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1949 births

  • François-Xavier DillmannFrançois-Xavier Dillmann was born on the 27th of November 1949. His educational path took him across seven different European universities.
  • Kentarō HanedaKentarō Haneda entered the world in Tokyo, Japan. His musical journey began at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He completed his formal studies there before…
  • Meryl StreepMary Louise Streep was born on the 22nd of June 1949 in Summit, New Jersey. Her mother Mary Wilkinson Streep worked as an artist while her father Harry…
  • Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann Herring was born in Oklahoma City on the 22nd of June 1949. Her family lived near the ragged edge of the middle class during her childhood…
  • Tim DysonTim Dyson was born in 1949. This date marks the start of a life that would eventually reshape how scholars understand India's population growth.
  • Nicholas CraftsNicholas Francis Robert Crafts entered the world on the 9th of March 1949 in Nottingham, England. He attended Brunts Grammar School in Mansfield before…
  • Marcus JunkelmannMarcus Junkelmann entered the world on the 2nd of October 1949 in Munich. His family soon relocated to Schleißheim and took up residence within the Lustheim…
  • Gil Scott-HeronGilbert Scott-Heron arrived in Chicago on the 1st of April 1949. His mother Bobbie Scott was an opera singer who performed with the Oratorio Society of New…
  • John Madden (director)John Philip Madden entered the world on the 8th of April 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. His early education took place at Clifton College in Bristol.
  • Artis GilmoreArtis Gilmore Sr. was born on the 21st of September, 1949 in Chipley, Florida. He grew up as one of ten children in a family where his father worked as a…
  • John Guy (historian)John Alexander Guy arrived in Warragul, Victoria, on the 16th of January 1949. His family moved to Britain four years later during the early months of 1952.
  • Lawrence KasdanLawrence Edward Kasdan was born on the 14th of January 1949 in Miami Beach, Florida. He grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia during the fifties.
  • David W. BlightDavid William Blight was born on the 21st of March 1949 in Flint, Michigan. He grew up inside a mobile home park during those early years.
  • Simon CallowOn the 15th of June 1949, a boy named Simon Phillip Hugh Callow entered the world in Streatham, South London. His father was Neil Francis Callow, a…
  • Arsène WengerArsène Charles Ernest Wenger was born on the 22nd of October 1949 in Strasbourg, the youngest of three children. His father Alphonse managed a local village…
  • Teófilo CubillasTeófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga was born on the 8th of March 1949 in Peru. He began his professional career with Alianza Lima at just sixteen years old in 1966.
  • Gregg PopovichGregg Charles Popovich was born on the 28th of January 1949, in East Chicago, Indiana. His father came from Serbia and his mother from Croatia.
  • Alla PugachevaOn the 15th of April 1949, a girl named Alla Borisovna Pugacheva was born in Moscow. Her parents were Boris Mikhailovich Pugachyov and Zinaida Arkhipovna…