* 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 – 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 – Phil Miller, English guitarist ( National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole )

** Phil Lynott, lead singer and bassist of Thin Lizzy ( b. 1949 )

* Phil Villapiano ( born 1949 ), former NFL linebacker who played in four Pro Bowls and was a part of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI winning team.

* Phil Villapiano ( born 1949 ), NFL linebacker for the Oakland Raiders.

Four more knockout wins followed, including a five rounder on December 19, 1949 with Phil Muscato ( 56 – 20 – 0 ), an experienced heavyweight from Buffalo, New York and the first " name fighter " Marciano would face.

* John Phil Gilbert ( born 1949 ), U. S. federal judge

: 4 Phil Rizzuto ( 1949 – 1952 )

: 1949: Phil Zec

The core of what was to become Gentle Giant were the three Shulman brothers: Phil ( born 1937 ), Derek ( born 1947 ) and Ray ( born 1949 ).

The first full season of " modified " stock car racing was 1949. International sports car racing star Phil Walters, who raced modifieds and midgets under the name " Ted Tappett ", won the season championship.

* Phil Boyer ( born 1949 ) English footballer

On Decca's British London label, which began in 1949, HL was at first used alone, but from 1957 there was usually a following letter denoting the original American label ; thus Atlantic and Atco were HLE, changing in 1960 to HLK, Sun Records was HLS, Jamie ( Duane Eddy's label ) was HLW, and Big Top Records ( Del Shannon, Johnny and the Hurricanes ) was HLX ; while HLU was used for a number of labels including Phil Spector's Philles, and Monument, home to Roy Orbison.

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound were a British psychedelic rock / psychedelic pop band formed by three brothers, Derek Shulman, born 1947 ( vocals ), Phil Shulman, born 1937 ( vocals, saxophone, trumpet ), and Ray Shulman, born 1949 ( guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals ); also known for their later prog rock band, Gentle Giant.

The Korgis are a British pop band, originally composed of singer / bassist James Warren ( born 25 August 1951, Bristol ) and singer / guitarist / keyboardist Andy Davis ( born Andrew Cresswell-Davis 10 August 1949 ), both former members of 1970s band Stackridge, along with unofficial members violinist Stuart Gordon and keyboardist Phil Harrison.

* Erroll Garner ( August 1949 ) Los Angeles recordings with John Simmons, Alvin Stoller ( 2 Vols Joker LP BM 3718-3719 )

In 1949, he made Bomba, the Jungle Boy with co-star Peggy Ann Garner.

In 1949, in a deal involving homestead development of the area of Waimea in Hawaii County, as a lawyer with Parker Ranch attorney Garner Anthony, Quinn brokered a deal with the Territorial Land Office and Hawaiian Homes Commission to allow the ranch a more lengthy period of time in which to evacuate the property.

Philip Mason Garner ( born April 30, 1949 ) is a former Major League Baseball infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from to.

" Money, Marbles, and Chalk " is a popular song, written by Garner " Pop " Eckler in 1949.

* 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 )