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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Gaston Tong Sang

President of french polynesia.

Born August 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bora-Bora.

Michèle Roberts

Poet and novelist.

Born May 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bushey.

Sabrina P. Ramet

American political scientist.

Born June 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in London.

Michel Tognini

French astronaut.

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

Helena Fibingerová

Czechoslovak shot-putter.

Born July 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Víceměřice. [ref]

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017).

Born February 14th, 1949 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died May 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Clichy (disease). [ref]

Anvita Abbi

Indian linguist, scholar.

Born January 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Delhi.

Kenneth Carpenter

Paleontologist.

Born September 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tokyo.

José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana

High-ranking eta militant.

Born March 7th, 1949 in Arrigorriaga.

Died December 21st, 1978 at 29 years old in Anglet.

Oleg Belaventsev

Russian naval officer & politician.

Born September 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Moscow.

Nijaz Duraković

Member of the presidency of rbih 1993-1996.

Born January 1st, 1949 in Stolac.

Died January 29th, 2012 at 63 years old in Sarajevo.

Myrna Elizabeth Mack Chang

Guatemalan anthropologist.

Born October 24th, 1949 in Retalhuleu Department.

Died September 11th, 1990 at 40 years old in Guatemala City.

Michel Roger

French civil servant.

Born March 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Poitiers.

Ivo Wortmann

Brazilian association football player.

Born March 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Quaraí.

Clarence Richard Silva

American bishop.

Born August 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Honolulu.

João Soares

Portuguese politician (born 1949).

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

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter (1949–2021).

Born October 3rd, 1949 in Saint Petersburg.

Died October 23rd, 2021 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

David Leestma

American astronaut.

Born May 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Muskegon.

Jim Price

American basketball player.

Born November 27th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Russellville.

Barbara Honigmann

German author and artist.

Born February 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in East Berlin.

Ralph Mann

American hurdler (1949–2025).

Born June 16th, 1949 in Long Beach.

Died January 2nd, 2025 at 75 years old in Long Beach (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Valerie Ziegenfuss

American tennis player.

Born June 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in California.

Valeriu Muravschi

Moldovan politician (1949-2020).

Born July 31st, 1949 in Sirota. [ref]

Died April 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Chișinău. [ref]

Sami Aldeeb

Palestinian-born swiss lawyer.

Born September 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Jenin.

Ricardo Zunino

Argentine f1 driver.

Born April 13th, 1949 (age 77 years) in San Juan.

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