Armand Assante

American actor.

Born October 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Simon Callow

British actor.

Born June 13th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Streatham.

Paul Shaffer

Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist.

Born November 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Thunder Bay.

Gil Scott-Heron

American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author (1949–2011).

Born April 1st, 1949 in Chicago.

Died May 27th, 2011 at 62 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications). ^[ref]

Heather Menzies

Canadian actress (1949-2017).

Born December 3rd, 1949 in Toronto.

Died December 24th, 2017 at 68 years old in Frankford (brain cancer). ^[ref]

Stephen Gyllenhaal

American film director (1949-).

Born October 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Cleveland.

Deep Roy

Kenyan-british actor (born 1957).

Born January 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Nairobi.

Anita Dobson

British actress and singer.

Born April 29th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Stepney.

Eric Carmen

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024).

Born August 11th, 1949 in Cleveland.

Died March 11th, 2024 at 74 years old in Paradise Valley. ^[ref]

Nancy Meyers

American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born December 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Philadelphia.

Rob Cohen

American film director and producer.

Born March 12th, 1949 (age 77 years) in New York City, Cornwall.

Geezer Butler

English bassist (born 1949).

Born July 17th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Birmingham.

Alexander Godunov

Russian-american ballet dancer and film actor (1949-1995).

Born November 28th, 1949 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Died May 18th, 1995 at 45 years old in West Hollywood (hepatitis).

Gates McFadden

American actress and choreographer.

Born March 2nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Akron.

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949).

Born September 18th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Leicester.

Gloria Gaynor

American singer.

Born September 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Newark. ^[ref]

Jan Smithers

American actress.

Born July 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in North Hollywood.

Ken Follett

British novelist (born 1949).

Born June 5th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Cardiff.

Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-american chef and restaurateur.

Born July 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in St. Veit an der Glan.

Philip Michael Thomas

American actor (born 1949).

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Columbus.

John Cooper Clarke

English poet.

Born January 25th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Salford.

Ann Reinking

American dancer, choreographer and actress (1949-2020).

Born November 10th, 1949 in Seattle.

Died December 12th, 2020 at 71 years old in Seattle. ^[ref]

Roger Deakins

British cinematographer.

Born May 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Torquay.

Frankie Faison

American actor.

Born June 10th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Newport News.

Shera Danese

American actress.

Born October 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Hartsdale.