* 1949 – Tom Kite, American golfer

* 1949 – Tom Verlaine, American singer and guitarist ( Television )

* 1949 – Tom Emanski, American baseball player

* 1949 – Tom Joyner, American radio personality

* 1949 – Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster ( d. 1996 )

In early 1949, the first American transcontinental two-way RTTY QSO was accomplished on 11 meters using AFSK between Tom McMullen ( W1QVF ) operating at W1AW and Johnny Agalsoff, W6PSW.

Thomas Alan " Tom " Waits ( born December 7, 1949 ) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.

* March 5 – Tom Pryce, British Formula race car driver ( b. 1949 )

* Tom Birmingham ( born 1949 ), American politician

In 1949, Tom C. Clark placed the IWW on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations in the category of " organizations seeking to change the government by unconstitutional means " under Executive Order 9835 ( revoked in 1953 ), which offers no means of appeal, and which excludes all IWW members from Federal employment and even federally subsidized housing.

* Tom Howard ( politician ) ( 1880 – 1949 ), Australian politician

The golf-course architect was Tom Bendelow, who also designed Medinah Country Club's Course # 3 in Chicago, a 7, 508-yard ( 7, 385 m ) golf course which has hosted three U. S. Opens ( 1949, 1975, 1990 ) and two PGA Championships ( 1999, 2006 ).

* Tom Brennan ( born 1949 ), radio and television sportscaster and former men's basketball head coach, most notably at the University of Vermont.

* Tom Paulin ( born 1949 ) — poet

* Tom Colbert ( b. 1949 ), Oklahoma State Supreme Court Justice

* Tom Sawyer-California Overture ( 1949 )

* Tom Brown ( pitcher ) ( born 1949 ), American baseball pitcher

* Trigger John's Son ( 1949 ), Tom Robinson, author

By 1949, he was Preston's club captain but had lost his place in the first team, which was struggling against relegation despite having the great Tom Finney in the side.

Tom Berenger ( born Thomas Michael Moore ; May 31, 1949 ) is an Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated American television and motion picture actor.

Tom Singh OBE ( born 1949 ) is the founder of the New Look chain of high street fashion stores in the United Kingdom.

Thomas " Tom " Joyner ( born November 23, 1949 ) is an American radio host, host of the nationally syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and also founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, and BlackAmericaWeb. com.

The 1949 comedy film release, Strike It Rich, starring Rod Cameron and Bonita Granville, was filmed in the Lindale, Tyler, and Kilgore area.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

Notable performers there included among others: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Leadbelly, Anita O ' Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and The Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.

She played mother to Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes in 1949.

Indeed, in the lead up to the 1949 federal election, Fadden played a key role in the defeat of the Chifley Labor government, frequently making inflammatory claims about the " socialist " nature of the Labor Party, which Menzies could then " clarify " or repudiate as he saw fit, thus appearing more " moderate ".

The 1949 coal strike, engineered by the Communist Party, also played into Menzies ' hands.

In 1949 he played the alcoholic hero's barman in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Small Back Room.

His role in internal debates during the summer of 1949 over whether or not to devalue sterling, in which he was perceived to have played both sides of the issue, tarnished his reputation in both political and official circles.

He played on seven Ryder Cup teams: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, and 1959, and captained the team in 1951, 1959, and 1969.

Joseph Mankiewicz ' 1949 House of Strangers is often considered a Lear adaptation, but the parallels are more striking in its 1954 Western remake Broken Lance in which a cattle baron played by Spencer Tracy tyrannises over his three sons, of whom only the youngest, Joe, played by Robert Wagner, remains loyal.

Hobart often played the " other woman " in movies during the 1940s, with her last major film role in Bride of Vengeance ( 1949 ).

He played ranch owner Bob Kitteridge in the 1949 episode " Legion of Old Timers " of the TV series The Lone Ranger.

As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War.

In an extraordinary concert there in 1949, the Budapest Quartet performed the composer's 14th String Quartet, followed by the Paganini's performance of his 15th ; and then both ensembles played the two pieces together as an octet.

* Eddie Mathews, Hall of Fame baseball player, played for Thomasville in 1949 before going to the majors.

Moosup's claim to fame is that it is the boyhood hometown of Walt Dropo, During a 13-year career in Major League Baseball, he played for the Boston Red Sox ( 1949 – 1952 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1952 – 1954 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1955 – 1958 ), Cincinnati Redlegs ( 1958 – 1959 ) and Baltimore Orioles ( 1959-1961 ).

* Baseball Hall of Famer and Negro League pitcher Hilton Smith played for Fulda's semi-pro baseball team in 1949 and 1950.

* Oscar Gamble ( born 1949 ), former outfielder / designated hitter who played for the New York Yankees.

* Lou Piccone ( born 1949 ), wide receiver and kick returner who played nine seasons in the NFL for the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills.

* 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.

* Don Newcombe ( born 1926 ), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1949 – 51 and 1954 – 58 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1958 – 60 ) and Cleveland Indians ( 1960 ).

* Dick Kryhoski ( 1925 – 2007 ), was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1949 and 1955.

His career revived when from 1941 to 1949 he played the character Boston Blackie in 14 low-budget movies produced by Columbia Pictures, starting with Meet Boston Blackie, and one season of radio shows.

The town also has two Australian rules football clubs ; Broome Bulls Football Club ( established 1949 ) and the Broome Saints competing in the West Kimberley Football Association with games played at Haynes Oval.

Besides founding the team in 1919, Lambeau played for the Packers in their early years and was the team's coach for 31 seasons through 1949.