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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Lewis Furey

Canadian musician and composer.

Born June 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Montreal.

Michael Bleekemolen

Racecar driver.

Born October 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Amsterdam.

Roberta Alexander

American operatic soprano.

Born March 3rd, 1949 in Lynchburg.

Died October 14th, 2025 at 76 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]

Maria Todorova

Bulgarian historian.

Born January 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Sofia.

Maren Kroymann

German actress, cabaret artist and singer.

Born July 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Walsrode.

Guido Mantega

Brazilian economist, former minister of finance, former minister of planning, budget and management of brazil and former president of bndes.

Born April 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Genoa.

Roger Blandford

British theoretical astrophysicist.

Born August 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Grantham.

Marie-George Buffet

French politician.

Born May 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sceaux.

Ghazaleh Alizadeh

Iranian poet and writer.

Born February 15th, 1949 in Mashhad.

Died May 12th, 1996 at 47 years old in Javaher Deh (hanging to death).

Rafael Ángel Calderón

President of costa rica.

Born March 14th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Diriamba.

Ivo Linna

Estonian singer (born 1949).

Born June 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kuressaare.

Mike Boit

Athletics competitor and professor.

Born January 6th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Eldoret.

Edward McMillan-Scott

British politician (born 1949).

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

Paul Hillier

British singer and director (born 1949).

Born February 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Dorchester.

Neil Shicoff

American opera singer.

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

Ronald M. Evans

American biologist.

Born April 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Los Angeles.

Bora Dugić

Serbian musician.

Born June 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Đurđevo.

María Teresa Fernández de la Vega

Spanish politician.

Born June 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Valencia.

Franz Josef Jung

German politician.

Born March 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Erbach.

Giuliano Pisapia

Italian lawyer, politician and writer (1949).

Born May 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Milan. [ref]

Andrei Fursenko

Russian scientist, businessman and politician.

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

Ivan Buljan

Croatian footballer (born 1949).

Born December 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Runovići.

Nikolai Bordyuzha

Russian military officer and politician.

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

Jens Böhrnsen

German politician (spd) and mayor of bremen (2005-).

Born June 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bremen.

Patrick Nève

Belgian racing driver.

Born October 13th, 1949 in Liège.

Died March 13th, 2017 at 67 years old in Liège, Grez-Doiceau. [ref]

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