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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Hugo Sotil

Peruvian footballer (1949–2024).

Born May 18th, 1949 in Ica. [ref]

Died December 30th, 2024 at 75 years old in Lima (kidney failure, liver failure). [ref]

Jonathan Carroll

American fiction writer.

Born January 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Zoran Slavnić

Basketball player.

Born October 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Zemun.

Anne W. Patterson

United states department of state official and diplomat.

Born October 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Fort Smith.

Sian Elias

New zealand judge, and 12th chief justice of new zealand.

Born March 13th, 1949 (age 77 years) in London.

Joe Louis Walker

American musician (1949–2025).

Born December 25th, 1949 in San Francisco.

Died April 30th, 2025 at 75 years old in Poughkeepsie. [ref]

Rasim Delić

Bosnian general (1949–2010).

Born February 4th, 1949 in Čelić.

Died April 16th, 2010 at 61 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]

Bei Dao

Contemporary chinese (prc) avant garde poet.

Born August 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Beijing.

Michael Herz

American film producer, director and screenwriter.

Born May 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City. [ref]

Bogdan Borusewicz

Polish politician (born 1949).

Born January 11th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Lidzbark Warmiński.

Antônio Fagundes

Brazilian actor.

Born April 18th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Paula Tsui

Hong kong female singer.

Born January 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Wuchang City.

John Shadegg

American politician.

Born October 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Phoenix.

Sam Kutesa

Ugandan politician..

Born February 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Uganda. [ref]

Dubravka Ugrešić

Croatian writer (1949–2023).

Born March 27th, 1949 in Kutina.

Died March 17th, 2023 at 73 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]

Nikolai Glushkov

Russian businessman (1949-2018).

Born December 24th, 1949 in Maykop.

Died March 12th, 2018 at 68 years old in New Malden. [ref]

Elliott Murphy

American singer-songwriter.

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

Heather Couper

Astronomer (1949–2020).

Born June 2nd, 1949 in Wallasey.

Died February 19th, 2020 at 70 years old in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [ref]

Joseph Hill

Singer and songwriter for the reggae group culture (1949-2006).

Born January 22nd, 1949 in Linstead.

Died August 19th, 2006 at 57 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Shlomo Artzi

Israeli singer.

Born November 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Israel.

Park Won-sook

South korean actress.

Born January 19th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Seoul. [ref]

Joachim Witt

German rock musician.

Born February 22nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Hamburg.

Simone Gbagbo

Ivorian politician.

Born June 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Grand-Bassam.

Bernard Farcy

French actor.

Born February 2nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]

Ania Marson

Polish and british actress.

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

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