Nava Starr

Latvian-canadian chess player.

Born April 4th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Riga.

Gene Clapp

American rower.

Born November 19th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Brookline.

Antonio Biosca

Spanish footballer.

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

Tapio Kantanen

Finnish athlete.

Born May 31st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Heinola.

Hans Baumgartner

Athletics competitor.

Born May 20th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Stühlingen.

Hans Lutz

German racing cyclist.

Born March 31st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Stuttgart.

Jaroslav Brabec

Czechoslovak shot-putter, olympic athlete and sports coach.

Born July 27th, 1949 in Litoměřice.

Died May 20th, 2018 at 68 years old ^[ref]

Pierre Bayonne

Haitian footballer.

Born June 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Haiti.

Suhaila Seddiqi

Afghan politician.

Born March 11th, 1949 in Kabul. ^[ref]

Died December 4th, 2020 at 71 years old in Kabul (COVID-19).

Isabel Tocino Biscarolasaga

Spanish politician.

Born March 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Santander. ^[ref]

Paul Ackerley

New zealand hockey player and coach (1949–2011).

Born May 16th, 1949 in Dunedin.

Died May 3rd, 2011 at 61 years old in Wellington (skin cancer). ^[ref]

Trevor Coker

New zealand rower (1949-1981).

Born October 1st, 1949 in Whanganui.

Died August 23rd, 1981 at 31 years old in Whanganui (brain cancer).

Richard Murunga

Boxer.

Born April 22nd, 1949 in Kenya.

Died October 26th, 2018 at 69 years old in Nairobi. ^[ref]

Manolo el del bombo

Spanish football fan.

Born January 15th, 1949 in San Carlos del Valle.

Died May 1st, 2025 at 76 years old in Moncofa. ^[ref]

Josip Friščić

Croatian politician (1949–2016).

Born August 15th, 1949 in Subotica Podravska.

Died January 23rd, 2016 at 66 years old in Koprivnica (cancer).

Alain Mosconi

Swimmer.

Born September 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Puteaux.

Bohdan Masztaler

Polish association football player.

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

Alfredo Quesada

Peruvian footballer.

Born September 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Talara.

Phil Edwards

British racing cyclist (1949–2017).

Born September 3rd, 1949 in Corsham.

Died April 24th, 2017 at 67 years old in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Jenny Lamy

Australian sprinter.

Born February 28th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Wagga Wagga.

Rauno Miettinen

Finnish nordic combined skier.

Born May 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kuopio.

Rubén González Medina

Roman catholic bishop.

Born February 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Santurce.

Giancarlo Berardi

Italian writer.

Born November 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Genoa.

Zahid Sheikh

Pakistani field hockey player (1949-2010).

Born December 14th, 1949 in Sialkot.

Died January 29th, 2010 at 60 years old in Lahore. ^[ref]

Günther Schumacher

German racing cyclist b. 1949.

Born June 27th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Rostock.