* 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter

* 1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist, Nobel laureate

* 1949 – Scott Turow, American writer

* 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman ( d. 1949 )

* 1949 – Phil Garner, American baseball manager

* 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal

* 1949 – Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Alabama )

* 1949 – Alan Campbell, Irish pastor

* 1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop

* 1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American author

* 1949 – Ted Simmons, American baseball player

* 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1949 – Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker

* 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler

* 1949 – James Fallows, American journalist

* 1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian astronaut

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan

* 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player ( d. 2009 )

* March 10 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian pro wrestler ( b. 1949 )

* Dino Bravo ( 1949 – 1993 ), professional wrestler

Thereafter, she signed a contract with Lux Film, in 1949, and later married Dino De Laurentiis, on the verge of becoming a known producer.

Married to Bitter Rice producer Dino De Laurentiis from 1949, the couple had four children: Veronica, Raffaella, Francesca, and Federico.

* Bravo ( 1949 ) ( with G. S. Kaufman )

* Austin Idol, the ring name of American professional wrestler Dennis McCord ( born 1949 )

* 1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler

* 1949 – Kevin Sullivan, American professional wrestler

* 1949 – Paul Orndorff, American professional wrestler

* 1949 – Don Muraco, American wrestler

* Ed White ( wrestler ) ( 1949 – 2005 ), known as " Sailor " or " Moondog King "

Salvador Guerrero III ( born January 7, 1949 ), better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero, Sr., is a former professional wrestler.

Richard Morgan Fliehr ( born February 25, 1949 ) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair.

* Yoshiaki Fujiwara ( born 1949 ), a Japanese actor and professional wrestler

* King Parsons ( born 1949 ), American professional wrestler

Jerry O ' Neil Lawler ( born November 29, 1949 ) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry " The King " Lawler.

* Troy Graham ( born 1949 ), professional wrestler whose nickname is The Dream Machine

* Ric Flair ( b. 1949 ), an American professional wrestler

Donald Muraco ( born September 10, 1949 ), better known by his ring names " The Magnificent Muraco " and " The Rock " Don Muraco, is a retired American professional wrestler.

Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr. ( born October 29, 1949 ) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling as " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff.

Kevin Francis Sullivan ( October 26, 1949 ) is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) as " The Taskmaster " and his leading of the " Dungeon of Doom ".

* " Mr. Wonderful ", alias of Paul Orndorff ( born 1949 ), professional wrestler

John Stanley Hansen, Jr. ( born August 29, 1949 ) is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Stan Hansen.

* Cien Caras ( born 1949 ), ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Carmelo Reyes González

Smith Stewart Hart ( born November 28, 1949 ) is a former professional wrestler.

Momčilo Tapavica ( Serbian Cyrillic name: Момчило Тапавица, Hungarian: Tapavicza Momcsilló ; born October 14, 1872 in Nadalj village ( then officially called Nádalja ) near Srbobran ( then officially called Szenttamás ), Austria – Hungary ( now Serbia ), died January 10, 1949 in Pula, FPR Yugoslavia ) was a native Serb tennis player, weightlifter, wrestler and architect who in his youth competed under the flag of Kingdom of Hungary whose citizen he was at the time, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.