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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Zlatko Mateša

Prime minister of croatia from 1995 to 2000.

Born June 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Zagreb.

Anton Mang

German motorcycle racer.

Born September 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Inning am Ammersee.

Enrique Scalabroni

Argentinian race car designer, technical director, and team racing boss.

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

Bruce Davidson

Equestrian.

Born December 31st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rome.

Norbert Zongo

Editor of l'independent in burkina faso.

Born July 31st, 1949 in Koudougou.

Died December 13th, 1998 at 49 years old in Sapouy.

Bonnie St. Claire

Dutch female stripper.

Born November 18th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rozenburg.

Leopoldo Brenes

Nicaraguan roman catholic priest.

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

Lúcia Petterle

Brazilian model.

Born October 31st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Carlos Veiga

Cape verdean politician.

Born October 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Mindelo.

Boris Plotnikov

Soviet and russian actor.

Born April 2nd, 1949 in Nevyansk.

Died December 2nd, 2020 at 71 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).

Jairo

Argentine-french singer.

Born June 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Córdoba Province, Cruz del Eje.

Karel Loprais

Czech rally driver (1949-2021).

Born March 4th, 1949 in Ostrava, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. [ref]

Died December 30th, 2021 at 72 years old in Nový Jičín (COVID-19). [ref]

Ronnie Ray Smith

Athletics competitor, sprinter (1949-2013).

Born March 28th, 1949 in Los Angeles.

Died March 31st, 2013 at 64 years old in Los Angeles.

Terrence W. Wilcutt

American astronaut.

Born October 31st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Russellville.

Magda Umer

Polish singer (1949-2025).

Born October 9th, 1949 in Warsaw.

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

Philippe Daverio

Italian art historian, teacher, writer, author, politician, and television personality (1949–2020).

Born October 17th, 1949 in Mulhouse.

Died September 2nd, 2020 at 70 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]

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.

Kentarō Haneda

Japanese composer, arranger, pianist (1949-2007).

Born January 12th, 1949 in Kita.

Died June 2nd, 2007 at 58 years old in Shinjuku (liver cancer).

Ieremia Tabai

Kiribati politician.

Born December 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Nonouti.

Roni Milo

Israeli politician.

Born November 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tel Aviv. [ref]

Paulo César Caju

Brazilian footballer (born 1949).

Born June 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Idir

Algerian kabyle singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2020).

Born October 25th, 1949 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. [ref]

Died May 2nd, 2020 at 70 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (lung disease). [ref]

Jerzy Gorgoń

Polish footballer.

Born July 18th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Zabrze.

Jorge Oñate

Colombian vallenato singer.

Born March 31st, 1949 in La Paz, Cesar Department.

Died February 28th, 2021 at 71 years old in Medellín (COVID-19). [ref]

Ulla Schmidt

German politician (spd).

Born June 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Aachen.

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