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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Paschalis Terzis

Greek singer.

Born April 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Thessaloniki.

Olga Morozova

Soviet tennis player.

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

Radojko Avramović

Serbian footballer.

Born November 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sjenica.

Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues

Portuguese politician (born 1949).

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

Mircea Diaconu

Romanian actor and politician, mep (1949–2024).

Born December 24th, 1949 in Vlădești.

Died December 14th, 2024 at 74 years old in Bucharest (colorectal cancer). [ref]

David Zubik

American rc bishop.

Born September 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sewickley.

Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

Prime minister of equatorial guinea (2016-present).

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

Nadir al-Arbawi

Prime minister of the people's democratic republic of algeria.

Born September 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tébessa.

Charlie McCreevy

Irish politician.

Born September 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sallins.

Juha Mieto

Finnish cross country skier and politician.

Born November 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kurikka.

Siqin Gaowa

Chinese-born swiss actress.

Born January 20th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Guangzhou.

Mary Roos

German singer.

Born January 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Bingen am Rhein.

Jonathan Ott

American botanist.

Born June 1st, 1949 in New Haven. [ref]

Died July 3rd, 2025 at 76 years old in Xalapa. [ref]

Chris Dobson

British chemist (1949-2019).

Born October 8th, 1949 in Rinteln.

Died September 8th, 2019 at 69 years old in London (cancer). [ref]

Josip Bozanić

Croatian cardinal and archbishop of zagreb.

Born March 20th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Rijeka.

Mary Gordon

Novelist, memoirist, literary critic.

Born December 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Long Island.

Irina Muravyova

Soviet and russian actress.

Born February 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Moscow.

Suthep Thaugsuban

Thai politician.

Born July 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Surat Thani.

Ranjana Desai

Judge of the supreme court of india.

Born October 30th, 1949 (age 76 years).

Walter Browne

American poker and chess player (1949–2015).

Born January 10th, 1949 in Sydney.

Died June 24th, 2015 at 66 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player.

Born August 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sacramento.

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi

Iranian politician.

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

Phil Miller

English progressive rock/jazz guitarist (1949–2017).

Born January 22nd, 1949 in London Borough of Barnet.

Died October 18th, 2017 at 68 years old [ref]

Sergey Kurginyan

Russian scientist.

Born November 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Moscow.

Curtis Rowe

American basketball player.

Born July 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bessemer.

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