Antonia Santilli

Italian actress.

Born August 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Spigno Saturnia.

Zhong Acheng

Chinese screenwriter.

Born April 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Beijing.

Augustin Dumay

French violinist and conductor.

Born January 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Paris.

Leila Shahid

Palestinian diplomat.

Born July 13th, 1949 in Beirut.

Died February 18th, 2026 at 76 years old in Lecques. ^[ref]

Enrica Bonaccorti

Italian radio and television presenter, lyricist, and actress.

Born November 18th, 1949 in Savona. ^[ref]

Died March 12th, 2026 at 76 years old in Rome (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Anne Enger

Norwegian politician.

Born December 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Trøgstad Municipality. ^[ref]

Paruyr Hayrikyan

Armenian politician and political activist.

Born July 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Yerevan.

Michael Žantovský

Czech diplomat, translator and writer.

Born January 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Prague.

Jiří Korn

Czech musician and actor.

Born May 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Prague.

Celia Rees

English author.

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

Yusuf Halaçoğlu

Turkish historian and statesperson (born 1949).

Born May 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kozan.

Lu Yao

Chinese writer (1949-1992).

Born December 3rd, 1949 in Qingjian County.

Died November 17th, 1992 at 42 years old in Xi'an (cancer).

Oleg Atkov

Soviet and russian physician and cosmonaut.

Born May 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Khvorostyanka.

Larisa Petrik

Gymnast.

Born August 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Dolinsk. ^[ref]

Vitaliy Starukhin

Soviet footballer (1949–2000).

Born June 6th, 1949 in Minsk.

Died August 9th, 2000 at 51 years old in Donetsk (pneumonia).

Joan Clos i Matheu

Spanish politician.

Born June 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Parets del Vallès.

Sanja Iveković

Croatian visual artist, designer and activist (born 1949).

Born January 6th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Zagreb. ^[ref]

Yuri Baturin

Russian politician and cosmonaut.

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

Zyta Gilowska

Polish economist, academic and politician (1949-2016).

Born July 7th, 1949 in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie.

Died April 5th, 2016 at 66 years old in Świdnik. ^[ref]

Jonas Eduardo Américo

Brazilian footballer.

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

Albert Sacco

American astronaut.

Born May 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Boston.

Sofa Landver

Israeli politician.

Born October 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Nora Astorga

Nicaraguan revolutionary (1944-1988).

Born December 10th, 1949 in Managua.

Died February 14th, 1988 at 38 years old in Managua (breast cancer).

Isabel Celaá

Spanish politician.

Born May 23rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Bilbao. ^[ref]

Ella Vogelaar

Dutch politician, trade unionist and social worker (1949-2019).

Born December 23rd, 1949 in Steenbergen.

Died October 7th, 2019 at 69 years old in Utrecht. ^[ref]