West Bromwich. ^[ref]

Died January 4th, 1986 at 36 years old in Salisbury (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Billy Gibbons

American musician.

Born December 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Houston.

Lindsay Wagner

American film and television actress, model. author, singer, acting coach, and former adjunct professor.

Born June 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Los Angeles.

Larry Holmes

American boxer.

Born November 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Cuthbert.

Linda Tripp

American civil servant (1949-2020).

Born November 24th, 1949 in Jersey City.

Died April 8th, 2020 at 70 years old (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Barbara Corcoran

American real estate agent and investor.

Born March 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Edgewater.

Ray Dalio

American investor.

Born August 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Jackson Heights.

Vicki Lawrence

American actress, comedian, and pop singer (born 1949).

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

John Reid

Scottish music manager.

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

Twiggy

British model, actress and singer.

Born September 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Neasden.

Patrick Duffy

American actor.

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