* 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 – 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 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician

* 1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish film director

* 1949 – Jim Miklaszewski, American journalist

* Jim Gallagher, team executive, 1949 – 1995

* 1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician

* Jim Sheridan ( born 1949 ), Irish film director

Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, " Backseat Driver ," which originally aired February 3, 1949.

* Jim Fassel ( born 1949 ), former head coach of the New York Giants.

They had four children: Samuel Robson ( Rob ) born in 1944, John Thomas ( 1946-2005 ), James Carr ( Jim ) born in 1948, and Alice Louise born in 1949.

) Only Jungle Jim, launched by producer Sam Katzman in 1949, kept going through 1955.

* Jim Folsom, Jr. ( born 1949 ), former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as the Lieutenant Governor both before and after that

James Albert " Jim " Varney, Jr. ( June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000 ) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial campaigns and movies in the following years, giving Varney fame worldwide and playing Jed Clampett in the 1993 movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Jim Lampley ( born April 8, 1949 ) is an American sportscaster, news anchor, movie producer, and restaurant owner.

James " Jim " Broadbent ( born 24 May 1949 ) is an English theatre, film, and television actor.

James Dennis " Jim " Carroll ( August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009 ) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician.

James Otis " Jim " McCrery, III ( born September 18, 1949 ), is an American lawyer who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009 ; he represented the 4th District of Louisiana, based in the northwestern quadrant of the state.

* Jim Chapman ( Canadian ) ( born 1949 ), Canadian radio and TV personality, musician, journalist and author.

Sir James Edward Thornton " Jim " Paice MP ( born 24 April 1949 ) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

James " Jim " McDaid ( born 3 October 1949 ) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the Donegal North – East constituency from June 1989 until he resigned in November 2010.

* Jim Kelley ( 1949 – 2010 ), sports columnist

James Michael " Jim " Flaherty, PC, MP ( born December 30, 1949 ) is Canada's Minister of Finance and Ontario's former Minister of Finance.

When it returned to NBC in 1949, Louise Erickson played Betty and Jim Backus was heard as snobbish playboy Hubert Updike III.

Helen and Sam Walton had four children: Samuel Robson ( Rob ) born in 1944, John Thomas ( 1946-2005 ), James Carr ( Jim ) born in 1948, and Alice Louise born in 1949.

* Jim Thompson ( coach ), ( born 1949 ) founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance and author