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In the year 1949

1,591 Notable birthdays

Deep Roy

Kenyan-british actor (born 1957).

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

Farida Jalal

Indian actress.

Born May 18th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New Delhi. [ref]

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]

Paul Shaffer

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

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

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]

Rob Cohen

American film director and producer.

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

Eric Carmen

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

Born August 11th, 1949 in Cleveland.

Died March 10th, 2024 at 74 years old in Lyndhurst. [ref]

Gates McFadden

American actress and choreographer.

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

Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-american chef and restaurateur.

Born July 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sankt Veit an der Glan.

Anita Dobson

English actress and singer.

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

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949).

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

Nancy Meyers

American film director, producer and screenwriter.

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

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).

Ken Follett

British novelist.

Born June 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Cardiff.

Gloria Gaynor

American singer.

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

Philip Michael Thomas

American actor.

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Columbus.

Geezer Butler

English bassist.

Born July 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Birmingham.

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]

John Cooper Clarke

English poet.

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

Roger Deakins

British cinematographer.

Born May 24th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Torquay.

David Perdue

American politician, businessman, and diplomat (born 1949).

Born December 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Macon.

Paul Teutul, Sr.

American motorcycle builder.

Born May 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Yonkers.

Shera Danese

American actress.

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

Frankie Faison

American actor.

Born June 10th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Newport News.

Avery Brooks

American actor and director.

Born October 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Evansville.

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