* 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 )

Gloria Gaynor ( born September 7, 1949 ) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits ; " I Will Survive " ( Hot 100 number 1, 1979 ), " Never Can Say Goodbye " ( Hot 100 number 9, 1974 ), " Let Me Know ( I Have a Right )" ( Hot 100 number 42, 1980 ) and " I Am What I Am " ( R & B number 82, 1983 ).

* Gloria Gaynor ( born 1949 ), singer, known for I Will Survive.

Gloria Hendry ( born March 3, 1949 in Winter Haven, Florida ) is an American actress.

In August 1949, ex-wife Gloria Hatrick McLean married actor James Stewart.

Lead singers in the group, of different nationalities, have included Eugenio Pérez, Manolo Barquín, Humberto Cané, Bienvenido Granda, Israel del Pino, Alfredito Valdés, Miguel de Gonzalo, Bienvenido León, Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva ( she was the first female member of this musical cooperative, joining it in 1949 — Celia Cruz succeeded her in 1950, continuing to perform and record with the conjunto till 1965 ), Leo Marini, Miguelito Valdés, Gloria Díaz, Bobby Capó, Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Olga Chorens, Tony Álvarez, Estanislao " Laíto " Sureda, Alberto Beltrán ( Daniel Santos recommended him to Rogelio Martínez ), Celio González, Carlos Argentino ( he was the first husband of Celia Cruz ), Carmen Delia Dipiní, Johnny López, Felipe " la Voz " Rodríguez, Víctor Piñero, Rey Caney, Toña la Negra, Elliot Romero, Justo Betancourt, Linda Leida, Eladio " Yayo el Indio " Peguero, Raúl Planas, Ismael Miranda and, arguably, its greatest alumna, Celia Cruz ( she would return to record one final album with the collective in 1982 ).

Gloria returned to Georgia in 1949 from Texas, and her father, Earl Carter, was upset by the brutal beatings Gloria suffered at the hands of her husband.

With the help of her father, Gloria had her marriage annulled in 1949.

In July 1949, Typhoon Gloria destroyed the school and delayed the opening of the school year.

represented the initials of his wife, Gloria Gautraud, whom he married in 1949 with initials being used so the sex of the author would remain vague.

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

* 1949 – Philip Casnoff, American actor

* 1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor

* 1949 – Melody Patterson, American actress

* 1949 – Ann Romney, American horse rider, wife of Mitt Romney

* 1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler

* Adrian Belew ( born 1949 ), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer

* 1949 – Beverly Burns, American pilot

* 1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic

* 1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer ( The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band )

* 1949 – Barbara Goodson, American voice actress

* 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter ( The Tubes )

* 1949 – Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer

* 1949 – Loretta Devine, American actress

* 1949 – John Savage, American actor

* 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic ( d. 1949 )