Nikolai Makarov

Russian army commander.

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

Atanas Mihaylov

Bulgarian footballer (1949-2006).

Born July 5th, 1949 in Sofia.

Died October 1st, 2006 at 57 years old in Sofia (cancer).

Yuri Balashov

Russian chess player.

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

Olga Karasyova

Soviet gymnast.

Born July 24th, 1949 in Bishkek.

Died October 26th, 2025 at 76 years old ^[ref]

Jero Wacik

Indonesian politician.

Born April 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Singaraja. ^[ref]

Phil Boggs

Diver (1949-1990).

Born December 29th, 1949 in Akron.

Died July 4th, 1990 at 40 years old in Miami (lymphoma).

Leonida Lari

Romanian politician and writer (1949–2011).

Born October 26th, 1949 in Bursuceni.

Died December 11th, 2011 at 62 years old in Chișinău (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Arlette Zola

Swiss singer.

Born April 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Fribourg.

Karl Meiler

West german tennis player (1949-2014).

Born April 30th, 1949 in Erlangen.

Died April 17th, 2014 at 64 years old in Augsburg.

Patrick Chauvel

French journalist (1949- ).

Born April 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Yury Mukhin

Russian writer.

Born March 22nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Dnipro.

Kerry Harris

Australian tennis player.

Born September 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Melbourne.

Osamu Fujimura

Japanese politician.

Born November 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Osaka.

Marie-Guite Dufay

French politician.

Born May 21st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Paris.

Arno Steffenhagen

German footballer (born 1949).

Born September 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Berlin.

Julio Cardeñosa

Spanish footballer.

Born October 27th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Valladolid.

Lori Sandri

Brazilian association football player and manager (1949–2014).

Born January 29th, 1949 in Encantado.

Died October 3rd, 2014 at 65 years old in Curitiba (brain cancer). ^[ref]

Helmut Bellingrodt

Colombian sport shooter.

Born July 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Barranquilla.

Erato Kozakou Marcoullis

Previous minister of foreign affairs of cyprus.

Born August 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Limassol. ^[ref]

José Carlos Schwarz

Guinea-bissauan musician.

Born December 6th, 1949 in Bissau.

Died May 27th, 1977 at 27 years old in Havana (aviation accident).

Rolf Peter Sieferle

German historian (1949-2016).

Born August 5th, 1949 in Stuttgart.

Died September 17th, 2016 at 67 years old in Heidelberg.

Dušan Galis

Slovak footballer and politician (born 1949).

Born November 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Ružomberok. ^[ref]

Elias Camsek Chin

Palauan politician.

Born October 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Peleliu.

Michal Ajvaz

Novelist, poet, translator.

Born October 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Prague. ^[ref]

Barthold Kuijken

Belgian musician.

Born March 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Dilbeek.