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In the year 1949

1,591 Notable birthdays

Shobha Kapoor

Indian producer.

Born February 1st, 1949 (age 77 years).

Wendy O. Williams

American singer (1949–1998).

Born May 28th, 1949 in Webster. [ref]

Died April 6th, 1998 at 48 years old in Storrs (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Charles Rocket

American actor, comedian (1949-2005).

Born August 24th, 1949 in Bangor.

Died October 7th, 2005 at 56 years old in Canterbury (shock). [ref]

Pamela Stephenson

New zealand clinical psychologist, writer and actress.

Born December 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Takapuna.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

French economist.

Born April 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Tabitha King

American writer (born 1949).

Born March 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Old Town.

Nancy Morgan

American actress (born 1949).

Born April 1st, 1949 (age 77 years) in Minneapolis.

Les Moonves

American television executive (born 1949).

Born October 6th, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

Frank Beard

American musician.

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

Stephen Henderson

American actor.

Born August 31st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kansas City.

Richard Thompson

British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist.

Born April 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in London.

Alex Higgins

Northern irish snooker player (1949–2010).

Born March 18th, 1949 in Belfast.

Died July 24th, 2010 at 61 years old in Belfast (esophageal cancer). [ref]

Tom Watson

American golfer (born 1949).

Born September 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Kansas City. [ref]

Sorcha Cusack

Irish actress.

Born April 9th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Dublin.

Lawrence Kasdan

American film director and film producer.

Born January 14th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Miami.

Brad Davis

American actor (1949–1991).

Born November 6th, 1949 in Tallahassee.

Died September 8th, 1991 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (death from AIDS-related complications).

John Savage

American actor.

Born August 25th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Old Bethpage.

Jim Carroll

American author, poet, and punk musician.

Born August 1st, 1949 in Manhattan, 70 years.

Died September 11th, 2009 at 60 years old in New York City.

Nando Parrado

Uruguayan tv presenter, businessman and former rugby union footballer.

Born December 9th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Montevideo.

Robert Lindsay

British actor.

Born December 13th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Ilkeston.

John Farnham

Australian singer.

Born July 1st, 1949 (age 76 years) in Dagenham.

David Rubenstein

American businessman.

Born August 11th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Baltimore.

Poonam Sinha

Actress.

Born November 3rd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Hyderabad.

Phyllis George

American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster (1949-2020).

Born June 25th, 1949 in Denton.

Died May 14th, 2020 at 70 years old in Albert B. Chandler Hospital (polycythemia vera). [ref]

Nick Lowe

British singer.

Born March 24th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Walton-on-Thames.

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