* 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 )

In 1949, Larry Doby also recommended Greenberg scout three players Doby used to play with in the Negro leagues: Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays.

* 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer

** Larry Gene Bell, American convicted felon ( b. 1949 )

During this period, Moe, Larry, and Shemp made a pilot for a Three Stooges television show called Jerks of All Trades in 1949.

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

In Yuma, Arizona, on June 11, 1949, she married Larry Williams, interior decorator.

* Larry Chatzidakis ( born 1949 ), represents the 8th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly.

* Larry R. Lacy ( b. 1949 ), high school business teacher for 35 years, awarded the 1997 New York State Teacher of the Year Award

* Larry Desmedt, ( Indian Larry ), ( 1949 – 2004 ) noted custom bike builder and stuntman.

* Larry Arnhart, writer and scholar, born January 13, 1949.

Larry Holmes ( born November 3, 1949 ) is a former professional boxer.

Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed " Lawnchair Larry " or the " Lawn Chair Pilot ", ( April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993 ) was an American truck driver

Lawrence " Larry " Bagnell, PC, MP ( born December 19, 1949 ) is a former Canadian politician.

Larry Fisher ( born 21 August 1949 ) is a Canadian who was convicted in 1999 of a murder he committed 30 years earlier.

In May 1949, Cleveland Indians outfielder Larry Doby smacked the then-longest home run ever hit at the stadium over the right-center field wall, and onto a rooftop well outside the ballpark.

Larry Wallis ( born in 1949 ) is a guitarist, songwriter and producer.

Larry Maguire ( born June 1, 1949 ) is a politician and activist farmer in Manitoba, Canada.

In 1949, he became a master, won the District of Columbia Championship ( the first of five wins of that tournament ) and the Southern States Championship, and tied for second place with Larry Evans at the New York State Championship.

Larry Hama ( born June 7, 1949 ) is an American comic book writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.

Larry Hama was born June 7, 1949.

* Larry Holmes ( b. 1949 ), American boxer

* Eat ' n Park ( metro Pittsburgh, 1949 – 1976, founded by Larry Hatch & William Peters ) Hatch and Peters had been coworkers at Isaly's in Pittsburgh.

* Larry Young ( politician ) ( born 1949 ), former Maryland State Senator