* 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 )

* Meryl Streep ( born 1949 ), actress.

* 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 )

* 1949 – Shelley Long, American actress

* 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress

* 1949 – Patti LuPone, American singer and actress

* 1949 – Paula Wilcox, English actress

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

* 1949 – Rosalinda Galli, Italian voice actress

* 1949 – Ilene Graff, American actress and singer

* 1949 – Judith Light, American actress

* 1949 – Lyn Paul, English pop singer and actress

* 1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress

* 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress

* 1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress ( d. 1995 )

* 1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress

* 1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress

* 1949 – Angharad Rees, Welsh actress ( d. 2012 )

* 1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress

* 1949 – Caroline Munro, British actress

* 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1949 – Gates McFadden, American actress

* 1949 – Pam Grier, American actress

* 1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress