* 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 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler ( d. 1993 )

* 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 )

* 1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian politician

* 1949 – Don Johnson, American actor

* Don Cook ( born May 25, 1949 in San Antonio, Texas ) is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music.

( Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe and Larry Doby were also All-Stars in 1949.

Mitchum returned to true film noir in The Big Steal ( also 1949 ), where he again joined Jane Greer in an early Don Siegel film.

* Don Kirkwood ( b. 1949 ), United States athlete in baseball

* Don Newcombe ( born 1926 ), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1949 – 51 and 1954 – 58 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1958 – 60 ) and Cleveland Indians ( 1960 ).

Donnie Wayne " Don " Johnson ( born December 15, 1949 ) is an American actor known for his work in television and film.

He was one of five Indians selected by Boudreau and joined Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe as the first black players to be amongst those chosen to participate in the 1949 All-Star Game.

* 1934 – 1949: André Obey: Don Juan

* 1949: Adventures of Don Juan, film starring Errol Flynn

The 1949 proposal, by the Toronto and Suburban Planning Board, was part of a plan for numerous expressways in the Toronto area, including the eventual Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway highways.

The first Filipino-owned plantation was established on Malamawi Island by Don Juan S. Alano, originally of Malolos, Bulacan, who served as Representative of the entire Moro Province ( Mindanao ) during the Commonwealth Era ( 1936 – 1942 ), and the first Congressman of Zamboanga Province ( now comprising Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City and Basilan ) in the Republic's first Congress ( 1946 – 1949 ).

* Don Quijote de la Mancha ( Don Quixote in the U. S .) – 1947 ( released in the US in 1949 )

Dating Dos and Don ' ts is a 1949 instructional film designed for American high schools, to teach adolescents basic dating skills, produced by Coronet Instructional Films and directed by Gilbert Altschul with the assistance of Reuben Hill, Research Professor of Family Life at the University of North Carolina.

He formed the Gaylords ( originally The Gay Lords ) with Bonaldo Bonaldi and Don Rea in Detroit in 1949.

Donald " Don " Boudria, PC ( born August 30, 1949 ) is a former Canadian politician.

He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze ( born 1958 ) and Sean Kyle ( born 1962 ), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn ( 1949 – 1994 ) and Bambi.

* Don ’ t Like The Way You ’ re Doing / Come Back Baby ( Aladdin # 3031 ) ( 1949 ) ( as The Robbins )

* Don Weiss 1949 — Sports writer and NFL executive known as Mr. Super Bowl

The Australian cricket team in England in 1948 | Invincibles took all five awards in 1949 ; Don Tallon was their wicket-keeper.

The Blue squad recruiter was Don Faurot, who opposed Howard in the 1949 Gator Bowl.

* Robert Don Hughes ( born 1949 ), writer