* 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 – 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 – Jeff Dowd, American film producer

Jeffrey Leon " Jeff " Bridges ( born December 4, 1949 ) is an American actor, musician, producer, photographer, cartoonist, storyteller, and occasional vintner.

From the late 1940s he played in more prestigious pictures, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart, ( 1948 ), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford ( 1949 ), Broken Arrow ( 1950 ) with James Stewart, War Arrow ( 1953 ) with Maureen O ' Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., Drums Across the River ( 1954 ), Walk the Proud Land ( 1956 ) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James ( 1959 ) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint ( 1964 ) with Johnny Crawford.

* Jeff Halliburton ( born 1949 ), American basketball player

They had four children: the actors Beau Bridges ( born in 1941 ) and Jeff Bridges ( born in 1949 ); a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges ( born in October 1953 ); and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948.

* Jeff Bridges ( born 1949 ), American actor

Carey was married twice ; in 1949 to Maureen Peppler, with whom he had a son Jeff and two daughters, Linda & Lisa.

* Jeff Smith ( Mississippi politician ) ( born 1949 ), Republican ( formerly Democratic ) legislator

Jeff Dowd in 2009. Jeff Dowd ( born November 20, 1949 ) is an American film producer and political activist best known as a member of the " Seattle Seven ," who went to jail ( briefly, for contempt of court ) following a violent protest against the Vietnam war.

He sang with Ted Heath and His Music in the 1940s and starred in the BBC Radio serial " Riders of the Range " ( 1949 – 1953 ) as the cowboy Jeff Arnold, where he shared the billing with his dog, Rustler ( played by Percy Edwards ).

* 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.

* Harry Cook ( born 1949 ), English martial arts historian and author

She originally became popular following the publication of her first cookbook in 1949, The Practical Cook, and after gaining a cult following with cookery demonstrations in theatres around the country.

Dr Robert Woonton ( born 1949 ) was the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 11 February 2002 until 11 December 2004, and is a member of the centrist Democratic Party.

The division was created in 1949 and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, the British scientist who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Australia in 1770.

As " Founder and First Representative ", he registered this acquisition with the Recorder of Deeds and Titles of Cook County on January 1, 1949.

Lloyd was sentenced to 25 years in 1922, for mail theft and released in 1938 ; he was a US Army Cook at a POW camp and then was murdered by his wife in 1949.

Sue Cook ( born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949, Ruislip, Middlesex ) is a British broadcaster and author.

Patrick St. John Cook ( born 6 August 1949 ) is an Australian cartoonist who is probably best known for his output in The Bulletin, Australia's weekly news magazine.

When the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 came into effect on 1 January 1949, Cook Islanders, Niueans, Tokelauans and Western Samoans who were British subjects gained New Zealand citizenship.

* 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 )