* 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 – Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer

* 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ( Zoot )

* 1949 – Rick Wakeman, English musician, songwriter, and composer ( Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and Warhorse )

* 1949 – Rick Vito, American guitarist and singer

Rick Wakeman was born on 18 May 1949 in the west London suburb of Northolt to Cyril Frank and Mildred Helen Wakeman.

* Rick Springfield ( born 1949 ), pop singer

* Rick Kessell ( born 1949 ), Canadian former ice hockey player

Rick Romley ( Richard M. Romley ) ( born 1949 ), a Republican, was the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona from 1989 to 2004.

* Rick Krebs ( born 1949 ), RPG-game designer

* Rick Reuschel ( born 1949 ), American former baseball player

# The Phantom Shark ( 1949 ) Rick and Scotty cross paths with a nefarious pearl thief in the South Pacific.

* Rick Dempsey ( born 1949 ), retired American baseball player

He married Nancy Swain ( 1926 – 2009 ) in 1949 ; they had two sons: Richard Adair ( Rick ) Overton and Steven Swain Overton.

* Burton J. Hendrick ( 1870 – 1949 ) — " The Story of Life Insurance " May-November 1906 McClure's

Burton Jesse Hendrick ( 1870 – 1949 ) born in New Haven, Connecticut.

* ' Burton Hendrick obituary ', New York Times, March 25, 1949.

George Andrew Hendrick Jr. ( born October 18, 1949 ) is a former major league outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels.

* 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 – Loretta Devine, American actress

* 1949 – John Savage, American actor

* 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic ( d. 1949 )