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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Nurit Peled-Elhanan

Israeli academic.

Born May 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Jerusalem.

James Grady

American writer.

Born April 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Shelby.

Robert Folk

Composer, conductor.

Born March 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Klaus Ludwig

German racecar driver.

Born October 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bonn.

John Akii-Bua

Ugandan athletics competitor (1949–1997).

Born December 3rd, 1949 in Lira.

Died June 20th, 1997 at 47 years old in Kampala.

Frank L. Culbertson

Astronaut, united states navy captain.

Born May 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Charleston. [ref]

Jane Urquhart

Canadian writer (born 1949).

Born June 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Greenstone.

Bertalan Farkas

Hungarian cosmonaut.

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

İlyas Salman

Turkish actor and director (born 1949).

Born January 14th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Arguvan.

Randy Neugebauer

American politician.

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

Maxime Le Forestier

French recording artist, singer.

Born February 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Sophia Akuffo

Ghanaian judge and politician.

Born December 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Akropong. [ref]

Philip J. Currie

Canadian paleontologist and museum curator.

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

Jiří Drahoš

Czech physical chemist and politician.

Born February 20th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Český Těšín.

Ronnie Hellström

Swedish association football goalkeeper (1949–2022).

Born February 21st, 1949 in Malmö.

Died February 6th, 2022 at 72 years old (esophageal cancer). [ref]

Daniel Alvarado

Venezuelan actor (1949-2020).

Born August 12th, 1949 in Maracaibo.

Died July 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Caracas (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Philippe Djian

French writer.

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

Horst Ludwig Störmer

German physicist.

Born April 6th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Frankfurt.

Sammy Nelson

Northern irish footballer.

Born April 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Belfast.

Alexander Vilenkin

American physicist.

Born May 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kharkiv.

Franz Fuchs

Austrian serial killer (1949–2000).

Born December 12th, 1949 in Gralla.

Died February 26th, 2000 at 50 years old in Graz (hanging to death).

Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar

Nigerian politician and activist.

Born June 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Osun State.

Dick Nanninga

Dutch footballer (1949–2015).

Born January 17th, 1949 in Groningen.

Died July 21st, 2015 at 66 years old in Maaseik (diabetes). [ref]

Gill Marcus

South african banker.

Born August 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Johannesburg.

Colin Larkin

British writer.

Born December 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Dagenham.

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