* 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 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

Pedro de Alvarado is identified as the torturer of Tzinacán, the narrator in Jorge Luis Borges's story " The God's Script " (" La Escritura del Dios "), first published in 1949.

Carlos Palomino ( born August 10, 1949 in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico ) is a retired Mexican professional boxer.

* " The Immortal " ( short story ), a 1949 short story by Jorge Luis Borges

* Luis " Perico " Ortiz ( born 1949 ), Puerto Rican trumpet player and composer

Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco ( 1891 – 1973 ) served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953.

1949 – Symphony No. 3 ( in C M ) " To Luis de Freitas Branco "

The heir apparent to the title is his brother, The Hon Iain Charles Luis Milne FCA ( b. 1949 ), whose elder son is Iain Eduardo Alexander Milne ( b. 1990 ).

" The Immortal " ( original Spanish title: " El inmortal ") is a short story by noted Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges, first published in February 1947, and later in the collection El Aleph in 1949.

Luis Sepúlveda ( born October 4, 1949 ) is a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist.

* " Allí donde tú sabes " ( Luis Marquetti ), bolero, 1949

* " En tu busca " ( Luis Reyes / Severino " Refresquito " Ramos ), bolero, 1949

* " Llevarás la marca " ( Luis Marquetti ), bolero rítmico, 1949

The Aleph and Other Stories ( Spanish: El Aleph, 1949 ) is a book of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.

* Luis Favre ( b. 1949 ), husband of ex-Mayor of São Paulo Marta Suplicy

The case of Ugolino and Ruggiero is behind the story of the short story " The Wait " ( La espera ) of Jorge Luis Borges in the collection named The Aleph ( El Aleph ) ( 1949 ).

Aurora Antonia Aragón Vd. ª de Quezón ( born Aurora Antonia Aragón y Molina on February 19, 1888 – April 28, 1949 ), usually known simply as Aurora Quezón, and sometimes as Aurora Aragón-Quezón, was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezón and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.

*" The Zahir " ( in the original Spanish, " El Zahir "), a 1949 short story by famous Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges

* Manuel Alvarado Ortega ( n. 1949 ) Engineer, Colombian Engineer-National Award " Lorenzo Codazzi " 1993, 2006 y 2009 SCI.

* In 1949, at the Caribe Hilton Hotel's Beachcomber Bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Ramon " Monchito " Marrero created the Piña Colada.

Marisol Malaret Contreras ( born on October 13, 1949 in Santurce, Puerto Rico ) was the very first Puerto Rican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.

In 1949, he received a Bachelors Degree in Arts and Political Science and Economy from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, where he joined Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

Agrelot married his wife Yolanda Peña ( whom he occasionally nicknamed " Doña Chola ") in 1949 ; their 55-year marriage was one of the longest among Puerto Rico media personalities.

Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez ( born April 24, 1949 ) was born in Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

Hoping to take advantage of the income tax free status of Puerto Rico for future projects, Gardner moved the radio show there in 1949.

A small number of these $ 1 bills entered circulation and the rest were kept in treasury vaults until 1949 when they were issued in Puerto Rico.

* The Popular Democratic Party in Puerto Rico from 1949 to 1969.

In 1949, Rosado del Valle returned to Puerto Rico, were he worked in the Grafic Arts Division of Community Education.

Founded in 1949 as Puerto Rico Junior College, it grew into a four-year institution in 1992 and finally evolved into a university in 2001.

Category: 1949 establishments in Puerto Rico

Filipo Tirado ( born September 20, 1949 ) is a noted Puerto Rican puppeteer.

Category: 1949 establishments in Puerto Rico

She began her working career on runs between Puerto Rico and New York until 1949.

In 1949, she was sold to the Bull Steamship Company and renamed the Puerto Rico.

Wilfredo Santa-Gómez ( also known as Wilfredo G. Santa ) ( 1949 -) is a Puerto Rican author who has published numerous books in Spanish on self-help, short stories, and poetry.

Santa-Gómez was born in the city of Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1949.