Adrian Alston

Australian soccer player.

Born February 6th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Preston.

Zhong Acheng

Chinese screenwriter.

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

Jean-Marie Guéhenno

French diplomat.

Born October 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in France.

Michael Žantovský

Czech diplomat, translator and writer.

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

John Berg

American actor (1949–2007).

Born April 5th, 1949 in Wichita Falls.

Died December 15th, 2007 at 58 years old in Van Nuys (carbon monoxide poisoning). ^[ref]

Jonas Eduardo Américo

Brazilian footballer.

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

Jiří Korn

Czech musician and actor.

Born May 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Prague.

Yusuf Halaçoğlu

Turkish historian and statesperson (born 1949).

Born May 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Kozan.

Paruyr Hayrikyan

Armenian politician and political activist.

Born July 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Yerevan.

Jacques Seetainn

French table tennis player (1949-2022).

Born March 18th, 1949 in Carvin. ^[ref]

Died November 24th, 2020 at 71 years old in Tourcoing. ^[ref]

Joan Clos i Matheu

Spanish politician.

Born June 29th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Parets del Vallès.

Vitaliy Starukhin

Soviet footballer (1949–2000).

Born June 6th, 1949 in Minsk.

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

Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez

Spanish conductor and composer (1949–2024).

Born September 17th, 1949 in Granada.

Died August 4th, 2024 at 74 years old in Málaga. ^[ref]

Nikolai Makarov

Russian army commander.

Born October 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Glebovo-Gorodishche. ^[ref]

Celia Rees

English author.

Born June 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Solihull.

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 77 years) in Khvorostyanka.

Larisa Petrik

Gymnast.

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

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 77 years) in Moscow.

Joe Higgins

Irish socialist politician.

Born May 20th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Lispole. ^[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).

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]

John McGovern

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1949).

Born October 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Montrose.

Abdumalik Abdullajanov

Politician.

Born January 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Khujand.