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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Richard Deacon

British artist (born 1949).

Born August 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bangor.

Habib Essid

Tunisian politician.

Born June 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sousse.

Milivoj Petković

Bosnian croat army officer.

Born October 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Šibenik.

Michael Häupl

Austrian politician.

Born September 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Altlengbach.

Robert Kirshner

American astronomer.

Born August 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Long Branch.

Alma Guillermoprieto

Mexican journalist.

Born May 27th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Mexico City.

Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo

Spanish communist major.

Born February 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Marinaleda.

Jane Bartkowicz

Tennis player.

Born April 16th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Hamtramck.

Enrique Wolff

Argentine association football player.

Born February 21st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Victoria.

Henning Jensen

Danish footballer (1949-2017).

Born August 17th, 1949 in Nørresundby.

Died December 4th, 2017 at 68 years old in Aalborg (cancer). [ref]

Vincent Grass

Belgian actor.

Born January 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Brussels metropolitan area.

Barbara Balzerani

Leader of the terrorist group, red brigades (1949–2024).

Born January 16th, 1949 in Colleferro.

Died March 4th, 2024 at 75 years old in Rome. [ref]

Bob Frankston

American businessman.

Born June 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Brooklyn.

Natalia Kuchinskaya

Soviet-russian-american artistic gymnast (born 1949).

Born March 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Kyoko Mizuki

Japanese manga artist.

Born November 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tokyo.

Mike Mareen

German musician.

Born November 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Berlin.

Steve Kagen

American politician.

Born December 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Appleton.

Marc Porel

Swiss-french actor.

Born January 3rd, 1949 in Lausanne.

Died August 23rd, 1983 at 34 years old in Casablanca (drug overdose).

Tom Forsyth

Scottish footballer (1949-2020).

Born January 23rd, 1949 in Glasgow.

Died August 14th, 2020 at 71 years old in Strathaven. [ref]

Jay Apt

American astronaut, scientist, and professor.

Born April 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Springfield.

Joanna Senyszyn

Polish politician.

Born February 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Gdynia.

Phung Quang Thanh

Vietnamese defense minister (1949–2021).

Born February 2nd, 1949 in Hanoi.

Died September 11th, 2021 at 72 years old in Hanoi. [ref]

Chico Freeman

American saxophonist.

Born July 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Chicago.

Yves Duteil

French singer-songwriter, guitarist.

Born July 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Soumaïla Cissé

Malian politician (1949-2020).

Born December 20th, 1949 in Timbuktu.

Died December 25th, 2020 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (COVID-19). [ref]

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