Masao Arai

Olympic medalist in wrestling.

Born June 6th, 1949 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Died November 9th, 2024 at 75 years old ^[ref]

Mihai Zafiu

Romanian canoeist.

Born June 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Albești.

Ognyan Nikolov

Olympic wrestler.

Born June 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sofia.

Alain Santy

French cyclist.

Born August 28th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Lompret.

Frank Siebeck

German hurdler.

Born August 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Schkeuditz.

Viktor Poganovsky

Soviet equestrian.

Born November 23rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Mykolaiv.

Francine Fox

Canoe racer.

Born March 16th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Washington, D.C..

Włodzimierz Sadalski

Polish former volleyball player.

Born August 29th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Poznań.

Nelli Feryabnikova

Olympic medalist in basketball.

Born May 14th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Vorkuta.

Klaus Bruengel

German composer and bass player.

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

Gennady Komnatov

Russian cyclist (1949-1979).

Born September 18th, 1949 in Omsk.

Died April 1st, 1979 at 29 years old in Omsk (traffic collision).

Barbara Wysoczańska

Fencer.

Born August 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Świętochłowice.

Alexandra Berková

Czech writer, publicist, educator, publicist, translator and scriptwriter (1949-2008).

Born July 2nd, 1949 in Trenčín.

Died June 16th, 2008 at 58 years old in Prague.

Vida Akoto-Bamfo

Ghanaian judge.

Born February 7th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Ghana.

Mariasun Landa

Spanish writer.

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

Mike Staines

American rower.

Born May 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Guildford.

Catherine Denguiadé

Empress consort of central african.

Born August 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sarh.

Werner Mattle

Alpine skier.

Born November 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Oberriet.

Yevgeniy Mironov

Soviet shot putter.

Born November 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Staraya Russa.

Eugenijus Bartulis

Lithuanian bishop.

Born December 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kaunas.

Magdalena Schmidt

East german artistic gymnast.

Born June 30th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Lauchhammer.

Ntombi of Swaziland

Swazi queen.

Born December 27th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Eswatini. ^[ref]

Krasimira Bogdanova

Olympic medalist in basketball.

Born June 5th, 1949 in Sofia.

Died March 10th, 1992 at 42 years old in Sofia.

Jackie Zoch

American rower.

Born June 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Madison.

Viktor Kratasyuk

Canoe racer (1949–2003).

Born January 30th, 1949 in Poti.

Died March 18th, 2003 at 54 years old in Poti.