Emma Kirkby

English soprano.

Born February 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Camberley.

Nonie Darwish

American activist.

Born April 22nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Cairo.

Ann Veneman

Executive director of unicef and united states secretary of agriculture.

Born June 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Modesto.

Adam Zamoyski

Historian.

Born January 11th, 1949 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Olivier de Funès

French actor.

Born August 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Bert Vogelstein

American oncologist.

Born June 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Baltimore.

Jean-Baptiste Mondino

French photographer (born 1949).

Born July 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Aubervilliers.

Julia Migenes

American soprano.

Born March 13th, 1949 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Leopoldo Luque

Argentine footballer (1949–2021).

Born May 3rd, 1949 in Santa Fe.

Died February 15th, 2021 at 71 years old in Mendoza (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Elijah Harper

Canadian politician (1949-2013).

Born March 3rd, 1949 in Red Sucker Lake.

Died May 17th, 2013 at 64 years old in Ottawa.

Amama Mbabazi

Ugandan politician.

Born January 16th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Mparo, Rukiga.

Manuel Orantes

Spanish tennis player.

Born February 6th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Granada.

James Michael Harvey

American roman catholic cardinal.

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

Mustafa Denizli

Turkish association football player and coach (born 1949).

Born November 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Alaçatı.

Fan Chung

Taiwanese-born american mathematician.

Born October 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kaohsiung.

Navnindra Behl

Indian actor and director.

Born October 30th, 1949 in Delhi.

Died March 16th, 2026 at 76 years old

Michael Wagener

German record producer.

Born April 25th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Wuppertal. ^[ref]

Nancy Hollister

American politician.

Born May 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Marietta.

Ryszard Legutko

Polish philosopher and politician.

Born December 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kraków.

Bonnie J. Dunbar

American engineer and astronaut.

Born March 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Sunnyside. ^[ref]

Griselda Pollock

British art historian.

Born March 11th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Bloemfontein.

David Abulafia

English historian (1949–2026).

Born December 12th, 1949 in Twickenham.

Died January 24th, 2026 at 76 years old in Cambridge. ^[ref]

Andrew Powell

English musical composer (born 1949).

Born April 18th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Surrey.

Boualem Sansal

Algerian and french writer.

Born October 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Theniet El Had. ^[ref]

Eugenia Davitashvili

Russian faith healer (1949-2015).

Born July 22nd, 1949 in Urmiya.

Died June 8th, 2015 at 65 years old in Moscow.