Rafael Ángel Calderón

President of costa rica.

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

Lewis Furey

Canadian musician and composer.

Born June 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Montreal.

Karen Dawisha

American political scientist (1949–2018).

Born December 2nd, 1949 in Colorado Springs.

Died April 11th, 2018 at 68 years old in Oxford (cardiac arrest).

Leopoldo Brenes

Nicaraguan roman catholic priest.

Born March 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Ticuantepe.

Enrico Pieranunzi

Italian jazz musician, classical pianist, composer, arranger, recording artist.

Born December 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rome.

Erik Reinert

Norwegian economist (born 1949).

Born February 15th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Oslo.

Maren Kroymann

German actress, cabaret artist and singer.

Born July 19th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Walsrode.

Michael Bleekemolen

Racecar driver.

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

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).

Franz Josef Jung

German politician.

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

Marie-George Buffet

French politician.

Born May 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Sceaux.

Nikolai Bordyuzha

Russian military officer and politician.

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

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.

Magda Umer

Polish singer (1949-2025).

Born October 9th, 1949 in Warsaw.

Died December 12th, 2025 at 76 years old ^[ref]

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.

Jerome Edward Listecki

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born March 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Chicago.

Mike Boit

Athletics competitor and professor.

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

Neil Shicoff

American opera singer.

Born June 2nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Brooklyn.

Ronald M. Evans

American biologist.

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

Ivo Linna

Estonian singer (born 1949).

Born June 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Kuressaare.

Conny Torstensson

Swedish footballer.

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

Bora Dugić

Serbian musician.

Born June 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Đurđevo.

María Teresa Fernández de la Vega

Spanish politician.

Born June 15th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Valencia.

Angela Ro Ro

Brazilian singer.

Born December 5th, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died September 8th, 2025 at 75 years old in Rio de Janeiro.