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In the year 1949

1,727 Notable birthdays

Francisco Javier Aguilar García

Spanish footballer (1949-2020).

Born March 26th, 1949 in Santander.

Died May 11th, 2020 at 71 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]

Fernando Carlos Maletti

Catholic bishop (1949–2022).

Born March 17th, 1949 in Buenos Aires.

Died March 8th, 2022 at 72 years old [ref]

Albert Zweifel

Swiss cyclo-cross racer.

Born June 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rüti.

Aleksandr Lukyanov

Russian coxswain.

Born August 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Moscow.

Rik Van Linden

Road bicycle racer.

Born July 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Wilrijk.

Josef Pühringer

Austrian politician (övp), landeshauptmann of the state of upper austria.

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

Reiner Geye

German footballer (1949-2002).

Born November 22nd, 1949 in Duisburg.

Died August 8th, 2002 at 52 years old in Mainz.

Pierre Bergounioux

French writer.

Born May 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Brive-la-Gaillarde.

Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir

Icelandic politician.

Born October 16th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Reykjavík.

István Kocsis

Hungarian footballer (1949-1994).

Born October 6th, 1949 in Csorna.

Died June 9th, 1994 at 44 years old in Csorna (cancer).

Florence Cestac

Frantziako komikigilea.

Born July 18th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Pont-Audemer.

Michael Lameck

German footballer (born 1949).

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

Jean-Noël Augert

French alpine skier.

Born August 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

Abdul Karim al-Kabariti

Jordanian politician.

Born December 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Amman.

Toyokazu Nomura

Japanese judoka.

Born July 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kōryō-chō.

Hugh Matheson

British rower (born 1949).

Born April 16th, 1949 (age 77 years).

Torrance Fleischmann

American equestrian.

Born July 30th, 1949 (age 76 years).

Leyla Adamyan

Russian gynecologist.

Born January 20th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Tbilisi.

Patrick Péra

Figure skater.

Born January 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in 6th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]

Jenny Fish

American speed skater (born 1949).

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

Oleh Lysheha

Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator (1949–2014).

Born October 30th, 1949 in Tysmenytsia.

Died December 17th, 2014 at 65 years old in Kyiv. [ref]

Maria Barbal i Farré

Catalan writer.

Born September 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Tremp.

Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra

Malian judge and lawyer.

Born February 15th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Koulikoro.

David Zwilling

Austrian skier.

Born August 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Abtenau.

Bernardo Álvarez Afonso

Roman catholic bishop (1949-2025).

Born July 29th, 1949 in Breña Alta.

Died November 25th, 2025 at 76 years old in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. [ref]

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